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

Sixunited XN77-160M-CS AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 laptop

A company you've never heard of has beaten Dell and Lenovo to launch a notebook with an AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 APU - with the largest battery you'll find on a laptop

By Wayne Williams published 15 August 25

AMD’s Strix Halo processor arrives in a new Sixunited 16-inch laptop with large battery for extended run time.

Be quick! At $99, this is the cheapest PC worth buying right now with 8GB of RAM and 256GB SSD but the offer ends in two days

By Wayne Williams published 15 August 25

Peladn WI-4 Desktop Mini PC ticks all my boxes for a tiny device for business or home use, and it’s only $99.

Hackers could take over millions of Dahua CCTV cameras because of two critical flaws - here's how to stay safe

By Wayne Williams published 14 August 25

Researchers uncover two critical security flaws in over 100 Dahua CCTV models which could let hackers fully take over unpatched devices remotely.

That email from finance with your name in the subject line? It might just be a trap - here's what researchers found about malware delivery

By Wayne Williams published 14 August 25

The invoice email that looks like it’s from your finance team might be hiding a remote access trojan in plain sight.

An artist using a laptop on a table in a studio that looks like a loft

‘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.

Dell 15 laptop on a purple background next to a TechRadar badge reading 'Don't Miss'

This Dell laptop deal has $200 off - but that's not the only reason why this Ryzen 7 laptop is perfect for professionals

By Wayne Williams last updated 12 August 25

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

Microchip on a motherboard with Flag of China and USA. Concept for the battle of global microchips production.

Potentially tens of thousands of faulty Nvidia AI chips end up in these obscure Chinese repair shops — it may mask something even more vital

By Wayne Williams published 3 August 25

China's underground AI chip repair industry thrives as demand soars and smuggling continues.

Here are all the Radeon AI Pro R9700 cards that have been announced: MSI, XFX, Biostar and Acer are still missing

By Wayne Williams published 2 August 25

Asus, Gigabyte, Sapphire and others unveil custom Radeon AI Pro R9700 cards for professional and AI workstation markets.

Watch how Chinese are converting thousands of Geforce RTX 5090 cards into AI accelerators and there's nothing Nvidia can do to stop it

By Wayne Williams published 1 August 25

Chinese firms are converting RTX 5090 gaming cards into AI chips inside domestic factory lines.

A stylized depiction of a padlocked WiFi symbol sitting in the centre of an interlocking vault.

Asus releases security updates for its routers after major vulnerabilities surface - here's how to stay safe

By Wayne Williams published 31 July 25

Asus responds to recent security disclosures with MyAsus update and confirmation of wider router firmware patches.

Best business tablet deals of 2025

By Wayne Williams last updated 30 July 25

Updated Top professional tablets for work and productivity at the most affordable prices.

Don't buy HP's cheapest desktop PC - these are the 3 mini PCs with Core i9 and Ryzen 7 CPUs I recommend, with prices starting at $395

By Wayne Williams published 30 July 25

You can get a Ryzen 7 or Core i9 mini PC for less than HP’s desktop.

A Tesla Roadster, Optimus Robot and Elon Musk

Tesla just signed a $16.5 billion contract with Samsung to manufacture an AI chip used in humanoid robots, data centers and, oh yes, autonomous cars as well

By Wayne Williams published 29 July 25

Tesla signs $16.5 billion contract with Samsung to produce AI6 chips for robots, autonomous vehicles, and AI data centers.

Wi-Fi signals could be used to uniquely identify individuals — WhoFi complements biometrics prompting privacy fears

By Wayne Williams published 28 July 25

WhoFi tech can identify people by how they disrupt Wi-Fi, raising major concerns over privacy and surveillance potential.

AMD Threadripper Pro 9995WX goes on sale at Amazon and Newegg — for as little as $11699 you can get the world's fastest CPU but I don't think it's worth it

By Wayne Williams published 28 July 25

AMD’s Threadripper Pro 9995WX hits Amazon and Newegg at $11,699 with powerful specs, but limited appeal for most users.

Samsung's largest SSD to date goes on sale for $5,593 — 61.44TB PCIe Gen5 SSD costs only $0.09/GB

By Wayne Williams published 27 July 25

Samsung’s giant 61.44TB SSD offers massive storage for $5,593 after discounts.

The semiconductor industry is losing billions of dollars ever year because of this obscure little quirk

By Wayne Williams published 27 July 25

Semiconductor fabs may be losing hundreds of millions annually to poorly understood stochastic defects.

Frozen AMD Threadripper Pro 9995WX CPU breaks flurry of world records — a 6GHz processor is pretty cool, literally

By Wayne Williams published 27 July 25

AMD's Threadripper Pro 9995WX hits 6GHz and crushes world records with ASUS motherboard and liquid nitrogen cooling.

Next-gen iPhone CPU could be 500x more powerful than the SoC in the original iPhone

By Wayne Williams published 27 July 25

The next iPhone chip performance could surpass original CPU by more than 500x, according to a new report.

Sandisk recruits RISC cofounder, AMD graphics legend to spearhead cheaper rival to HBM — high bandwidth flash could bring SSD-capacities to AI GPUs without the cost

By Wayne Williams published 26 July 25

Sandisk brings in RISC and GPU pioneers to lead development of HBF, a cheaper HBM alternative.

The end of an era? At $250, Dell's cheapest laptop is almost half the price of its most affordable PC so are desktops on the way out?

By Wayne Williams published 26 July 25

Budget shoppers may skip desktops entirely as Dell’s laptop handles everyday use for less.

Tape storage is not dead yet - but $300 LTO-10 cartridges and inflated exabyte numbers won't help its cause

By Wayne Williams published 26 July 25

Tape storage sees strong shipment numbers, but its affordability is undermined by LTO-10’s high cost per terabyte.

VRLA Tech AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro Workstation

First AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9995WX workstation PC goes on sale for just over $20,000 - but it's not from HP, Lenovo or Dell

By Wayne Williams published 26 July 25

VRLA Tech ships first workstation with 96 core AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9995WX processor.

LG's Gram Pro 2025 is one of the lightest 17-inch laptops ever built — and it now comes with an Nvidia RTX 5050 GPU

By Wayne Williams published 25 July 25

LG’s Gram Pro laptops bring hybrid AI, RTX 5050 graphics, and 2TB SSD to ultra-thin frames.

Forget the expensive Threadripper Pro 9995WX - here's the Zen-5 96-Core EPYC I'd go for and it's a massive 55% cheaper

By Wayne Williams published 25 July 25

AMD EPYC 9655 matches Threadripper PRO 9995WX core count for less than half the price.

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