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

Huawei P30 Pro Review: Best. Smartphone. Camera. Ever.

Caught in the middle of a U.S./China trade war, the stunning Huawei P30 Pro has…

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Ask Paul: May 31 (Premium)

Happy Friday. Here is another great set of reader questions to close out the month.

Report: Huawei Saw Huge Growth in Wearables, Too

A new report from IDC claims that the wearables market grew 55 percent in the…

Call of Duty Goes Modern. Again.

After a lackluster Black Ops 4 release, Activision is predictably taking the Call of Duty…

Microsoft Expands its PC Gaming Strategy

Microsoft announced Xbox Game Pass for PC, the availability of Xbox Game Studios PC games…

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The Future of Windows, Vaguely (Premium)

When I launched the SuperSite for Windows, I promised to discuss “the future of Windows,…

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Oh, Apple (Premium)

An Apple website promoting its App Store proves is that it’s an unjustifiable monopoly that…

Qualcomm Appeals FTC Antitrust Ruling

Qualcomm has asked a federal judge not to enforce her antitrust ruling against the firm…

OnePlus 7 Pro Updated with Camera Improvements

OnePlus has released Oxygen OS 9.5 for the OnePlus 7 Pro, adding several improvements to…

New Windows 10 20H1 Build Brings Your Phone Improvements

A new build of Windows 10 20H1 for Insiders in the Fast ring is out.…

Amazon Announces a Smaller, Cheaper Echo Show

Amazon today announced a smaller version of its Echo Show smart display that will retail…

Smartphone Sales Fell 4.5 Percent in Q1 2019

Now that both IDC and Gartner have weighed in on first-quarter smartphone sales, we have…

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Apple and Google Are at War Over Privacy (Premium)

Apple and Google are both terrible in their own ways. But while one has the…

No, Turning Off Digital Wellbeing Does Not Improve Performance

Google has debunked claims that disabling Digital Wellbeing on its Pixel handsets will somehow dramatically…

Usage Data Confirms Slow Rollout of Windows 10 Version 1903

The latest AdDuplex data suggests that Microsoft’s rollout of Windows 10 version 1903 will indeed…

Microsoft Announces Modern OS

Microsoft talked up the need for something it calls Modern OS. And it does not…

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