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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Parallels Desktop 16 for Mac is Now Available

Parallels has launched Parallels Desktop 16, the latest version of its Mac-based desktop virtualization solution.

Amazon Rebrands Twitch Prime to Prime Gaming

Amazon today announced that it is rebranding its Twitch Prime service to Prime Gaming to…

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Google Maps Improves on CarPlay, Returns to Apple Watch

Google today announced a major update to Google Maps for Apple CarPlay and the return…

Russia Finds Apple Guilty of Antitrust Abuse

And the charges will sound awfully familiar to anyone who has been following the firm’s…

Minecraft: Education Edition Comes to Chromebook

Microsoft announced today that Minecraft: Education Edition is now generally available for users on Chromebook.

Join Us Wednesday for GET-IT Teams Day

Our sister site Petri.com is hosting a free GET-IT Teams Day virtual event on Wednesday…

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Living with a Laptop: First Steps (Premium)

For years, I’ve resisted using a docked laptop, but with a recent lightning strike taking…

Moving to YouTube Music: A Mini-Review

Some transitions are seamless while others are disruptive. Moving from Google Play Music to YouTube…

Qualcomm Wants Huawei’s Phone Chipset Business

Mobile chipmaking giant Qualcomm has petitioned the U.S. government to let it provide smartphone chipsets…

Huawei to Halt Smartphone Chipset Production

Thanks to withering U.S. sanctions, smartphone giant Huawei this week said that it will have…

Twitter Has Held Preliminary Talks with TikTok

A more suitable suitor for beleaguered social network TikTok has emerged: According to reports, Twitter…

Here Comes the Surface Duo

With Microsoft expected to formally launch the Surface Duo in coming days, some promotional renders…

Toshiba Exits the PC Business

Toshiba this week confirmed that it has sold the remaining stake in its laptop business…

Google Pixel 4a Preview

While I know that the Pixel 4a will never meet my needs, I can’t ignore…

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Ask Paul: August 7 (Premium)

Happy Friday, and welcome to August, such as it is. Here’s another great set of…

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Hubris, Thy Name is Apple (Premium)

Apple has been quietly waging war against its own developers for years in an effort…

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