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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

12 unmissable tech gifts under $50 that will definitely arrive in time for Father's Day

By Wayne Williams Published 17 June 26

Unmissable Father's Day 2026 gift guide: From smart alarm clocks to rechargeable air dusters, these practical tech gifts are perfect for dads everywhere.

This Seagate IronWolf Pro deal is a fantastic Father's Day gift for anyone who runs a NAS, manages a media library, or stores huge collections of photos and videos

By Wayne Williams Published 16 June 26

Newegg just knocked nearly $100 off the 20TB Seagate IronWolf Pro NAS HDD with 7200RPM performance, and a 256MB cache.

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I'm a dad and these are the tech gifts and gadgets I'd love my kid to buy me for Father's Day 2026

By Wayne Williams Last updated 16 June 26

Father's Day 2026 gift guide: From power banks and high-performance mice to USB mug warmers, these are the tech loving dads genuinely want.

'The BEST ultraportable': There's a massive Apple MacBook sale on at Best Buy if you want to grab our Laptop of the Year for Father's Day

By Wayne Williams Published 16 June 26

Apple MacBooks are heavily discounted on Best Buy right now — but the sale ends soon so act fast.

Want your own private cloud? Ugreen NASync DH2300 is on sale in the company's own Prime Day event, with discounts on NAS devices across the site

By Wayne Williams Published 8 June 26

Ugreen's NASync DH2300 NAS features an eight-core processor, dual-bay storage, 4K HDMI output and support for up to 64TB of capacity.

EcoTank ET-2400 Wireless Inkjet All-In-One

Slash your printing costs: Epson EcoTank ET-2400 is the cheapest all-in-one ink tank printer right now, with big savings at Amazon

By Wayne Williams Published 8 June 26

The Epson EcoTank ET-2400 all-in-one printer prints, scans and copies while slashing ink costs, and it's discounted at Amazon right now

This SanDisk Extreme Pro portable SSD deal is a fantastic Father’s Day gift for business and creative professionals

By Wayne Williams Published 8 June 26

Best Buy just knocked more than $50 off the blazing fast 1TB SanDisk Extreme Pro portable SSD with 2000MB/sec. speeds.

'Not your usual business PC': Dell Pro Max Tower T2 workstation with a Core Ultra 9 CPU, RTX 2000 Ada graphics, 32GB RAM, and 1TB SSD delivers insanely powerful performance and professional reliability — and it's $900 off right now

By Wayne Williams Published 5 June 26

Save $900 on the Dell Pro Max Tower T2, a workstation built for demanding professional workloads and serious performance.

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Amazon finally price-matches this 'extremely powerful' Windows 11 mini PC ahead of Prime Day — and it's my favorite machine for professionals and creators

By Wayne Williams Published 5 June 26

Packing 16GB of DDR5 RAM and a 1TB SSD , this Geekom mini PC delivered the kind of performance you'd expect from a much larger desktop PC, and excelled in our tests.

Forget Prime Day: these are the best AI-enabled all-in-one inkjet deals I've found in HP's big printer sale, with massive savings and free Instant Ink

By Wayne Williams Published 5 June 26

These are the best HP all-in-one AI-enabled inkjet printer deals I've found, with savings up to $150 and free Instant Ink.

These GMKtec mini PC deals are up to $230 off right now — I picked my favorite top-performers in the Prime Day-style sale

By Wayne Williams Last updated 5 June 26

I found our top-reviewed models at the best prices in GMKtec's 7th anniversary sale.

Don't pay silly prices for desktop RAM — this 32GB G.SKILL Flare X5 DDR5-6000 kit is $70 off right now using a special code at Newegg

By Wayne Williams Published 4 June 26

This G.SKILL Flare X5 DDR5-6000 32GB kit is $70 off at Newegg right now — a solid saving during the ongoing RAM shortage.

Thermaltake Toughpower PF3 1050W Power Supply

Future-proof your PC for under $90 — Thermaltake's Toughpower PF3 PSU lets you power today's PC hardware and tomorrow's upgrades with this limited-time deal at Newegg

By Wayne Williams Published 3 June 26

Thermaltake's Toughpower PF3 1050W PSU with ATX 3.0 support and Platinum efficiency gets a huge price cut.

Supercharge your home network for under $33 — Amazon's early Prime Day deal could be the smartest upgrade you'll make all year

By Wayne Williams Published 3 June 26

Ugreen's 2.5Gb Ethernet switch with five high-speed ports gets a welcome price cut ahead of Amazon Prime Day.

Don't sleep on this early Prime Day Deal — Samsung T9 is our favorite portable SSD and it's under $250 at Amazon right now

By Wayne Williams Published 2 June 26

1TB Samsung T9 Portable SSD with up to 2000MB/s speeds gets a welcome price cut ahead of Amazon Prime Day.

Want to store up to 144TB in a shoebox-sized NAS? The Ugreen NASync DXP4800 Plus just dropped in price — and it's not the only one discounted right now

By Wayne Williams Published 1 June 26

Ugreen's NAS DXP4800 Plus delivers 10GbE networking, a 5-core Intel processor, and support for up to 144TB of storage.

Get ready for summer! Anker's heavy-duty power station just got a massive 50% price cut — making this off-grid powerhouse the perfect backup for campers and RVs

By Wayne Williams Published 1 June 26

Anker Solix C2000 portable power station is half price and delivers 2,400W power, 4,000W peak output, and ultra-fast charging.

Lenovo just dropped an amazing school and work laptop deal — the Ryzen 7 touchscreen IdeaPad is now under $550 at Best Buy (and it was $900 before)

By Wayne Williams Published 1 June 26

With a Ryzen 7 chip and DDR5 RAM, all for under $550, the IdeaPad Slim 3 is an easy recommendation from me.

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'It just vanished': Millions at risk as Android trojans use devious trick to 'magically' disappear once installed

By Wayne Williams Published 7 May 26

Android banking trojans vanish from app drawers and secretly capture login credentials while streaming live device screens to remote attackers.

'Not just an aircraft': US Navy MQ-25 Stingray drone hit a major milestone with maiden flight — largest US UAV ever built set to become world's first autonomous tanker to take flight from an aircraft carrier and maybe feature in a Top Gun movie one day

By Wayne Williams Published 6 May 26

US Navy’s massive MQ-25 Stingray tanker drone completes maiden flight, marking critical progress toward autonomous carrier refueling.

Pentagon staff embracing vibe coding as military personnel deploy over 20,000 AI agents per week since launch — autonomous tools handling 25,000 sessions per day on average to improve efficiency by eliminating "boring" staff work and manual data entry

By Wayne Williams Published 4 May 26

Pentagon personnel rapidly adopt vibe-coding tools as more than 100,000 AI agents are created to automate routine work and eliminate manual data entry across unclassified networks.

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The US just found millions of tons of lithium in Appalachia, enough for 500 billion cellphones — and experts say it could power the next century of American tech and weaken China's grip on batteries

By Wayne Williams Published 3 May 26

The U.S. finds huge lithium reserves in Appalachia that could supply billions of phones and reduce America's reliance on China.

'A dream technology': Japanese scientists might have unlocked the next generation of solar panels that stay cooler and last longer thanks to "spin-flip" material that achieves 130% energy conversion efficiency — and here's how it works

By Wayne Williams Published 3 May 26

Japanese scientists create new spin-flip material that could boost solar panel efficiency by up to 130%.

'Build AI that can accurately represent the full complexity of biology': Mark Zuckerberg wants to cure all diseases but needs far more data to deliver a digital twin of human cells—As genetic data becomes the next frontier, will you trust him with yours?

By Wayne Williams Published 2 May 26

Mark Zuckerberg backs $500 million push to build AI models of human cells as part of long-term effort to cure disease.

WordPress Markdown for Agents tool saves electricity

This free WordPress tool could save businesses billions every year by slashing the AI tokens needed to read the web — saving enough electricity to power the entire USA for 24 hours

By Wayne Williams Published 2 May 26

Free WordPress plugin could slash AI web traffic data use enough to rival daily USA electricity consumption if widely adopted.

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