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 Acquires Nuance for $19.7 Billion

Microsoft announced today that it will acquire AI software maker Nuance in an all-cash deal…

OnePlus 9 Series Review: Approaching Perfection

With its OnePlus 9 Series handsets, OnePlus has finally vaulted into the upper echelon of…

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In Praise of the Apple iPad Air (Premium)

Some will be amused by this, and I suppose some will even be outraged. But…

DuckDuckGo’s Browser Extension Blocks FLoC Now

DuckDuckGo announced yesterday that it has updated its web browser extension to block Google's new…

Google: No, the Pixel 5a is Not Canceled

Multiple rumors erupted today that Google would be forced to cancel the Pixel 5a because…

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Ask Paul: April 9 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Here’s another great set of reader questions to kick off the weekend a…

Apple Didn’t Bring iMessage to Android Because of its Lock-In Strategy

I’ve often said that Apple’s ecosystem is a one-way, dead-end street, and now that theory…

Surface Laptop 4 Prices, Specs Leak

Microsoft will reportedly announce Surface Laptop 4 on April 27, and the PC’s (European) prices…

OneDrive for Windows is Finally Going 64-Bit

Microsoft is now offering a preview of the 64-bit version of OneDrive for Windows for…

Google I/O ‘21 is Virtual and Free to All

After skipping out on the 2020 rendition of its annual developer show because of the…

Samsung Launches Galaxy SmartTags+

Just three months after it launched its SmartTag Bluetooth tracker, Samsung announced a new version,…

Microsoft Paint and Snipping Tool Will Both Be Updated in the Store

Following this morning’s rumors about Paint heading to the Store, Microsoft confirmed that news and…

Microsoft 365 for Consumers Celebrates Its First Year

Just over one year ago, Microsoft announced the consumer versions of Microsoft 365. Today, the…

Apple Extends “Find My” Service to Third Parties

Apple announced today that it is expanding its “Find My” services to third parties, starting…

Here Comes Surface Laptop 4

All signs are pointing to a virtual Surface event sometime soon, and now Microsoft’s support…

Microsoft Paint is Finally Available in the Microsoft Store, Sort Of

In 2017, Microsoft announced that it was going to move Microsoft Paint into the Microsoft…

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