Articles by Wayne Williams, Editor

Wayne Williams is a freelancer writing news for TechRadar Pro. He has been writing about computers, technology, and the web for 30 years. In that time he wrote for most of the UK’s PC magazines, and launched, edited and published a number of them too.

Articles by: Wayne Williams

Thousands of businesses could face meeting chaos worldwide because Microsoft Teams Rooms app won't work from October 14 - and yes, you can blame Windows 10 end of life for that

By Wayne Williams published 18 September 25

Organizations worldwide risk disruption when Windows 10 Team support ends on October 14 2025, with Surface Hub v1 units left without future updates.

AI > Crypto - Bitcoin mining spinoff gets $700 million investment from Nvidia to build hyperscale AI infrastructure using, you've guessed it, thousands of Blackwell GPUs

By Wayne Williams published 18 September 25

Nvidia invests $700 million in Nscale to build UK’s largest AI supercomputer with Microsoft and OpenAI.

Intel will build custom x86 CPUs for Nvidia's AI infrastructure as world's largest company invests $5 billion in beleaguered tech firm - and don't discount a data center x86 APU

By Wayne Williams published 18 September 25

Intel to design custom x86 CPUs for Nvidia as $5 billion investment boosts struggling chipmaker.

CrowdStrike snaps up Pangea to boost AI security

By Wayne Williams published 18 September 25

CrowdStrike announces $260 million deal to acquire Pangea Cyber, aiming to offer broader protection against growing enterprise AI security threats.

Firevault introduces storage products built around offline disconnects to keep valuable data safe from ransomware

By Wayne Williams published 18 September 25

Offline-first storage aims to protect valuable data from ransomware, but will enterprises adopt this unusual solution?

You can plug 25 USB devices into this ASRock ATX motherboard - shame 10 of them are USB 2.0, an abomination in 2025

By Wayne Williams published 17 September 25

ASRock X870 LiveMixer WiFi motherboard arrives with dual USB4 support and 25 USB ports - although ten of those are USB 2.0.

US PC shipments fall as firms upgrade ahead of Windows 10 End of Life deadline – but doubts remain over AI use

By Wayne Williams published 17 September 25

US PC shipments slip in Q2 2025 year on year as vendors worked through inventory built up to avoid tariff exposure.

Microsoft and Cloudflare jointly take down phishing network that stole thousands of Microsoft 365 credentials

By Wayne Williams published 17 September 25

Microsoft and Cloudflare dismantle phishing network that stole thousands of Microsoft 365 credentials using fake login pages and subscription kits.

Hurry! This Dell laptop deal now costs just $330, a saving of $70, and its CPU is faster than anything I've seen at this price point

By Wayne Williams published 17 September 25

The Dell 15 Laptop ticks all my boxes when it comes to a laptop for business or home use.

Adata's latest SSDs highlight a growing trend in mobile storage but can't hide a rather sobering reality

By Wayne Williams published 16 September 25

Adata unveils SD820 and SC735 portable SSDs designed for creators and travelers who need fast external storage.

Seagate Expansion 22TB desktop hard drive

Seagate's 22TB desktop HDD deal is the best I've seen in a while at $10.91/TB - Expansion hard drive is on sale at Seagate for $240 and even includes free data recovery

By Wayne Williams published 16 September 25

Seagate Expansion 22TB desktop HDD falls to $239.99, offering huge storage capacity at unbeatable value.

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.

'Could this be the RTX 6090': Tech analyst reckons Nvidia's just-announced AI GPU hides a tantalizing secret that could throw down a massive gauntlet to AMD

By Wayne Williams published 16 September 25

Nvidia’s Rubin CPX announcement fuels theories about a hidden connection to RTX 6090.

Seagate's massive 30TB hard drive has massive price cut at just $18.80 per TB - Exos M HDD in on sale at Provantage for $564 with a 5-year warranty

By Wayne Williams published 16 September 25

Seagate’s massive Exos M 30TB offers unmatched value per terabyte right now, making it a must-buy before supplies run out.

Schematic of DNA cassette tape and DNA cassette tape drive

Chinese scientists want to build a 'forever' DNA tape with a 80 million DVDs storage capacity - but it will take forever to write at the current rate

By Wayne Williams published 16 September 25

Chinese scientists outline DNA cassette tape concept that could preserve digital data for centuries, but the writing process is glacially slow today.

Omega - quantum photonic chipset purpose-built for utility-scale quantum computing.

PsiQuantum plans to build world’s first large scale fault tolerant million qubit quantum computers for solving some of the world’s most complex scientific problems

By Wayne Williams published 16 September 25

PsiQuantum raises $1 billion to accelerate development of million qubit quantum computers and begin building utility scale systems in Australia and the US.