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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Microsoft Delivers a Windows 10 Version 1809 Release Candidate

Microsoft today released Windows 10 Insider Preview build 17751 to testers in the Fast ring.

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Ask Paul: August 31 (Premium)

It's the last day of August, so here's another lengthy round of Q & A…

Yes, Redstone 5 Will Be Named the October 2018 Update

No surprise here: Microsoft revealed today that Redstone 5 will be officially named the Windows…

First Non-XL Pixel 3 Photos Leak, Showing Off a New Design

The non-XL version of the Google Pixel 3 is going in a decidedly different direction,…

Surface Studio is Updated for Windows Mixed Reality

Surface Studio Just Picked Up a Ton of Firmware Updates

Surface Studio owners have quite a bit of updating to do: Today, the PC was…

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The First Snapdragon 850 PC Sheds Little Light on Improvements (Premium)

Like many of you, I'm eager to discover how, or even whether, this new chipset…

Lenovo Announces New PCs, Chromebooks, and Smart Home Devices

Lenovo announced several new consumer PCs, an "extreme" version of its ThinkPad X1 Carbon, three…

Microsoft Pushes Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17744 to the Slow Ring

In yet another sign that RS5 development is nearing completion, Microsoft has delivered an older…

Microsoft Improves Consumer Versions of Office 365

Microsoft announced today that it is improving its Office 365 Home and Personal offerings in…

Google is Now Selling a 2FA Security Key

Google has announced the availability of its Titan Security Key, a hardware two-factor authentication (2FA)…

Android Messages Gets a Material Design Refresh Overhaul

Anyone using Android Messages will definitely notice this latest update, which applies a Material Design…

Microsoft Acknowledges New Windows Zero-Day Flaw

This week, a security vulnerability researcher used to Twitter to blurt out information about a…

Dell Bundles Amazon Alexa on New Consumer PCs

At IFA this week, Dell announced a new lineup of PCs with integrated Amazon Alexa…

Intel Announces New 8th-Generation Core Processors

With IFA underway in Berlin this week, Intel has announced the latest additions to its…

It’s Official: Huawei is Number Two in Smartphone Sales

We now have confirmation that Huawei has surpassed Apple to become the world's second-biggest maker…

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In Google vs. Fortnite, Everyone Loses (Premium)

Tim Sweeney and Google both practice their own particular brands of evil. Naturally, they deserve…

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