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 Claims Battery Life Edge, Again

Microsoft Edge still provides better battery life than Google Chrome in Windows 10 version 1803.…

Acer Goes Back to School with New PCs, Chromebooks

Acer Goes Back to School with New PCs, Chromebooks

Acer announced a new lineup of back-to-school PCs and Chromebooks for the fall. Among them…

Xbox One to Pick Up Game and App Grouping, More in June

Xbox One to Pick Up Game and App Grouping, More in June

Microsoft has delivered an early version of the June Update for Xbox One to Insiders,…

Instagram is Finally Adding a Mute Button

Instagram is Finally Adding a Mute Button

In a bid to help its users avoid noise and nonsense, Instagram said this week…

Twitter PWA Picks Up Night Mode, More

Twitter PWA Picks Up Night Mode, More

Twitter announced this week that it has updated its Progressive Web App (PWA) to support…

Lenovo Flex 6 (14") First Impressions

Lenovo Flex 6 (14″) First Impressions

The Lenovo Flex 6 is an affordable take on the convertible PC, but it offers…

Samsung Galaxy S9+ Review Part 3: Unique Software and Features

Samsung Galaxy S9+ Review Part 3: Unique Software and Features

The Galaxy S9+ is a showcase for Samsung's hardware design prowess and it sets a…

Microsoft Talks Up Coming OneDrive Updates

Microsoft Talks Up Coming OneDrive Updates

Microsoft announced several coming new features for OneDrive on Monday. But most are business-focused.

Intel Finds New Spectre Derivative

Intel Finds New Spectre Derivative

Intel found a new derivative of the Spectre security flaw in its chipset. Fortunately, this…

HMD to Expand its Nokia Phone Portfolio

HMD to Expand its Nokia Phone Portfolio

HMD announced today that it will "aggressively expand its portfolio of Nokia smartphones" in 2018,…

Huawei MateBook X Pro First Impressions

Huawei MateBook X Pro First Impressions

Huawei's MateBook X Pro is now available for purchase in the United States. I've got…

PC Makers are Embracing Alexa

PC Makers are Embracing Alexa

Acer announced this morning that it is the first to ship notebook PCs preinstalled with…

Hey Cortana, Microsoft is Buying a Conversational AI Startup

Hey Cortana, Microsoft is Buying a Conversational AI Startup

Microsoft announced that it has purchased Semantic Machines, an AI startup. But this purchase may…

What is Microsoft Edge? What Should it Be?
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What is Microsoft Edge? What Should it Be? (Premium)

Inspired by a Thurrott.com forum post, I'm revisiting one of the more contentious issues we…

Watch Out Alexa, Google is Coming Home

Google smart speaker sales are growing over three times faster than those from Amazon, closing…

Ask Paul: May 18
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Ask Paul: May 18 (Premium)

This was sort of a short week from a free time perspective, so this is…

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