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 Delivers Another Blockbuster Quarter

Today, Microsoft reported a net income of $15.5 billion on revenues of $43.1 billion for…

Windows Insiders Get a Feature Experience Pack in the Beta Channel

The Windows Insider Program still isn’t attaching any of its release channels to a specific…

Chrome OS 88 Arrives

Google is rolling out Chrome OS 88 this week, adding a faster web sign-in experience…

Now YouTube is Going PWA Too

15 months after it converted YouTube Music into a Progressive Web App (PWA), Google has…

Spotify is Testing Free Audiobooks

Spotify has quietly entered the market for audiobooks and is now offering 9 titles for…

Study: Americans Now Spend $47 Per Month on Streaming Services

A J.D. Power study claims that Americans now spend $47 per month, on average, for…

PWAs Now Support Profiles in Microsoft Edge

Microsoft announced today that it has added support for user profiles Progressive Web Apps (PWAs)…

Apple Adds “Time to Walk” to Apple Watch, Fitness+

With the launch of Fitness+ in late 2020, Apple has really started to differentiate Apple…

Microsoft Takes on M1 MacBook Pro in New Surface Ad

Microsoft not so subtly mocks the new M1-based MacBook pro in a video ad that…

Now Huawei is Looking to Sell Off Mate, P Smartphone Lines

Two months after it jettisoned its Honor smartphone brand, a new report claims that Huawei…

Razer Book 13 First Impressions

Long associated with gaming, Razer stakes a claim in the premium portable PC market with…

Apple MacBook Pro (M1) First Impressions

Well, here we go again. For my second look at an M1-based Mac, I’m evaluating…

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Ask Paul: January 22 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Here’s a delightfully brief Ask Paul to kick off the weekend a bit…

Microsoft Announces 5 Games with Gold Titles for February

Is it me, or are these announcements coming earlier and earlier every month? Whatever: Xbox…

Microsoft Raises the Price of Xbox Live Gold

We thought that Microsoft was moving to end the Xbox Live Gold subscription. Instead, the…

Google Threatens to Pull Search From Australia

Faced with new legislation in Australia that would force it to pay for news stories…

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