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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Microsoft Begins Testing Windows Feature Experience Packs

Because of the great success it’s had delivering two Windows 10 feature updates each year,…

Microsoft Rolls Out the November 2020 Xbox Console Update

Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S owners have a new Dashboard update…

Microsoft’s Cyber Monday Deals Are Now Available

The Microsoft Store is offering some good deals on Surface PCs, Xbox Wireless Controllers and…

Facebook and Google Face Multiple Antitrust Suits in the U.S.

A new report claims that Facebook and Google will both face multiple federal and state…

UK to Ban New Huawei 5G Equipment

The United Kingdom announced that it will ban the installation of new Huawei 5G networking…

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Android Apps on Windows, Again (Premium)

Microsoft is reportedly looking at allowing Android apps to run natively on Windows again. Is…

Disappointing Surface Laptop 4, Pro 8 Images Leak

Images of the next-generation Surface Laptop and Surface Pro show that Microsoft isn’t changing the…

20H2 is Now On Almost 9 Percent of Windows 10 PCs

The latest AdDuplex report shows that Windows 10 version 20H2 is now running on almost…

Smartphone Sales Declined Again in Q3

Smartphone makers sold 360 million units in the third quarter of 2020, a decline of…

HP’s PC Revenues Were Flat in Previous Quarter

HP performed well overall in the previous quarter, but PC revenues were flat despite exploding…

Bill Gates Looks Back on “The Road Ahead”

25 years ago today, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates published his first book, The Road Ahead.…

Games with Gold Says Goodbye to 2020

Games with Gold will be back in December with four more games, but I have…

Flight Simulator Gets an Enhanced U.S. Flight Experience

Microsoft announced today that it has released its second World Update for Flight Simulator, which…

Vivaldi Launches Mail, Calendar, and Feed Reader

Vivaldi has taken a page from the Netscape Communicator playbook with the release of Mail,…

Sidewalk is Amazon’s Latest Creepy Service

Amazon alerted users of its Alexa-powered devices that it will soon enable a potentially dangerous…

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Living with Game Streaming (Premium)

I’ve been gaming exclusively on Xbox since the release of the Xbox 360 in 2005.…

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