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 Responds to U.S. Antitrust Suit

In its first formal response to the antitrust suit brought against it by the DOJ…

Report: Google and Facebook Colluded on Online Advertising

The Wall Street Journal has viewed an unredacted version of a 10-state antitrust lawsuit against…

Microsoft Store Offers Up Some Last-Minute Deals

With the holidays looming, the Microsoft Store is offering some last-minute deals for those still…

Adobe Brings Premiere Pro to M1 Macs

Following in the footsteps of earlier releases of Photoshop and Lightroom, Adobe Premier Pro is…

Apple Closes Its Stores in California

Apple announced this past weekend that it is temporarily closing all of its California retail…

HP Spectre x360 14 First Impressions

I have been waiting for this day for years: With the new Spectre x360 14,…

Microsoft to Retire Halo Game Services for Xbox 360

Microsoft’s 343 Industries announced that it will be retiring the Halo game services for Xbox…

Microsoft is Reportedly Designing Its Own ARM Chips

A new report claims that Microsoft is now designing ARM chipsets in-house that will land…

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Ask Paul: December 18 (Premium)

Happy Friday and Happy Holidays! With 2020 finally winding down, here’s a great set of…

Together Mode Comes to Skype

Skype 8.67 is now available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and the web, and it includes…

Google Jumps Into IoT with Android Things

Google Kills Android Things

Google this week announced that it was killing its IoT platform, Android Things, less than…

Sony Removes Cyberpunk 2077 from PlayStation Store

How bad is the game Cyberpunk 2077? Sony has removed the title from its PlayStation…

Microsoft Edge Heads to M1 Macs in Preview

Microsoft revealed last night that owners of M1-based Macs can now test a native version…

Over 2 Million People Have Played Microsoft Flight Simulator

The new Microsoft Flight Simulator is the fastest-growing entry in the series, Microsoft says, with…

EU Approves Google’s Fitbit Acquisition

Six months later, the European Union (EU) has finally approved Google’s $2.1 billion acquisition of…

Apple Fires Back at Facebook

In the wake of Facebook’s public complaints about Apple, the consumer electronics giant has fired…

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