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With over a decade in tech service journalism, Chris has written thousands of informative and useful articles that have driven more than one billion page views to the publications he's written for.Currently, Chris is an independent tech journalist contributing regularly to publications like PCWorld and writing The Windows ReadMe, a publication partnering with Thurrott.com.The Windows ReadMe is an independent continuation of Windows Intelligence, a publication Chris launched with The Intelligence in 2023, which had an associated weekly Computerworld column. Prior to launching Windows Intelligence, Chris Hoffman was Editor-in-Chief of How-To Geek.Chris took over as Editor-in-Chief of How-To Geek in 2019. Under his leadership, the website's traffic more than doubled. Traffic peaked at over 30 million unique visitors per month under his watch.In June 2023, How-To Geek was acquired by Valnet. Chris turned down a job offer from Valnet to continue running the site. Instead, he accepted an offer to found the Windows Intelligence newsletter.His work has appeared everywhere from The New York Times and PCWorld to the front page of Reddit. He wrote the USA's most-saved online article of 2021 according to Pocket.
Learn more about Chris at The Intelligence, or read his work:
How to Stop Slack From Taking Over Your Life (The New York Times)
Intel’s Lunar Lake is what the first AI PCs should have been (PCWorld)
Microsoft Needs to Get Serious About Its Windows 10 Upgrade Problem (PCMag)
10 Windows 11 AI features you can use today (Computerworld)
This classic answer engine still outsmarts AI chatbots (Fast Company)
I'm Done Waiting for Matter's Smart Home Standard to Matter (How-To Geek)
Delete Your Internet Footprint (Reader's Digest, Nov 2021)
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