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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

Act now and you can grab a 4TB SSD for around 5¢ per gigabyte as more early Black Friday deals hit

By Wayne Williams last updated 11 November 25

You can buy a 4TB SSD for as low as 5¢ per gigabyte in early Black Friday deals - here's what we've found.

I used AI to predict prices of Amazon's 20 most popular SSDs for Black Friday and it doesn't look good at all

By Wayne Williams published 10 November 25

Gemini predicts Black Friday SSD discounts will be modest, with few major price drops across Amazon’s top 20 drives.

Early Black Friday bargain: This $199 3D printer from Bambu Lab offers four-color printing and near-silent operation

By Wayne Williams published 7 November 25

This early Black Friday deal drops the price of the Bambu Lab A1 mini 3D printer to just $199.

An Nvidia RTX 5090 against a white background

You can now rent a $3000 Nvidia RTX 5090 GPU from just $0.25/hour, when you need it, for as long as you need it

By Wayne Williams published 5 November 25

Renting Nvidia’s $3000 RTX 5090 GPU now costs less than a dollar an hour as decentralized cloud networks provide affordable access to high-end AI hardware.

Legendary CD-ROM maker has best value SSD pre-Black Friday: RiDATA 2TB Gen4 SSD costs only $106 and, surprise, surprise, has SLC cache

By Wayne Williams published 4 November 25

This $105.99 RiDATA A801 2TB NVMe SSD is one of the best sub-$110 Gen 4 drives available, delivering speeds up to 5000 MB/s and outperforming many pricier models.

Microsoft is finally clamping down on scam attacks with new "scareware" sensor - here's what you need to know

By Wayne Williams published 4 November 25

Microsoft Edge gains a new scareware sensor and default AI blocker to protect users from tech support scams before they spread.

The firm behind one of the best business VPNs around is launching a Gen AI tool - here's what it could do for your company

By Wayne Williams published 4 November 25

Proton introduces Lumo for Business, offering enterprise-grade AI with zero-access encryption and open source transparency.

Early Black Friday bargain alert - this $199 mini PC features the fastest AMD chip in its class, delivering twice the speed of Intel’s rival CPU, and it comes with Windows 11 Pro

By Wayne Williams published 4 November 25

This $199 Trycoo Mini PC with Ryzen 5 5600H is the best sub-$200 desktop around - nearly as fast as a Core Ultra 7, and backed by Amazon’s service.

Be quick! This early Black Friday Dell Latitude 3340 with 13th Gen Intel Core i3 has $230 off right now - it's the fastest laptop you can buy for under $300 and it even comes with Windows 11 Pro

By Wayne Williams published 3 November 25

Dell Latitude 3340 Laptop is now just $279, a staggering $230 off the usual price of $512.

The true pro tax: M5 Pro vs. M5 Max - why that extra 275GB/s of memory bandwidth is worth thousands of dollars for video and AI workflows

By Wayne Williams published 2 November 25

A future M5 Max chip’s extra 275GB/s of memory bandwidth could save professionals thousands of dollars in time and costs on AI and video projects.

Don’t wait for Black Friday — grab the cheapest 15K-class Gen5 1TB SSD on the market today

By Wayne Williams published 1 November 25

You don’t need to wait for Black Friday to upgrade - this 1TB Gen5 SSD from PNY offers incredible speed and value.

Stop! Should you upgrade your M1 Max Apple Mac to the M5? GPU and memory bandwidth data reveal the surprising answer

By Wayne Williams published 1 November 25

Before upgrading from an M1 Max Mac to an M5 model, read how GPU count memory speed and AI processing shape real world results.

A mobile phone with a generic VPN screen and a world map of the server network in the background.

Even the most complex and advanced business VPN tools could still leave you at risk of attack - here's how to stay safe

By Wayne Williams published 30 October 25

Organizations using on-premise Cisco, Citrix, or SonicWall VPNs are at high risk of ransomware, report claims.

LinkedIn set to expand AI training on user profiles - here's how to stop it using your personal data

By Wayne Williams published 29 October 25

LinkedIn will soon use your data to train its AI models unless you manually opt out, and you don't have long to act.

Lucky us - Zoom CEO says AI will shorten our working week, so what will we do with all our new free time?

By Wayne Williams published 29 October 25

After transforming remote work, Zoom now bets AI can help workers reclaim time by cutting the traditional five-day week.

Worried about AI taking your job? Don't worry, Sam Altman says some disappearing roles were never ‘real work’ to begin with

By Wayne Williams published 28 October 25

Sam Altman says a lot of the roles AI may replace might not be viewed as 'real work' anyway.

The AI tsunami: Apple's M5 chip delivers a 12x performance leap - here's what the neural accelerators mean for your Mac

By Wayne Williams published 22 October 25

The M5 chip is Apple’s boldest leap in neural processing since the M1 launched in 2020.

I asked Gemini to predict what the Apple M5 Ultra will look like - and the answer blew my mind away

By Wayne Williams published 21 October 25

Gemini predicts the future Apple M5 Ultra with 80 GPU cores and extreme computational performance.

Morefine's H1 is the latest mini PC with an AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 and 128GB RAM - so I have to ask, why can't Dell launch something similar?

By Wayne Williams published 21 October 25

Morefine’s H1 mini PC with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 adds to a growing lineup of small, powerful desktops.

'Rivals MacBooks': This premium haptic trackpad for Windows could finally convince me to replace my trusted but rather unexciting mouse

By Wayne Williams published 21 October 25

HyperSpace Trackpad Pro is aimed squarely at Windows professionals and creators and delivers pressure-sensitive haptic control and advanced customization features.

When 51mm is all you need: Supersized 21-inch racks to become standard for enterprise and cloud service providers by end of the decade, displacing the venerable 19-inch format

By Wayne Williams published 20 October 25

Wider 21-inch racks gain traction as AI workloads demand improved cooling, airflow and power capacity, with major cloud providers standardizing on the format.

A secret AMD Christmas tree? Nah, it's just a close up of a very bright $3 million 72-GPU MI450 Helios rack monster at OCP Summit

By Wayne Williams published 19 October 25

AMD’s Helios MI450 rack captivated OCP Summit visitors with its 72-GPU design, dense OCP architecture, and new layout optimized for data center-scale AI systems.

‘So Freaking Cool’: First reviews of Nvidia DGX Spark leave absolutely no doubt this may be Nvidia’s Apple Mac moment

By Wayne Williams published 19 October 25

Nvidia’s DGX Spark impresses reviewers with its compact design and ability to run large AI models locally without relying on cloud infrastructure or external GPUs.

Only 4 brands sell laptops with Intel's fastest ever mobile CPU, the Ultra 9 285 HX - and shockingly, two are already massively discounted

By Wayne Williams published 19 October 25

Only four brands currently sell laptops with Intel’s Ultra 9 285HX - and two already have major price cuts.

This tiny startup wants to produce the world's best AA battery: Captery's supercapacitor recharges in 160 seconds, pollutes less and can last decades - and I want one right now

By Wayne Williams published 19 October 25

Captery's efficient new AA/AAA battery promises a sustainable solution with ultra-fast charging and long durability.

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