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

Amazon Sues Google Over New Hire

Amazon has sued Google to prevent a former Amazon executive from taking a job in…

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The Opportunity for Apple (Premium)

In two weeks, Apple will host WWDC 2020, and while the rumors have been flying…

Sonos Releases Its S2 App

Sonos today released the S2 version of its smart speaker OS and mobile app and…

Report: Huawei is Now “in a State of War”

A new report says that Huawei now considers itself in “a state of war” thanks…

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What I Use: June 2020 (Premium)

With pandemic emphasizing what’s really important, I thought this might be an interesting time to…

Brave Caught Revising URLs with Affiliate Links

Brave, which makes a privacy-focused web browser alternative, has been caught redirecting searches with affiliate…

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Apple Prepping Interest-Free Hardware Payment Plans

Apple will try to sidestep the economic impact of the pandemic by offering customers an…

Dell XPS 13 (9300) Review

The Dell XPS 13 manages to fit a 13.4-inch display into a gorgeous and portable…

U.S. States Would Like to Break Up Google

The U.S. states that are investigating Google for antitrust violations are leaning towards breaking up…

Microsoft Promises More Diversity and Inclusiveness

In an open letter to employees and customers, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that Microsoft…

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Ask Paul: June 5 (Premium)

Happy Friday! We have a metric ton of questions this week, and that seems like…

Huawei’s Plan for the U.S. Blacklisting? Hoarding

A new report claims that Huawei has stockpiled up to two years’ worth of critical…

Slack Earnings Beat Expectations, Disappoint Wall Street

Slack's revenues in the most recent quarter exploded 50 percent year-over-year to $201.7 million as…

The New Edge is Rolling Out via Windows Update

It’s finally happening: Microsoft has begun automatically deploying the new Edge web browser to Windows…

Microsoft Surface Go 2 Review

Surface Go 2 is an interesting option for those in need of a secondary Windows…

Google Sued for Tracking Private Browsing

A proposed class-action lawsuit claims that Google has been tracking users even when Chrome is…

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