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

Microsoft Announces More Game Pass Titles for September

Microsoft today announced the remaining titles it will deliver via Xbox Game Pass during the…

You Can Now Stream Games From Consoles or the Cloud to Windows 10

A major update to the Xbox app for Windows 10 supports game streaming from an…

Grammarly Launches its First Developer SDK

Grammarly is a must-have utility for all web and mobile users, and now it’s going…

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More Mobile? (Premium)

With an eye on a more mobile future, I’ve been experimenting with alternative PC setups…

South Korea Fines Google $177 Million for Antitrust Abuses

The South Korea Fair Trade Commission today fined Google $177 million for abusing its dominant…

Amazon Announces a Major Kindle UI Update

Amazon hadn’t refreshed the UI of its Kindle eBook readers in five years, but the…

Intuit to Acquire Mailchimp

Intuit announced today that it will acquire email marketing firm Mailchimp for about $12 billion…

Microsoft Says No to WOA Support on M1 Macs

Microsoft has finally gone on record about whether it will support Windows on Arm on…

RIAA: Streaming Drove Music Industry Growth in H1

The RIAA said that paid music streaming accounted for over $6 billion in revenues in…

Mozilla Bypasses Default Apps Interface in Windows 11

Mozilla said this week that it has reverse-engineered the horrible new Default Apps interface in…

Google Pixel Buds A-Series First Impressions

After experiencing identical audio problems with two different sets of Samsung Galaxy Buds+ earbuds, it…

Epic to Appeal Apple Ruling

Epic is appealing the verdict because it wants Apple branded as a monopolist, which would…

Epic Wins Big in Case Against Apple

Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers has handed Epic a major legal victory in its case against Apple…

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Ask Paul: September 10 (Premium)

Happy Friday! With the hottest summer in the history of summers finally winding down, here’s…

The First Windows 11 Ad is … Curious

Yesterday, Microsoft launched its Windows 11 advertising campaign, which is ironic since Windows 11 will…

Here Come the Material You Apps

With Android 12 releasing soon, Google has begun refreshing its inhouse apps to take on…

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