Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is an award-winning technology journalist and blogger with 30 years of industry experience and the author of 30 books. He is the owner of Thurrott.com and the host of three tech podcasts: Windows Weekly with Leo Laporte and Richard Campbell, Hands-On Windows, and First Ring Daily with Brad Sams. He was formerly the senior technology analyst at Windows IT Pro and the creator of the SuperSite for Windows from 1999 to 2014 and the Major Domo of Thurrott.com while at BWW Media Group from 2015 to 2023. You can reach Paul via email, Twitter or Mastodon.

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New DuckDuckGo Chrome Extension Blocks Topics and FLEDGE

DuckDuckGo today announced the availability of DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials, a Chrome extension that will block…

Microsoft Announces New .NET Milestones

Microsoft has released updates to key pieces of its .NET stack this week, among them…

Windows 11 is Getting a “New” Sound Recorder App

Continuing its slow-motion redesigning of the bundled apps in Windows 11, Microsoft said today it…

Match Group Sues Google, Google Bites Back

Tinder parent company Match Group sued Google this week for abusing its monopoly power over…

Google Releases Android Studio Chipmunk

Google today announced the release of Android Studio Chipmunk, the latest stable version of its…

Intel Adds a New Member to the 12th Gen Core Processor Family

Intel announced today that it will further bifurcate the 12th Gen Core mobile processor family…

Sony Has Sold 19.3 Million PlayStation 5 Consoles

As part of its quarterly earnings report, Sony announced that it sold just 2 million…

Nintendo Sold 23 Million Switch Consoles in the Past Year

As part of its quarterly earnings report, Nintendo announced that it sold 4.11 million Switch…

Review: After Steve

“After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost its Soul” is the first…

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Programming Windows: 8 is Enough (Premium)

With the Windows 8 Consumer Preview behind them, Steven Sinofsky and his lieutenants prepared for…

Amazon to Remove Kindle Purchases on Android

Amazon revealed this week that customers will no longer be able to buy ebooks from…

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Report: Microsoft Still Plans Xbox Streaming Device

A new report has revived years-old rumors that Microsoft plans to release an Xbox streaming…

Quick Hands-On: Outlook (Pre-Release)

Well, after years of waiting, we’re finally getting our first peek at One Outlook. And…

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Ask Paul: April 6 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Here’s a weighty set of questions to help us kick off the weekend…

AMD Launches New Chipsets for Chromebooks

AMD this week launched a series of Chromebook-specific processors and hardware makers like Acer and…

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Passwordless (Premium)

A common passwordless sign-in sounds great. But only Microsoft has truly embraced passwordless sign-ins. Apple…

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