William George Thompson (born 6 October 1960) is an English technology writer, and technologist, best known for his writing in The Guardian newspaper in the 1990s,[1] his weekly column in the Technology section of BBC News Online, and his appearances over twenty years on Digital Planet, a radio show on the BBC World Service.

After the end of Digital Planet, in April 2023, Mitchell and Thompson returned with a new technology podcast, The Gareth and BillCast.

[7] He was an honorary senior visiting fellow at City University London's Journalism Department[8] and wrote for BBC WebWise.

Thompson was a trustee of the Britten Sinfonia,[9] and formerly a board member of the Writers' Centre Norwich.

[11] In October 2016, Anglia Ruskin University awarded Thompson an Honorary Doctor of Arts degree.