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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Brave Acquires a Privacy-Focus Search Engine

Brave announced today that it has acquired the open search engine Tailcat and will integrate…

Google Says It Wants a “Privacy-First” Web

Google today acknowledged that the proliferation of advertising-based tracking on the web has eroded the…

Panay Touts “the Next Generation of Windows”

In a very brief appearance during an Ignite 2021 session today, Windows chief Panos Panay…

PlayStation Store to Stop Selling Movies, TV Shows

Citing a shift towards streaming video services, Sony said today that it will no longer…

Microsoft Announces its Mesh MR Platform

Microsoft Mesh is a new mixed-reality platform powered by Azure that allows people in different…

Power Automate Desktop App for Windows 10 is Now Available

As part of its opening day Ignite 2021 festivities, Microsoft announced today that the Power…

Guide to Microsoft Ignite 2021 for the Windows Enthusiast

Microsoft Ignite 2021 is underway this week virtually, and it appears to be pretty light…

Google Announces the Latest Pixel Feature Drop

As you may know, Google improves the Pixel user experience every few months with Feature…

Qualcomm Launches the Snapdragon Insider Program

Mobile microprocessor giant Qualcomm today unveiled its Snapdragon Insider program in an attempt to connect…

Alexa Conversations is Now Available

Amazon announced this morning that Alexa Conversations is now available for developers to use in…

Halo Infinite a “Spiritual Reboot” of the Series, Microsoft Says

Microsoft’s 343 Industries has provided an update on the delayed Halo Infinite, describing it as…

Lenovo ThinkPad C13 Yoga Chromebook Enterprise First Impressions

The ThinkPad C13 Yoga Chromebook Enterprise is the first Chromebook to feature AMD processors, including…

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Ask Paul: February 26 (Premium)

Happy Friday! This last Ask Paul for February has another great set of reader questions,…

Xbox Suffered a Big Outage Last Night

I hope no one was hoping to escape reality for a few hours using Xbox…

HP’s PC Business Surged in the Most Recent Quarter

For the quarter ending January 31, 2021, HP posted net earnings of $1.2 billion on…

Lenovo ThinkPad Fold X1 First Impressions

Marketed as the world’s first foldable PC, the Lenovo ThinkPad Fold X1 is a unique…

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