Articles by Desire Athow, Managing Editor, TechRadar Pro

Désiré has been musing and writing about technology during a career spanning four decades. He dabbled in website builders and web hosting when DHTML and frames were in vogue and started narrating about the impact of technology on society just before the start of the Y2K hysteria at the turn of the last millennium.

Then followed a weekly tech column in a local business magazine in Mauritius, a late night tech radio programme called Clicplus and a freelancing gig at the now-defunct, Theinquirer, with the late Mike Magee as mentor. After an eight-year stint at ITProPortal.com, where he discovered the joys of global techfests and transformed the publication into one of the biggest tech B2B independent publishers, Désiré moved to TechRadar Pro where he has been the editor for nine years.

He has an affinity for anything hardware and staunchly refuses to stop writing reviews of obscure products or cover niche B2B software-as-a-service providers. He is an avid deal hunter and can be found lurking around on various deals forums.

Articles by: Desire Athow

Huawei throws massive 1-million NPU gauntlet at Nvidia and AMD as it positions itself an alternative to US AI giants

By Desire Athow published 18 September 25

Who needs Instinct or Blackwell when we’ve got the Ascend family from Huawei.

Researchers warn that skill erosion caused by AI could have a devastating and lasting impact on businesses - but it may already be too late

By Desire Athow published 16 September 25

Esko Penttinen, Associate Professor, and Joona Ruissalo, Post-doctoral researcher at Aalto University, tell us about the risks of skill erosion, and why AI makes the problem more urgent.

Samsung and AMD made a revolutionary SSD together - then it was left to wither in the shadows and nobody knows exactly why

By Desire Athow published 16 September 25

Computational storage drives looked attractive on paper so what happened next?

Bluetti Elite 100 v2 portable power station review

By Desire Athow published 9 September 25

A complete and powerful yet compact and lightweight portable power station

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The best blogging sites of 2025

By Owain Williams last updated 9 September 25

Updated We list the best blogging sites, to make it simple and easy to set up a blog, so you can publishing regular thoughts and opinions publicly on the internet.

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Best freelance website of 2025

By Desire Athow last updated 9 September 25

Updated We reviewed the top freelancing sites for your next project or finding new gigs.

Best cheap VPS hosting 2025

By Desire Athow last updated 8 September 25

We list the best cheap VPS hosting, to make it simple and easy to affordably configure the speed and server software of your hosted website.

Best CDN provider of 2025

By Mike Williams last updated 8 September 25

We list the best CDN provider, to make it simple and easy for individuals and businesses to better share their blogs or websites with users online.

Solidigm confirms 245+ TB SSDs set to launch before end of 2026

By Desire Athow published 8 September 25

Roger Corell, senior director of AI and leadership marketing at Solidigm, tells us about soaring SSD capacities, the future of QLC, and why AI workloads are driving the shift from HDDs.

Best free Usenet trial of 2025

By Desire Athow last updated 5 September 25

Updated We list the best free Usenet trials, to make it simple and easy to try out different Usenet providers.

Best resume builder of 2025

By Desire Athow last updated 5 September 25

Updated We list the best resume builders, to make it simple and easy to build a CV to help your career.

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Best Employee Background Check Services of 2025: Expert Ratings and Reviews for SMBs

By Benedict Collins last updated 27 August 25

Updated We've tested and reviewed the best employee background check services, and ranked them here to help you find the best service.

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Best People Search Finder Service of 2025: Top Services Reviewed & Ranked

By Benedict Collins last updated 26 August 25

Updated The best people search finder service can help you scour public databases to find friends and family.

Best image hosting website of 2025

By Desire Athow last updated 25 August 25

We feature the image hosting websites, to make it simple and easy for photographers, artists and graphic designers to store and exhibit your work online.

Best Usenet provider of 2025

By Christian Cawley last updated 25 August 25

Updated We list the best Usenet providers, to make it simple and easy to find the best tools for using Usenet message groups.

Best bare metal hosting of 2025

By Desire Athow last updated 21 August 25

We feature the best bare metal hosting services, to make it simple and easy to directly control your storage and reduce performance issues.

Best free proxies of 2025

By Benedict Collins last updated 21 August 25

We list the best free proxies, to make it simple and easy to select a proxy server that is free to use while also providing you with more safety online.

Best online form builder of 2025

By Desire Athow last updated 18 August 25

Updated We list the best online form builders, to make it simple and easy to collect, organize and analyze website data such as customer feedback and marketing analytics.

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‘The market for AI products will keep expanding’ - Freepik CEO tells us why creative AI is just getting started

By Desire Athow published 14 August 25

We talk falling costs, rising regulation, and the business pressure behind AI growth with Joaquín Cuenca Abela, CEO of Freepik.

Best landing page builder of 2025

By Desire Athow last updated 14 August 25

Updated We list the best landing page creators, to make it simple and easy to create and customize an online sales page to better advertise your business.

Best Android box of 2025

By Stefan Ionescu last updated 13 August 25

Buying Guide We compared the top Android boxes you can get right now.

Best way to share big files of 2025

By Desire Athow last updated 11 August 25

Updated We list the best ways to share big files, to make it simple and easy to share your files for work or personal use, particularly larger ones such as images.

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Best file syncing software of 2025

By Desire Athow last updated 7 August 25

Updated We list the best file syncing solutions, to make it simple and easy for you to access and recover your documents and other files from multiple devices.

How to create a website in 2025: A step-by-step guide

By Owain Williams last updated 5 August 25

Updated Want to start a website, but not sure how? This step-by-step guide will walk you through everything you need to do.

Best Dropbox alternative of 2025

By Desire Athow last updated 1 August 25

We list the best Dropbox alternatives, to make it simple and easy for you to work both online or offline by safely securing your data with a cloud storage service.

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