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

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.

Amazon should retire these 3 hardware storage categories ASAP to stop confusing people - does anyone still need floppy, zip, and tape?

By Wayne Williams published 18 October 25

Amazon should retire these three outdated hardware categories to stop confusing shoppers.

Broadcom ushers Wi-Fi 8 era with a bunch of chipsets that will come to a Mesh router near you in 2026

By Wayne Williams published 18 October 25

Broadcom unveils its new Wi-Fi 8 platform, offering open licensing and telemetry features.

'Much like Apple': Elon Musk's "Macrohard" project will take a leaf out of Cupertino's book as it takes on Microsoft - outsource the physical, produce the intangible

By Wayne Williams published 18 October 25

Elon Musk announces Macrohard as an xAI platform designed to rival Microsoft and Apple by combining AI development and external manufacturing partnerships.

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Toshiba plans 40TB HDD in 2027 with 12 platters - but I fear it is way too little, way too late

By Wayne Williams published 18 October 25

As Toshiba plans a 40TB 12-disk HDD for 2027, Seagate’s own roadmap shows it racing ahead.

You can't buy the Dell Pro Max GB10 yet but you can buy the Asus Ascent GX10 right now for $4100 - Get Nvidia's Petaflop desktop supercomputer shipped within days

By Wayne Williams published 17 October 25

You can’t buy the Dell Pro Max GB10 yet but the Asus Ascent GX10 with Nvidia’s Grace Blackwell chip is available for $4100.

These are the best $300 laptop deals for work right now - save $300 on an Acer 13th gen Core i5 with 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD

By Wayne Williams published 17 October 25

A good laptop doesn’t need to break the bank as these sub-$300 PCs from Acer, Dell, Asus and Lenovo prove.

The first Wi-Fi 8 wireless router you can actually touch and see will be built by a company you've probably never heard of

By Wayne Williams published 17 October 25

Sercomm partners with Broadcom to build the first real Wi-Fi 8 router, years ahead of certification.

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