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

AMD Brings Ryzen 4000 to the Desktop

AMD today announced its Ryzen 4000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon graphics, the world’s first…

Microsoft’s Smith Spoke to Congressional Committee About Apple

Microsoft president Brad Smith told a U.S. Congressional committee about his firm’s concerns about Apple’s…

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Two Paths, One Destination (Premium)

We can debate the relative merits of Win32 desktop applications vs. newer platforms, but Microsoft…

Microsoft Cloud PC is Coming in Spring 2021

Microsoft is working on a virtualized Windows desktop experience for thin clients called Microsoft Cloud…

Sea of Thieves Has Sold Over 1 Million Units on Steam

Microsoft’s Sea of Thieves is a blockbuster success from Xbox Studios with over 15 million…

Windows 10X Delayed to 2021, Loses Win32 Support

Mary Jo Foley reports that Microsoft has delayed Windows 10X to Spring 2021 and won’t…

Microsoft Has Stopped Selling One-Year Xbox Live Gold Subscriptions

Microsoft has confirmed that it is no longer selling one-year Xbox Live Gold subscriptions, leading…

Microsoft Launches Second Round of Xbox One X Preorders

Microsoft Has Stopped Making Xbox One X, S All-Digital Edition

Microsoft has confirmed that it has halted the manufacture of all current-generation Xbox consoles models…

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Ask Paul: July 17 (Premium)

Happy Friday, and welcome to another set of surprisingly diverse questions, albeit with a curious…

Microsoft Releases Edge 84

Today, Microsoft released Edge version 84, adding some minor improvements to Collections, PDF support, and…

WinUI 3 is (Still) Delayed to Spring 2021

With the release today of WinUI 3 Preview 2, Microsoft has effectively delayed the final…

Microsoft Issues First Skype Preview Build on Android

Skype 8.62 Arrives

Skype 8.62 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Web brings custom backgrounds, up to 12 people…

Now the EU is Going After Voice Assistants, Smart Devices

The European Commission opened an investigation today into how Big Tech is using voice assistants…

Microsoft: The Future of Gaming is … You

Microsoft’s Phil Spencer has penned an interesting editorial explaining his firm’s strategy for the future…

Google Offers a Free Android/Kotlin Developer Class for Beginners

Google today announced a free new online course for people without programming experience to learn…

Grammarly Expands Support for Google Docs

Grammarly announced a major expansion of its add-in for Google Docs that adds a new…

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