Articles by Luke Hughes, Staff Writer

Luke Hughes holds the role of Staff Writer at TechRadar Pro, producing news, features and deals content across topics ranging from computing to cloud services, cybersecurity, data privacy and business software.

They are also responsible for managing a selection of our buying guides, which are kept up to date with the latest and greatest products and services. PR agencies are encouraged to get in touch with information about new products and services.

Separately, Luke is interested in receiving pitches around the evolution of ways of working, technology companies with ambitions to change the world and the latest security vulnerabilities.

Luke holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Creative Writing from The University of Nottingham.

Articles by: Luke Hughes

Surprisingly enough, most of us still really don't want to go back to the office

By Luke Hughes Published 23 March 23

Three years on from the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, workers see the opportunity to work remotely as an inalienable right.

Microsoft unveils a new cloud security benchmark, casts shade at AWS and GCP

By Luke Hughes Published 22 March 23

Microsoft’s latest cloud security benchmark now offers guidance for users of other public public clouds, like Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services.

A glitched screenshot taken with Windows 11, run through the Acropalypse exploit script.

The Windows 11 cropping tool shares a Google Pixel security flaw

By Luke Hughes Published 22 March 23

Edited screenshots are being recovered on Windows 11, putting sensitive data and identities at risk.

It's not just you – your HDD really is getting less durable

By Luke Hughes Published 21 March 23

The way hard drives are manufactured has changed in line with storage demands, and component compression has its limits.

AWS wants to fuel its data centers with vegetable oil - which could actually be terrible

By Luke Hughes Published 21 March 23

Amazon is looking to reduce the carbon footprint of its data centers, starting with backup generators in Europe, but there are plenty of causes for concern.

Amazon is being sued over claims Go stores tracked shoppers biometric data

By Luke Hughes Published 20 March 23

Palm prints and “sizes and shapes of every customer’s body” were being taken from some customers.

The new Microsoft 365 Copilot UI in Microsoft Word

Microsoft is bringing AI to Microsoft 365

By Luke Hughes Published 16 March 23

Microsoft 365 Copilot is bringing the latest version of ChatGPT to the workplace.

An image of security icons for a network encircling a digital blue earth.

A cyberspy outfit is attacking high-level targets in the EU

By Luke Hughes Published 15 March 23

Embassies, healthcare agencies and other critical orgs have been compromised.

A Deep Green cloud data center in action.

This startup is recycling energy to heat swimming pools for free

By Luke Hughes Published 14 March 23

A UK startup’s cloud data centers could transform the leisure industry and beyond.

Google adds another AI dollop to Workspace to catch up with Microsoft

By Luke Hughes Published 14 March 23

Google Cloud users can now access AI models such as PaLM and build their own AI-powered apps, while Gmail and Google Docs are getting prompt-driven generative AI features.

Cloud storage for downloading an isometric. A digital service or application with data transmission.

Managing business cloud costs is more challenging than ever

By Luke Hughes Published 13 March 23

Companies are less concerned about security of their cloud infrastructure than they are about cutting costs and disaster recovery.

Microsoft Teams is going to use green screen technology to make your video calls better

By Luke Hughes Published 2 March 23

Virtual backgrounds are accessible to the masses, but there’s only one way to get them to look any good.

This startup wants to use generative AI to write your marketing copy

By Luke Hughes Published 1 March 23

A former Adobe CTO thinks AI can tailor itself to your business' voice.

This malware tool is still successfully exploiting Internet Explorer vulnerabilities

By Luke Hughes Published 28 February 23

The browser you should absolutely not be using under any circumstances is in the iron grip of an exploit kit.

This major encryption boost means that even Gmail can't read your emails

By Luke Hughes Published 28 February 23

The release brings Google's email provider and calendar app up to speed with the rest of Google Workspace.

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Human brain cells are trouncing computers in raw speed and power

By Luke Hughes Published 28 February 23

The power of the human brain far exceeds a computer, according to science.

The new version of the Microsoft Defender security dashboard

You won't be able to escape Microsoft Defender on Windows soon

By Luke Hughes Published 27 February 23

The all new Microsoft Defender app has started installing itself on Windows PCs, to the chagrin of everyone, everywhere.

Representational image of a user accessing data from the cloud

YouTube could be your next lifetime cloud storage provider

By Luke Hughes Published 27 February 23

It’s almost certainly not intended to be used in this way, and there are several bugs, but one Github user thinks we have things to learn about data compression.

The new drop-down menu in Google Drive, showing filters for document type, sort options, and who a document is shared with.

Google Drive is finally making it easier to share, download, and delete multiple files at once

By Luke Hughes Published 24 February 23

Finding files in Google Drive should soon get easier thanks to new sort options.

European Commission bans TikTok on staff devices

By Luke Hughes Published 24 February 23

The order comes amid continued allegations that TikTok parent ByteDance is harvesting user data for the Chinese government.

Stripe will now let merchants accept Tap to Pay via Android devices

By Luke Hughes Published 23 February 23

Previously iOS exclusive feature is coming to Android devices, courtesy of Stripe Terminal.

Sheikh Hamdan tours the largest green data centre in the world, situated in Dubai.

The world's largest solar-powered data center opens in a pretty unsurprising location

By Luke Hughes Published 22 February 23

Dubai center’s owner, utility subsidiary Moro Hub, signs agreements with several Western corporate partners to help facilitate launch.

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Google has a new breakthrough to show why Android is better than iOS devices

By Luke Hughes Published 22 February 23

Android security is going beyond the operating system level to the other processors on a SoC.

Microsoft is giving Bing Search APIs a huge price hike as it continues AI push

By Luke Hughes Published 22 February 23

One way or another, you can probably blame Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI.

Your Google Meet calls are about to get a lot more immersive, you lucky things

By Luke Hughes Published 21 February 23

First, there were “immersive backgrounds”. Now, there are “dynamic experiences”.

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