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

## Making Sense of Windows 11 in 2025
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Making Sense of Windows 11 in 2025 (Premium)

Windows 12? Windows 11 version 25H2? Something is changing, and in this epic piece, I…

OpenAI leadership changes

OpenAI Announces Leadership Update

The ever-volatile OpenAI is changing yet again, with co-founder and CEO Sam Altman shifting his…

New Outlook for Windows

New Outlook Begins Inching Its Way Into Commercial Microsoft 365 Deployments

The new Outlook remains controversial with Microsoft's corporate customers, but it just took another quiet…

A robot who reads for us
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Web Browsers, Agentic AI, and the Future (Premium)

I can't stop thinking about web browsers: They haven't changed in decades, but agentic AI…

Google Drive for Windows 11 on Arm is Now Available

Google Drive for Windows 11 on Arm is Now Available

Google announced this morning that its Drive client for Windows 11 on Arm is out…

Paul's Apple Watch

Gurman: Apple Intelligence is Coming to Apple Watch

In his latest Power On newsletter, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says that Apple is exploring how…

OneNote for Windows 10 is dead

Microsoft Finally Kills OneNote for Windows 10

It was once the future of OneNote, but it quickly became the past, and now…

Copilot in OneDrive Begins Rolling Out to Microsoft 365 Consumer Subscribers

Copilot in OneDrive Begins Rolling Out to Microsoft 365 Consumer Subscribers

OneDrive was conspicuously missing when Microsoft added Copilot features to Microsoft 365 Family and Personal…

Microsoft Announces Two New Microsoft 365 Companion Apps for Windows 11

Microsoft Announces Two New Microsoft 365 Companion Apps for Windows 11

Microsoft today announced two new "companion" apps for Microsoft 365 commercial customers, File Search and…

Ask Paul: March 21
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Ask Paul: March 21 (Premium)

Happy Friday! And happy first day of Spring, which I've been enjoying since mid-January when…

Google Brings Smarter, AI-Based Search to Gmail

Google Brings Smarter, AI-Based Search to Gmail

Google today announced that it is rolling out a smarter, AI-based search feature to personal…

New Crocreator features in Windows 11 Paint

Microsoft Expands New Notepad, Paint, and Snipping Tool Features to All Insiders

Microsoft is expanding the testing of new AI features in Notepad, Paint, and Snipping Tool…

Anonymously share an Office doc to iPhone or iPad

Microsoft Brings Anonymous Office Document Sharing to iPhone and iPad

Microsoft has extended free, anonymous sharing of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents from the web…

Resurfaced road, Mexico City
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From the Editor’s Desk: Unintended (Premium)

I was surprised when Mexico City repaved the road next to our apartment. But I…

Elementary 8.0.1

Elementary OS 8.0.1 is Now Available

Three months after [the release of Elementary OS 8.0, version 8.0.1 is here with some…

Vivaldi 7.2 for Android

Vivaldi 7.2 is Here on Android, iPhone, and iPad

Following the release of Vivaldi 7.2 on desktop, the latest version of the web browser…

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