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

Flight Simulator Update Brings Enhanced Visuals for the UK and Ireland

Microsoft has released World Update 3 for Flight Simulator, bringing enhanced visuals scenery, airports, and…

Microsoft Announces the Xbox Wireless Headset

Microsoft today announced that it will soon sell an Xbox Wireless Headset, and unlike its…

You Can Preorder the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2 Now

Samsung announced today that customers can now preorder its Galaxy Chromebook 2, with prices starting…

Here are the Next Titles Coming to Game Pass This Month

Microsoft will add several new titles to its Xbox Game Pass subscriptions over the next…

Microsoft Brings Office App to iPad

Microsoft has quietly ported its unified Office app to the iPad, one year to the…

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Yes, 21H1 is a Thing! (Premium)

Thanks to a confusing strategy change in 2020 and ongoing terrible communications from the Windows…

Carl Pei’s New Company Has Purchased Essential for Some Reason

OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei recently started a new firm called Nothing. And Nothing has acquired…

Pat Gelsinger Becomes Intel’s CEO

Intel announced that Pat Gelsinger has assumed the role of company CEO in keeping with…

Intel Evo vs. Apple M1: Hardware Compatibility

This past week, I’ve experimented with using a wide range of hardware devices with the…

Phone Hub for Chrome OS is Now Available for Testing

Last summer, we learned that Google was working on a Your Phone-like app for Chrome…

Google Investigating M1-Like OS Translation for Fuchsia

A new Google proposal would see its upcoming Fuchsia platform “natively” run Android and Linux…

Google Says Over 100 Games are Coming to Stadia in 2021

Yes, Google axed its internal game studio, but the firm still plans to bring over…

New Windows Insider Build Adds a Few Minor Improvements

Microsoft has released a new Windows Insider Program Dev build, which you’ll recall is not…

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Ask Paul: February 12 (Premium)

Happy Friday, and Happy (early) Valentine’s Day. Here’s a new edition of Ask Paul to…

Intel Takes on Apple M1 with New Series of “Go PC” Ads

Having recently suffered the fate of all Apple partners, Intel is firing back against Apple…

Report: 1-in-10 iPhone Users Own an Apple Watch

A new report calculates that over 100 million people now use an Apple Watch. That’s…

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