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

Minecraft is Getting a Character Creator

The beta version of Minecraft has introduced a Character Creator that lets you personalize your…

Microsoft Issues New Surface Dock Firmware Update Tool

Microsoft this week released a new Microsoft Surface Dock Firmware Update tool that supersedes the…

Google Announces Free Android/Kotlin Developer Courses

Just as Apple is moving iOS developers from Objective-C to Swift, Google is moving Android…

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Ask Paul: September 20 (Premium)

Happy Friday, and thanks to all the Premium readers who contributed to this week’s Ask…

Twitter Now Lets You Hide Replies in U.S., Canada, Japan

After testing the feature in Canada, Twitter is now letting users in the U.S. and…

Google Documents Coming Chrome Features

Google released Chrome 77 almost ten days ago, but today they’re discussing features coming over…

Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18985 Heads to the Fast Ring

Microsoft today released Windows 10 build 18985 (20H1) to Windows Insiders on the Fast ring.

Microsoft Launches New Python Video Series

Microsoft has launched a free new video series on YouTube called Python for Beginners.

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Living with Chromebook: Workflow Changes (Premium)

On day two of Living with Chromebook, I’m thinking about workflow and how moving to…

Roku Launches New Players, New OS

Roku today announced its new 2019 lineup of streaming set-top boxes and a new version…

Huawei Launches Mate 30 Series Without Google Apps

As expected, Huawei launched the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro smartphones today. But the…

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Living with Chromebook: First Steps (Premium)

Chromebooks are often touted as a simpler and less expensive alternative to a Windows laptop. And that’s true, to a point.

COD: Modern Warfare Beta Test Comes to Xbox One

Xbox One gamers who preorder Call of Duty: Modern Warfare can partake in a cross-platform…

Pocket Casts is Now Free on Mobile

After a disastrous launch of its latest major app version, Pocket Casts has lost a…

Google to Offer Stadia Premiere Edition Too

The Stadia Founder’s Edition is still available in the United States, but it has already…

Google Fi Offers an Unlimited Plan Now

Google has launched an Unlimited plan for Google Fi that also provides 100 GB of…

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