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

Western Digital plans to launch 40TB HDD next year using HAMR technology and a pinch of flash memory

By Wayne Williams published 23 April 25

Western Digital plans to launch a 40TB HDD in 2026 using HAMR technology, and is targeting even larger drives in the coming years.

Fake PDF converters are spreading malware to steal user information and worse - here's how to stay secure

By Wayne Williams published 21 April 25

Cybercriminals are impersonating a popular online PDF converter to steal your data, and worse.

$25 software kits to steal your personal details are freely on sale on dark web — here's how to remain safe

By Wayne Williams published 20 April 25

Cheap phishing-as-a-service kits drive a surge in hacking, identity theft, and easy online scams.

A man and woman delete emails on a large phone and throwing them in a bin

Digital data decluttering could save you hundreds of dollars every year: here's how you can do it

By Wayne Williams published 19 April 25

Digital data decluttering could save you a fortune, here's how you can do it.

This 18-inch mobile workstation is probably the fastest laptop in the world right now with up to 256GB RAM and an RTX 5090GPU

By Wayne Williams published 19 April 25

18-inch Schenker laptop packs Intel Core Ultra 9 CPU, RTX GPUs, 256GB RAM, 32TB storage, and advanced cooling options.

No Nvidia? No problem - Huawei debuts AI system that's apparently faster than the market leader, the GB200 NVL72

By Wayne Williams published 18 April 25

Huawei debuts an AI system in China that's significantly faster than Nvidia’s market leader, the GB200 NVL72.

Asus Zenbook A14 laptop at Windows login screen

The lightest laptops of 2025: Where performance meets featherweight portability

By Wayne Williams last updated 16 April 25

Super-light laptops are here - and they mean business

Intel sells majority of its FPGA business to Silver Lake for just under $4.5 billion - here's what you need know

By Wayne Williams published 15 April 25

Intel sells 51% of its FPGA business to Silver Lake so it can focus on its core products.

Nvidia wants to build Nvidia AI supercomputers entirely in the US, but I'm not sure it matters so much

By Wayne Williams published 15 April 25

Nvidia says it will build its AI supercomputers entirely in the US - the White House says this is the "Trump Effect."

Take a peek at what AMD's next generation Venice Zen 6 EPYC CPU CCD looks like as CEO shows its die

By Wayne Williams published 15 April 25

AMD unveils its next-gen Zen 6 EPYC Venice CPU die, the first HPC chip built on TSMC’s 2nm process node.

A hand reaching out to touch a futuristic rendering of an AI processor.

'Catastrophic overtraining' could harm large language AI models that are trained on more data for the sake of training

By Wayne Williams published 13 April 25

University researchers found that over training large language AI models resulted in worse performance.

Google rumored to be looking to rent latest Nvidia AI GPU from CoreWeave because it doesn't have enough of them

By Wayne Williams published 13 April 25

Google is rumored to be looking to rent Nvidia Blackwell chips from CoreWeave, because it doesn't have enough.

It's broadband, Jim, but not as we know it: Japanese tech giants are developing a broadband optical SSD for data centers

By Wayne Williams published 12 April 25

Three Japanese tech giants are developing a broadband optical SSD for data centers.

It's alive! IBM unveils its most powerful mainframe yet, which it says is fully engineered for the AI Age

By Wayne Williams published 11 April 25

IBM has announced its latest mainframe, the z17, which finally brings Big Blue into the AI age.

Barebone air-cooled AI server with 7 RTX 5090 GPUs goes on sale in Vietnam prompting fears of huge price rise

By Wayne Williams published 10 April 25

AI servers equipped with seven GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards have been spotted in Vietnam.

I can't wait to try this 7-inch color E-Ink display that can make calls, but also has a wireless charging stylus and a unique 2-button navigation

By Wayne Williams published 9 April 25

Chinese manufacturer Bigme's 7-inch color ePaper device runs Android and can be used to make calls.

Intel's former CEO puts money into a little-known hardware startup that wants to make Nvidia obsolete

By Wayne Williams published 8 April 25

UK-based startup Fractile wants to make Nvidia obsolete and is backed by NATO and Intel's former CEO.

Does Microsoft know something we don't? Tech giant cools down on AI data center investment as another report claims company pullbacks

By Wayne Williams published 7 April 25

A new report claims Microsoft has stepped away from even more data center projects worth billions of dollars.

Flag of the People's Republic of China overlaid with a technological network of wires and circuits.

China has spent billions of dollars building far too many data centers for AI and compute - could it lead to a huge market crash?

By Wayne Williams published 6 April 25

China built hundreds of AI data centers, but supply now far exceeds demand, and DeepSeek is one of the reasons why.

This is the cheapest 5K monitor to launch in 2025 but that's not the reason why it is so special

By Wayne Williams published 6 April 25

Chinese manufacturer KTC has launched a dual-mode 5K monitor that's cheaper than you’d expect.

Japanese firm behind ubiquitous MSG is ramping up production of key material in semiconductor packaging

By Wayne Williams published 6 April 25

Ajinomoto, the Japanese firm behind MSG, is ramping up production of ABF, a key material used in semiconductor packaging.

Has x86 lost the data center battle? Arm claims victory as it declares close to 50 percent of compute shipped to top hyperscalers in 2025 will be Arm-based

By Wayne Williams published 5 April 25

Arm has x86 on the ropes as it declares close to 50 percent of compute shipped to top hyperscalers.

This dual screen laptop has something I've never seen in any notebook: a retractable hidden touchpad

By Wayne Williams published 5 April 25

Chinese manufacturer Topton’s dual-screen laptop has a fold out touchpad and a cover that transforms into a stand.

South Korea's hottest AI hardware startup reportedly said no to $800m acquisition by Meta

By Wayne Williams published 5 April 25

Report says Meta made an $800 million bid for South Korean startup FuriosaAI - but was turned down.

Fabless chip startup backed by multi-billion Indian company wants to build a $10bn fab in India before 2027

By Wayne Williams published 5 April 25

Fabless chip startup LTSCT, backed by multi-billion Indian company, wants to build a $10bn fab facility in India.

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