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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Google Issues Privacy Sandbox Preview for Developers on Android

Google announced today that developers can preview the SDK Runtime and Topics API for its…

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If you have any hope at all that Microsoft put any thought into the design…

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Spotify Now Has 422 Million Users

As part of its quarterly earnings announcement, Spotify revealed that it now has 422 million…

Qualcomm Reports Record Revenues

Mobile chipset giant Qualcomm reported that it earned a net income of $2.9 billion on…

.NET MAUI Hits RC2, Adds Tizen Support

Microsoft’s new cross-platform developer solution is barreling towards completion, with the framework hitting the RC2…

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We Need to Talk About Netflix (Premium)

Netflix this month reported its first drop in subscribers in a decade, and everyone is…

Nothing Launcher (Beta) is Now Available

Nothing announced today that a pre-release version of its Android launcher is now available to…

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Analysis: Microsoft Post-Earnings Conference Call (Premium)

Microsoft has historically cherry-picked the data it chooses to share with the public at each…

Google/Alphabet Revenues Were Up 23 Percent in Q1

Google parent company Alphabet announced that it earned a net income of $16.4 billion on…

Microsoft Revenues Soared 18 Percent in Q1

Microsoft announced today that it earned a net income was $16.7 billion on revenues of…

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U.S. Army Could Waste $22 Billion on HoloLens

A U.S. Pentagon oversight body now expects the U.S. Army to “waste” nearly $20 billion…

Google Releases Android 13 Beta 1

Google today announced the release of Android 13 Beta 1, which adds new features for…

Hands-On: Clipchamp for Windows 10/11

Clipchamp for Windows 10 and 11 is a surprisingly capable video editor and should offer…

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Programming Windows: Reimagining Feedback (Premium)

When pushed on its Windows 8 design decisions, the Windows team simply dug in and…

Elon Musk to Buy Twitter for $44 Billion

It’s official: Twitter announced today that it has agreed to a sale to billionaire Elon…

Microsoft Offers Insights from its Internal Windows 11 Upgrade

As part of a fruitless bid to get businesses to upgrade to Windows 11, Microsoft…

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