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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Samsung Infinity Flex Display Looks Like a Winner (Premium)

Samsung finally unveiled its first-ever foldable display design today. Folks, this is no gimmick.

Chrome 71 to Improve its “Abusive Experiences” Protection

Google will expand the protection functionality in Chrome and start blocking all ads on known-abusive…

Timeline Comes to Microsoft Launcher on Android

Six months after promising to do so, Microsoft has delivered Timeline on Android, courtesy of…

PUBG is Coming to PS4 in December

When it launched on Xbox One last December, Player Unknown's Battleground (PUBG) was a console…

Latest Opera for Android Blocks Annoying Cookie Dialogs

Opera today announced Opera for Android 48, which blocks annoying cookie and privacy dialogs and…

Google Slowly Starts Fixing Pixel 3 Problems

With its users reporting a wide range of reliability issues, Google has slowly started fixing…

Microsoft Store to Get Shopping Cart, Wish List Improvements

The Microsoft Store will get improvements to Shopping Cart and Wish List on Windows 10,…

Barnes & Noble Announces a New Nook Tablet For Some Reason

It looks like someone didn't get the memo: Barnes & Noble inexplicably announced a new…

OnePlus 6T First Impressions

Following in the footsteps of its impressive predecessor, the OnePlus 6T shrinks the notch and…

Intel NUC (NUC8i7BEH) Mini-PC Kit: Install and Configuration

Over the weekend, I got the new Intel NUC up and running with the RAM…

SwiftKey to Pick Up Bing Search Capabilities

Microsoft's SwiftKey will soon be updated to support Bing search directly from the mobile keyboard.

Report: iPhone XR Sales are Much Softer Than Expected

Apple's iPhone XR has apparently gotten off to a slow start. So Apple is canceling…

Android Without* Google?

A big part of Android's appeal is that you can customize it to your needs…

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Missing the Point with Charts (Premium)

In the wake of Apple's revelation that it will no longer report unit sales of…

Intel NUC (NUC8i7BEH) Mini-PC Kit First Impressions

Intel's latest generation of NUC mini-PCs and kits represent a major step up from the…

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Ask Paul: November 2 (Premium)

Happy Friday. Here's the first Ask Paul for November 2018.

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