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

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D on sale for $430 - and it's the cheapest price I've seen for the world's fastest creative processor right now

By Wayne Williams published 22 July 25

The Ryzen 7 9800X3D is currently on sale for $430, making it the best-value high-end processor available for desktop users this month.

Your Gmail inbox could soon be filled with adverts as Google tests new shoppable ad formats — and yes, it's as bad as it sounds

By Wayne Williams published 21 July 25

Google tests Gmail ads that expand into product carousels, turning inboxes into mini shopping experiences.

AMD ThreadRipper PRO 9995WX could sell for $13,000 — yes, it's over 2x the price of the 96-core EPYC 9655 and I just wished Intel had a direct competitor

By Wayne Williams published 20 July 25

Rumors say AMD’s Threadripper PRO 9995WX could be the most expensive desktop CPU ever listed at nearly $13,000 dollars.

Nearly 2 million people watched this spellbinding video of a mini PC being built from a slab of aluminium to a complete computer

By Wayne Williams published 19 July 25

From aluminum slab to powered-on Beelink mini PC, this factory video shows it all - and it’s brilliant.

'A 1,000-year-plus memory crystal': SPhotonix’s CEO tells us how its glass-based data tech is the future of high-density archival storage

By Desire Athow published 19 July 25

We talk durability, density, and the future of data storage with Ilya Kazensky, CEO of SPhotonix.

Criminals are targeting hundreds of legitimate banking & crypto apps using an advanced virtualization technique — here's how to stay safe

By Wayne Williams published 18 July 25

GodFather malware clones apps into hidden environments to steal crypto and bank logins.

Oupes Mega 5 Home Backup & Portable Power Station savings

You can save $2100 on this Oupes portable power station deal for home back-up supply - and at that price, it's one of the cheapest per kWh I've ever seen

By Wayne Williams published 17 July 25

Save $2100 on the Oupes Mega 5 and extra battery, a home and portable power station with fast charging, app control, and 16 device-ready output ports.

There are 14 AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 mini PCs in the world right now: here's where you can buy them... if you can

By Wayne Williams published 17 July 25

Prime Day There are 14 AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 mini PCs in the world right now, here's where you can buy them.

This 34-inch business monitor is curved, fast, has Ethernet, Smart KVM, and a webcam — shame there’s no 5K option for creative users

By Wayne Williams published 16 July 25

AOC's 34-inch curved WQHD panel features Ethernet, Smart KVM, a webcam, and a 120Hz refresh rate.

Treat your post Prime Day blues with this extraordinary $111 mini PC that has two LAN connectors, three HDMI ports and Windows 11 Pro

By Wayne Williams published 16 July 25

This tiny mini PC supports triple 4K displays, dual LAN, and Wi-Fi 5, and is now just $111 (including shipping) from Newegg.

Ex-Dyson engineer to launch LTO tape holographic rival that uses cheap $5 laser diode, promises 200TB cartridges on 100m reels — but read/write speeds are unknown

By Wayne Williams published 15 July 25

Former Dyson engineer builds low-cost holographic storage with polymer ribbon which works seamlessly inside existing LTO libraries.

36TB Seagate Exos SATA hard drive goes on preorder for $800 - world's largest HDD is already sold as refurbished, but why?

By Wayne Williams published 13 July 25

Seagate’s 36TB Exos M hard drive opens for preorder with refurbished listings already live.

Want a quad-socket server with 768 cores? Sure, Intel's 192-core Diamond Rapids Xeon CPU will deliver that in 2026 — but I wonder whether it will be too little, too late

By Wayne Williams published 12 July 25

Intel’s Diamond Rapids Xeon CPU will offer 192 cores and support quad-socket racks with up to 768 cores total.

LPDDR6 likely to debut in 2026 as JEDEC publishes new standard document and targets mobile devices and AI - desktop PCs and workstations will have to wait

By Wayne Williams published 12 July 25

Next-generation LPDDR6 memory targets power efficiency and high speed in portable systems.

AWS is working on proprietary innovative cooling tech to use on Nvidia GPUs for now — I wouldn't be surprised if Graviton chips get it as well

By Wayne Williams published 12 July 25

Amazon built a new custom liquid cooling system to support Nvidia’s GB200 NVL72 GPUs.

World's fastest CPU finally goes on sale for $5,198 - AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9980X smashes records and most probably your bank account

By Wayne Williams published 10 July 25

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9980X launches at $5,198 with 64 cores and industry-leading multi-thread performance in early benchmarks.

Want the most powerful laptop for Prime Day? There are only 5 laptops with the Ryzen 9 9955HX3D chip and I found the best prices for all of them

By Wayne Williams last updated 10 July 25

Prime Day I've found all top 5 laptops with the Ryzen 9 9955HX3D CPU at the cheapest prices possible.

Imagine a gaming console that could be used as an AI workstation? GPD may be working on a prototype with the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 at its core

By Wayne Williams published 9 July 25

GPD handheld leak shows Ryzen AI Max+ 395 achieving desktop-class performance in a compact portable gaming device.

I've tracked down the best 2TB USB flash drive deals I can find for Prime Day right now, but I don't expect them to stay this cheap

By Wayne Williams last updated 9 July 25

Updated Enjoy big savings on 2TB flash drives at Amazon this Prime Day

I've found the cheapest USB hubs you can get for Prime Day with prices starting from an unbelievable $6

By Wayne Williams last updated 9 July 25

Amazon Prime Day Enjoy big savings on USB hubs and laptop docks this Amazon Prime Day.

This 24TB hard drive at an unbeatable $270 could be the storage deal of the decade this Amazon Prime Day

By Wayne Williams last updated 9 July 25

Prime Day Snag a new hard drive for a bargain in these top Prime Day picks.

I love how cheap these 2TB external hard drives are over Prime Day - that much storage for under $70 is just crazy to me

By Wayne Williams last updated 9 July 25

Updated Snag an external hard drive for as little as $69.99 in these top Prime Day picks.

G.Skill Trident Z Neo DDR4-3600 C16 4x8GB

Rising prices of DDR4, DDR5, GDDR6 RAM set to cause havoc on PC, smartphone and GPU prices - and no, AI is not the one to be blamed

By Wayne Williams published 8 July 25

RAM prices rising massively across DDR4, DDR5, GDDR6 and LPDDR5X segments.

UK Police wants to spend $100 million to turn millions of hours of VHS footage into digital format — now that's something AI could help with

By Wayne Williams published 8 July 25

UK police launches £100 million framework to digitize VHS tapes and analog media for evidence systems.

Lenovo set to introduce white ThinkPad laptops with ambitious design - but I will miss the red trackpoint

By Wayne Williams published 8 July 25

Lenovo teases White Moonlight ThinkPad with precision-crafted design and a strong emphasis on visual identity.

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