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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Acknowledging the devastating effect that its growth has had on the Seattle area, Microsoft announced…
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Microsoft’s ongoing slow (re)rollout of the October 2018 Update hit a major new milestone this…
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Microsoft is taking steps to extricate its digital personal assistant from Windows 10’s core search…
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If the past year has proven anything, it’s that smartphone makers need China to thrive.…
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Apple unexpectedly started providing Smart Battery Cases for all of its most recent iPhone models…
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Netflix announced today that it is raising the price of its streaming video service by…
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DuckDuckGo announced today that it has licensed Apple Maps for its map- and address-related search…
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Free Windows 10 upgrades and longer PC refresh cycles have forced Microsoft to find other…
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Android Studio 3.3 ships with no major new features: Instead, this release focuses on “quality…
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Google Fi is adding support for Rich Communications Services (RCS) and faster international 4G/LTE speeds.
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Extended support for Windows 7 ends one year from today, on January 14, 2020. A…
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Will Windows 7’s retirement result in a new wave of Windows 10 PC upgrades? Perhaps.…
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Thanks to everyone who participated in the third Windows Weekly giveaway. Here is the list…
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Welcome to the latest edition of Ask Paul. This week, I look at a problematic…
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Google this week confirmed that it has stopped manufacturing Chromecast Audio, its inexpensive audio streaming…
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I’ve been pushing back against Microsoft’s escalation of advertising in Windows since the beginning.