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.

Paul Thurrott’s Recent Posts

Halo Infinite Campaign Preview: Approaching Perfection

After lurching into uncomfortable territory in the two most recent installments of the series, Halo…

Report: Sony to Merge PS Now, PS Plus and Take on Xbox Game Pass

Bloomberg reports something we’ve long suspected, that Sony will use some in-house DNA to better…

Microsoft Confirms It Could Update Windows 11 Before October 2022 (UPDATED)

Microsoft has explicitly confirmed that it probably will not wait for the next major version…

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Ask Paul: December 3 (Premium)

Given the news this past week, I’m not surprised to see where your heads are…

Google Postpones Return to Office Yet Again

Google has again postponed the date that it expects workers to return to the office.…

Microsoft Steps Back From the Default Browser Cliff

With bad news at Microsoft Edge arriving almost daily, many were ready to give up…

FTC Sues to Block Sale of Arm to Nvidia

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today sued to block Nvidia’s $40 billion acquisition of…

Microsoft Sees Success with Xbox Touch Controls

Xbox touch controls are now available on over 100 Xbox Cloud Gaming titles, and they’re…

Tip: Thinking About Teams Essentials? Don’t!

Microsoft announced Teams Essentials yesterday, and it seems like a great deal at just $4…

Apple Announces its 2021 App Store Awards

Apple today announced its 2021 App Store Award winners across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV,…

Vivaldi 5.0 Arrives on Desktop, Android

Vivaldi has announced the latest major update to its flagship web browser on Windows, Linux,…

Microsoft Edges Tries to Convince Users Not to Download Chrome

The old joke is that Microsoft Edge, like Internet Explorer before it, is only used…

Qualcomm Unveils the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 for PCs

While the world waits for Qualcomm’s NUVIA acquisition to bear fruit, the chipset maker will…

Luna Display Adds Support for 5K Displays, PC-to-Mac Mode, More

In October, Astropad released Luna Display 5.0, which lets Mac and Windows users use an…

Microsoft Finally Starts Testing Windows 11 Start Improvements

Windows 11 was released in an unfinished state back in October, and one of the…

Google Announces New Android Features

As it does every so often, Google today announced a variety of new Android features…

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