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

Apple Promises to Fix iPhone XS Selfie Smoothing

Apple will address "Beautygate," where iPhone XS and XR selfies are overly smooth and mask…

Windows 10 Version 1809 Suffers from Yet Another Data Loss Bug

Windows 10 just can't stop deleting users' data. Redmond, Hello? Anyone home?

Google Promises to Fix Pixel 3 Photo Saving

Google has finally addressed one of the recently revealed multitasking issues that are plaguing early…

A New Intellivision Games Console is Coming … in 2020?

Intellivision Entertainment announced yesterday that it will ship a new video game console called Amico…

New Samsung Headset Tries to Overcome Mixed Reality’s Biggest Problem

The Samsung HMD Odyssey+ comes with a higher-resolution display that the firm says eliminates the…

Huawei Will Not Sell New Flagship Smartphones in the U.S.

After trying to make a major splash in the U.S. this past year, Huawei is…

Report: Qualcomm is Working on an ARM Version of Google Chrome

Qualcomm is allegedly working on an ARM version of the Google Chrome web browser for…

Microsoft Celebrates Halloween with New Game Pass Titles

Microsoft revealed today that it is celebrating Halloween early by adding several new horror titles…

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Oops, Google Did It Again (Premium)

Google seems incapable of shipping reliable handsets. And I'm tired of being victimized by this.

Google’s Reliability Issues Continue with Pixel 3

It's not another Pixelgate, not yet. But Google's latest handsets suffer from some serious reliability…

Acer Chromebook Spin 13 First Impressions

The Acer Chromebook Spin 13 brings the manageability, security, and simplicity of Chrome OS to…

Intel Finds New Spectre Derivative

Microsoft Allegedly Overcomes Performance Issues in its Spectre Fixes

A massive performance hit is the most noticeable side-effect of the Spectre fixes that Microsoft…

Report Reveals New Android Licensing Fees in Europe

Google will comply with the demands of EU antitrust regulators by making Android more expensive.…

EU Approves Microsoft’s GitHub Acquisition

As expected, regulators from the European Union have approved Microsoft's $7.5 billion acquisition of GitHub.

Valve Classics are Enhanced for Xbox One X

Valve's biggest game titles are now available in Xbox 360 Backward Compatibility and have been…

Google Enhances Gmail Add-Ons Across Web and Mobile

Gmail Add-ons now support Compose Actions that expose third-party functionality when you're writing an email…

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