Darren Allan

Darren is a freelancer writing news and features for TechRadar (and occasionally T3) across a broad range of computing topics including CPUs, GPUs, various other hardware, VPNs, antivirus and more. He has written about tech for the best part of three decades, and writes books in his spare time (his debut novel - 'I Know What You Did Last Supper' - was published by Hachette UK in 2013).

Articles by: Darren Allan

A very subtle image of money falling in front of Nvidia's HQ while GPUs pop out

Nvidia could’ve made a major last-minute change with RTX Super GPU refreshes

By Darren Allan published

Nivida’s purported RTX 4070 Ti Super graphics card may not be coming after all, it seems.

MacBook Pro 16-inch M3

Rumor suggests Apple MacBook Pro OLED due in 2026, MacBook Air to follow

By Darren Allan published

A consensus seems to be forming around the planned release schedule for OLED laptops and tablets from Apple.

An Intel Core i9-14900K slotted into a motherboard

Report shows Intel’s 14th-gen CPUs are great overclockers – and suggests which 14900K variant you should buy

By Darren Allan published

Should you buy the vanilla flagship for Raptor Lake Refresh, or the version without integrated graphics?

Frustrated Laptop User

Google forces a new look for Chrome – but you can get rid of it if you hate it

By Darren Allan published

A redesign is now rolling out for Google’s Chrome browser, and it’s not popular in some quarters.

AMD Ryzen

Is AMD close to revealing new Ryzen 9000 CPUs? We doubt it

By Darren Allan published

AMD Ryzen 9000 processors have been mentioned in a leaked pic supposedly from Alienware, causing quite a stir.

The Humane AI Pin on a shirt

Humane’s AI Pin is a screenless, wearable smartphone that’s straight out of Black Mirror

By Darren Allan published

A phone with no screen that can be pinned to your jacket. Has the tech world lost its marbles as well as its displays?

Ormanas LED Light Strip

IKEA is taking on Philips Hue with its first affordable LED light strip

By Darren Allan published

After a smart LED light strip? IKEA has a new product that looks wallet-friendly and effective.

PC Gamer looking happy

Nvidia could have a big surprise for CES 2024 with rumored trio of new RTX Super graphics cards

By Darren Allan published

Are the RTX 4080 Super, 4070 Ti Super, and 4070 Super graphics cards incoming at the start of 2024?

SSD

Black Friday could be your last chance for a great SSD deal before price rises kick in

By Darren Allan published

We’re told that a reliable source indicates that SSDs are set to get more costly – maybe even a fair bit pricier.

Windows 11 Update showing on laptop in an office

Microsoft has tossed a Windows 11 help feature on the scrapheap – probably because of Copilot

By Darren Allan published

The Tips app in Windows 11 is on borrowed time, and will likely be ditched for Windows 12.

A laptop screen showing the new ChatGPT-powered Bing search engine

Bing AI could soon be much more versatile and powerful thanks to plug-ins

By Darren Allan published

Microsoft’s Bing chatbot might be considerably upgraded with plug-ins which are now back in testing.

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora bundle

Buyers of AMD Ryzen 7000 CPUs and RX 7000 GPUs get a free copy of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

By Darren Allan published

AMD’s freebies for Ubisoft’s incoming game also include a really cool Avatar-themed custom RX 7900 XTX model.

MSI CMP 50HX mining graphics card

Someone turned an Nvidia crypto mining GPU into a gaming one – and the resulting nightmare is a warning to us all

By Darren Allan published

Nvidia’s crypto mining GPUs can be turned into gaming graphics cards – but there are many reasons not to do this.

An Asus RTX 4070 Ti standing upright next to an upright Nvidia RTX 4080 Founders Edition

Glimpse of Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti Super graphics card comes ahead of a rumored CES 2024 launch

By Darren Allan published

Exciting times ahead in the near future? We might just see a trio of Nvidia Lovelace refreshes at CES.

MacBook Pro 16-inch with screen open in an office

Apple M3 Ultra CPU might blow away M3 Max – but we won’t find out for a long time yet

By Darren Allan published

Keen to see how fast the M3 Ultra will be? You’ll need to be very patient sadly…

MacBook Pro 16-inch M3

Apple’s M3 Macs could have a surprise iPhone feature – but it won’t be as helpful

By Darren Allan published

It seems that macOS 14.1 has a liquid detection system, but it won’t work the same as the equivalent iPhone functionality.

iMac 27 on a desk with the default wallpaper and desktop

Leaked Apple roadmap shows full OLED timeline for iPads, MacBooks and iMacs

By Darren Allan published

Want to know which Macs are getting OLED and when? Leaked Apple roadmap tells all...

MacBook Pro 16-inch M3

Leaked benchmark suggests Apple’s M3 Pro CPU isn’t nearly as ‘scary fast’ as M3 Max

By Darren Allan published

Will the M3 Pro chip offer a disappointing generational uplift? A new leak hints this might be the case.

A person using the Windows 11 Start menu

Hate Copilot in Windows 11? Free privacy tools can now get rid of the AI

By Darren Allan published

Ready to hit the ejector seat button for Copilot? Two privacy-focused apps can now jettison the AI from your desktop.

Angry PC gamer sitting at a gaming desktop PC and losing

Latest rumor suggests Nvidia RTX 4080 Super graphics card might be another flop

By Darren Allan published

Nvidia’s rumored RTX 4070 Super refreshes could be more substantial upgrades than the 4080 Super.

Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge could get the same Windows 11 option to ‘get updates asap’ – just be careful using it

By Darren Allan published

Windows 11 benefited from this choice earlier in the year, and now Edge is being graced with it – in testing.

MacBook Pro 16-inch M3

Apple M3 Max CPU flexes muscles and embarrasses M2 Ultra in battle of the benchmarks

By Darren Allan published

The M3 Max is looking speedy indeed – and that’s got folks excited about how quick the M3 Ultra may eventually be.

MacBook Pro 2023 in Space Black

MacBook Pro M3 in black giving you fingerprint worries? Apple has apparently cracked this case

By Darren Allan published

In the past, fingerprint woes have marred darker finishes on Apple laptops for some – but not any more…

MacBook Pro 16-inch M3

Want the best MacBook Pro 16-inch M3 you can get? It’ll cost you a wallet-destroying $7,200

By Darren Allan published

The old fully-loaded MacBook Pro M2 was really pricey, and the new M3 version pushes those boundaries even further.

A person using the Windows 11 Start menu

Microsoft wants to make this unpopular Windows 11 Start menu feature slightly less hated

By Darren Allan published

Plenty of folks don’t like the Recommended panel, by all accounts, and some want it ditched entirely.

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