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

Don’t wait for Black Friday - Flashforge AD5X drops to just $319 for full-color, high-speed 3D printing

By Wayne Williams published 14 November 25

The Flashforge AD5X offers high-speed, full-color 3D printing - and it's just $319 for Black Friday.

Don’t wait for Black Friday - Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra 3D printer delivers next-level 16K precision printing for just $419.99

By Wayne Williams published 13 November 25

Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra 3D printer delivers next-level 16K precision printing - and it's just $419.99 for Black Friday.

Black Friday comes early for 3D printing fans: Elegoo's Centauri Carbon model is now just $279

By Wayne Williams published 13 November 25

The Elegoo Centauri Carbon is a budget 3D printer priced at just $279.99 this Black Friday.

Black Friday comes early: Save $300 on the Creality K2 Plus Combo 3D printer and get a year's free VIP access to Creality Cloud software

By Wayne Williams published 13 November 25

The Creality K2 Plus Combo 3D printer deal is priced at just $1,199 this Black Friday, and you get freebies thrown in too!

Is the desktop PC on its deathbed? Dell’s cheapest laptop is just $300 for Black Friday - while its most affordable desktop is a mindblowing $500

By Wayne Williams published 13 November 25

The Dell 15 Laptop costs just $299 for Black Friday, while Dell's Slim Desktop is $500.

Black Friday deal alert: This fastest mini PC under $500 rivals Apple’s M4 Pro Mac mini for a fraction of the price

By Wayne Williams published 11 November 25

Black Friday savings start now! Minisforum M1-1295 Mini PC is the fastest compact computer under $500.

Early Black Friday offer makes HP Victus the cheapest laptop with a dedicated GPU at just $549

By Wayne Williams published 11 November 25

Black Friday savings start now! HP Victus 15 is the cheapest laptop with a dedicated GPU and from a known brand.

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.

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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.

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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.

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