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

Too Little Too Late, Microsoft Voices Support for Cortana

Microsoft is Killing Cortana on Mobile, Invoke, and Surface Headphones

A Microsoft support document reveals that the firm will end support for Cortana on mobile,…

Microsoft in Talks to Acquire TikTok

Multiple reports claim that Microsoft is seriously considering acquiring TikTok, the controversial social networking platform.

Nvidia is in Talks to Acquire Arm

A Financial Times report claims that Nvidia is in talks to acquire chipset designer Arm…

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Live the Thin Client Dream with OneDrive (Premium)

Or the cloud service provider of your choice. With a bit of organization, you can…

The Pandemic Hit Alphabet/Google Hard

Google reported its first-ever revenue decline in the most recent quarter and attributed the poor…

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Apple Delivers Blockbuster Quarter Despite Slow iPhone Sales

Apple reported net income of $11.25 billion on revenues of $46.5 billion in the quarter…

Windows 10 Version 2004 Limps Forward

After a less than dramatic start last month, usage of the latest version of Windows…

EU Proposes New Laws to Rein in Big Tech

Lawmakers in the EU have had it with Apple and other Big Tech firms unfairly…

Report: EU to Investigate Google Acquisition of Fitbit

In a major setback to Google and its desire to jumpstart its wearables business, the…

Big Tech CEOs Appear Before Congressional Antitrust Committee

Yesterday, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Apple’s Tim Cook, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, and Google’s Sundar Pichai all…

Microsoft Flight Simulator is Coming to Steam, Will Support VR

Microsoft revealed today that its new Flight Simulator will be come to Steam on August…

Samsung Beats Earnings Estimates as Demand Improves

Samsung reported solid financial results in the quarter ending June 30 despite the negative impact…

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Qualcomm Announces Financial Results, Huawei Agreement

Qualcomm announced that it earned a net income of $845 million on revenues of $4.9…

Collections Comes to Edge Mobile

The Collections feature from Microsoft Edge on desktop is now available in the Android and…

Google One is Adding Free Phone Backup, More

The Google One app has provided phone backup capabilities to subscribers since last year, but…

Google Talks Progress on Flutter for Web

Google today provided an update on its progress bringing Flutter app development to the web,…

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