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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Google Releases Early Version of Jetpack Compose

Jetpack Compose is a UI toolkit for Kotlin that’s designed to help developers create modern…

Azure’s Immersive Reader is Available for Third-Party Apps

Microsoft has announced the general availability of Immersive Reader, an Azure service that can help…

Report: Microsoft Talks with TikTok Turned Into “Soap Opera”

According to a report, Microsoft originally only wanted to make an investment in TikTok and…

Google Chrome 85 Delivers Improvements to Tabs

Google has announced the availability of Chrome 85, which adds several new tabs-related features to…

Mozilla Begins Rolling Out New Firefox for Android

Mozilla has begun rolling out a completely redesigned version of Firefox for Android that offers…

Fitbit Announces Two New Smartwatches

Fitbit today announced the Versa 3 and a new offering called Sense that adds stress…

Microsoft Brings Transcription, New Voice Commands to Word for the Web

Microsoft has announced a new Transcribe feature for Word for web, plus new voice commands…

Microsoft Rolls Out the Xbox One August 2020 Update

Microsoft today announced that it is now rolling out the August 2020 Update for Xbox…

Judge Issues Split Decision in Epic v. Apple

A U.S. District Judge has handed legal victories---and corresponding legal defeats---to both Apple and Epic…

Amazon Rolls Out Audible Plus

Amazon today announced the preview availability of Audible Plus, a lower-cost tier of the firm’s…

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25 Years of Windows 95 (Premium)

Microsoft finalized Windows 95 on August 15, 1995 and began selling it to the public…

TikTok Sues the U.S. Government

As promised, TikTok has sued the U.S. government for attempting to ban its social media…

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Google’s New Smartphone Strategy Comes Into Focus (Premium)

Now that we have a clearer picture of Google’s new smartphone strategy, I think I…

Microsoft Backs Epic in Fight with Apple

In a new legal filing, Epic Games argues that Apple is threatening its entire ecosystem…

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Gates (Premium)

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has weighed in on the antitrust scrutiny facing Big Tech. His…

Apple Will Not Force In-App Purchases on WordPress

Apple has apologized to WordPress for threatening it unnecessarily and will no longer force it…

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