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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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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Thinking About Hi-Res, Lossless, and Spatial Audio (Premium)

Apple’s push into hi-res, lossless, and spatial audio has already upended the market, with Amazon…

Amazon Music Makes HD/Lossless Music Available for No Additional Cost

Responding to today’s Apple news, Amazon is making HD and lossless music available to Amazon…

Adobe Photoshop is Now Native on Windows 10 on ARM

Adobe hasn’t issued an announcement of this important change, but the native Windows 10 on…

Lossless Audio and Dolby Atmos are Coming to Apple Music for Free

With news of the new capabilities leaking everywhere, Apple announced today that it is bringing…

Microsoft Finally Brings Consumer Features to Teams

Microsoft announced today that it is making new consumer features available in its flagship productivity…

WarnerMedia is Merging with Discovery

AT&T is spinning off WarnerMedia so that it can combine with Discovery to create a…

Microsoft to Broaden Windows 10 Color Management Support

A new Windows Insider build reveals that Microsoft is working to expand color management support…

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