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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Amazon to Host a Live Alexa Developer Event

Amazon will host a free, live virtual event aimed at Alexa skill builders, device makers,…

HBO Max to Add a Cheaper, Ad-Supported Tier

WarnerMedia announced today that it will soon add an ad-supported tier to HBO Max that…

Microsoft to Retire IE 11 in 2022. Mostly.

Microsoft announced that it will retire the desktop version of Internet Explorer 11 on June…

Google is Embracing RSS. Again.

It’s the technology that just won’t die, and for good reason: It works. So now…

Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 778G, New 5G Modems

Qualcomm today announced its Snapdragon 778G System on a Chip (SOC) for mid-range smartphones, offering…

Microsoft Details Deprecated and Removed Features in Windows 10 Version 21H1

With each new version of Windows 10, Microsoft removes certain legacy features. With version 21H1,…

Google Announces Flutter 2.2

At Google I/O 2021 today, Google announced the release of Flutter 2.2, the latest release…

Google Photos Gets New Memories, Cinematic Moments, More

At its I/O conference today, Google announced new Google Photos features that will help you…

Google Maps is About to Get a Lot More Useful

Google has announced several new coming updates to Google Maps that will make the service…

Google Chrome Now Fixes Your Compromised Passwords

Google Chrome is expanding on the web browser’s password safety features by automatically fixing compromised…

Google Wear is Coming to Fitbit and Samsung Devices

Google announced today that it is collaborating with Samsung to bring the best of Wear…

Google Announces Android 12 Beta

With over 3 billion Android devices now in use around the world, Google has released…

Google TV Has 80 Million Monthly Devices

As part of today’s Google I/O event, Google announced that Google TV now has over…

Microsoft Confirms 10X Death, Will Bring Some Features to Windows 10

Microsoft today confirmed the death of Windows 10X and said that it is bringing key…

Windows 10 Version 21H1 is Now Available

There’s no official announcement yet, but Microsoft has released Windows 10 version 21H1 to its…

Microsoft Announces Game Pass Titles for the Rest of May

Microsoft has announced the titles it is adding to Xbox Game Pass across console, PC,…

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