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Happy Friday, and Happy New Year! We head into 2026 full of uncertainty but also full of hope. So let’s kick of this holiday weekend, and the New Year, on a good note.
🤯 Bad memory, bad
MartinusV2 asks:
While there are high memory prices right now, wil… Continue reading Ask Paul: January 2 ⭐
In Smart Home-ish in 2026 ⭐, I wrote about the first steps I took to upgrade our condo in Pennsylvania with some basic smart home capabilities. This involved taking stock of what we had, basically several Sonos speakers and some Hue smart lights, and u… Continue reading Smart Home 2026: Smart Light Switches and Automations ⭐
ADHD sometimes feels like a super power. But sometimes it just gets in the way, making me feel broken and lost.
The post From the Editor’s Desk: A Mind is a Terrible Thing ⭐ appeared first on Thurrott.com.
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2025 was another monster year for personal technology, with AI, antitrust, and layoffs dominating the headlines.
2025 was also a big year for Thurrott.com. We published 1979 articles and posts overall (including this one). Laurent wrote 880 news storie… Continue reading My Top Stories of 2025 ⭐
The market researchers at IDC warn that an “unprecedented” memory chip shortage could impact PC and smartphone sales in 2026.
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Samsung announced that its Galaxy A17 5G smartphone and Galaxy Tab A11+ tab;et will arrive next week with entry-level pricing.
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2025 was an incredible year for PCs, Macs, iPads, iPhones, Android devices, and other hardware. Even the venerable Commodore 64 made the list.
🔝 Best of the best: HP OmniBook 5 16
In 2024, Copilot+ PCs based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite chipset s… Continue reading My Favorite New Hardware of 2025 ⭐
GOG announced that it is being acquired by one of its original cofounders so it can focus on videogame preservation.
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Big Tech and Big AI are over-hyping AI with a “bigger is better” message that only the biggest tech companies in the world with the biggest and most expensive and inefficient datacenters can deliver on the promises of this technology.
But sometimes les… Continue reading Little Tech, Little AI ⭐
Leo, Richard, and Paul ditch the headlines for whisky-soaked tech stories, behind-the-scenes Microsoft confessions, vintage hardware, and more.
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