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

Amazon Introduces Reading Sidekick with Alexa

Amazon today announced Reading Sidekick, a new Alexa feature that requires an Amazon Kids+ subscription…

Microsoft Unveils the Games with Gold Titles for July 2021

With July just days away, Microsoft has revealed which Games with Gold titles it will…

HP Announces Its Lightest Consumer Laptop

The Pavilion Aero weighs just 2.1 pounds, making it HP’s lightest consumer laptop. It’s also…

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The Second Coming of Windows on ARM (Premium)

Lost amid all the excitement around Windows 11 are some much-needed improvements to Windows on…

Federal Judge Throws Out Facebook Antitrust Cases

Citing a lack of evidence, a US District Court judge has thrown out two federal…

Microsoft is Bringing Dynamic Refresh Rate Support to Windows 11

Microsoft announced that Windows 11 will support dynamic refresh rates on compatible displays, offering better…

Google to Require Play Store Developers to Use 2-Step Verification

In a reasonable move, Google will require developers who publish apps to the Play Store…

Microsoft Brings Designed for Xbox Mobile Accessories to iPhone

Microsoft today announced that it is expanding its Designed for Xbox mobile accessory certification program…

Microsoft Releases Visual Refresh of Office for Windows

In tandem with today’s release of Windows 11 via the Windows Insider Program, Microsoft has…

Xbox Cloud Gaming Comes to Windows, Apple Devices

Microsoft has transitioned Xbox Cloud Gaming to Xbox Series X and has dramatically expanded the…

Microsoft May Change the Windows 11 Minimum System Requirements

The drama continues. Acknowledging its terrible communication on this topic, Microsoft now says it will…

Windows 11 Build 22000.51 Screenshot Gallery

Microsoft released its first official build of Windows 11 today. Here are some shots that…

Microsoft Announces ARM64EC

Microsoft today announced ARM64EC, a new way for developers to build native apps for Windows…

Microsoft Announces Native 64-Bit Office for ARM

Microsoft today announced the public availability of the first 64-bit version of Office that runs…

Windows 11 Heads to the Insider Program

A few days earlier than I expected, Microsoft has released the first test build of…

Qualcomm Announces the Snapdragon 888 Plus

Mobile chipset giant Qualcomm today announced the Snapdragon 888 Plus 5G Compute Platform, an evolutionary…

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