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

Microsoft Edge for iOS Now Supports EBooks

Microsoft is Closing Its Ebook Store, Edge Support

I guess the only surprise here is when this would happen. But Microsoft is indeed…

Blackout Gets a New Map, is Free for the Month

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s struggling battle royale mode, called Blackout, is getting a…

Canadian Royal Navy is Testing HoloLens for Remote Maintenance

The Canadian Royal Navy announced today that it will use HoloLens and Kognitiv Spark software…

Book Review: Tim Cook: The Genius Who Took Apple to the Next Level

That title is really the only eye-raising aspect of Leander Kahney’s latest book, which is…

Apple Cuts Prices of iPhone, More in China

Apple has once again cut the price of the iPhone in China. But this time,…

Atari Reveals the Final Design of the New VCS Console

Atari just delayed the release of the new VCS, but it also has some good…

Google Stops Selling the Pixel 2

This is no April Fools: Google has removed the Pixel 2 listing from its online…

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R.I.P., Google Inbox (Premium)

Today, Google is killing off Inbox, its simpler interface for Gmail. But instead of addressing…

Thinking About Surface Book 2 Specs and Configurations

Surface Book 2 Now Offers an 8th-Generation Core i5 Configuration

When Surface Book 2 debuted in late 2017, the base configuration was only offered with…

Sega Announces Genesis Mini

Good news for nostalgic video game fans: Sega announced that it will ship a Genesis…

Amazon Music Expected to Reach 35 Million Listeners in 2019

Amazon Music doesn’t get a lot of attention, but it is most likely the third-largest…

Sony Scales Back on Smartphones

With less than 1 percent of the market, Sony is dramatically scaling back its smartphone…

AirPower Was Likely Doomed by Electromagnetic Interference

iFixIt is offering up what it calls an “informed guess” about Apple’s abrupt AirPower cancelation.…

Apple Cancels AirPower

In an unexpected twist, Apple has canceled its long-delayed AirPower wireless charger, citing quality problems.

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Ask Paul: March 29 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Here’s a final Ask Paul for March, and another great set of questions…

LG G8 ThinQ Arrives in the U.S. on April 11

LG announced today that it will release its latest smartphone flagship, the G8 ThinQ, on…

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