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

Windows 10 Version 2004 is Finally Reliable Enough for Everyone

Over seven months after it was first released to the public, Windows 10 version 2004…

Google Patches Chrome, Removes Suspect Extension

With the shift to web-based computing, it is perhaps not surprising that hackers are increasingly…

Google Fit Adding Heart and Respiratory Rate Measuring on Android

Google Fit will add free heart rate and respiratory rate measuring capabilities using sensors that…

Microsoft Announces Viva, an Employee Experience Platform

At a virtual event today, Microsoft announced a new initiative called Viva, an Employee Experience…

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Qualcomm Earnings Soar in Q4

Qualcomm reported today that it earned a net income of $2.5 billion on revenues of…

Alphabet Posts a Big Quarter Too

Google owner Alphabet today reported that it earned a net income of $15.2 billion on…

Bezos to Step Down as CEO as Amazon Posts $126 Billion in Revenues

As part of its quarterly earnings report today, Amazon announced that founder Jeff Bezos is…

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So, We Should Probably Have a Little Chat About Stadia (Premium)

When Google announced that it was halting internal efforts to develop Stadia games and rely…

Here are the Game Pass Titles to Expect in Early February

Microsoft has announced a new set of several game titles that will land on Xbox…

Microsoft Announces a Slew of Mobile App Updates

Microsoft is making sweeping updates to its productivity apps on mobile, including Outlook, Teams, the…

Google Kills Stadia Games & Entertainment Team

Google revealed today that it will halt all work on internal exclusives for Stadia and…

Xbox Series X|S Supplies Will Be Constrained Until Mid-2021

Microsoft previously said that its new Xbox consoles would be supply-constrained through April, but it…

Office Lens is Renamed to Microsoft Lens

Microsoft revealed today that it has rebranded Office Lens mobile app to Microsoft Lens and…

Apple Brings iCloud Passwords to Google Chrome

Apple has released an iCloud Passwords extension that lets you use your Safari-based passwords in…

CloudReady is Losing Support for VirtualBox and Flatpak

Recently acquired by Google, CloudReady will no longer support Oracle VirtualBox or the Flatpak software…

Nintendo Has Sold Over 80 Million Switch Consoles

Nintendo sold over 80 million Switch consoles through the end of 2020, putting it on…

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