Wayne Williams

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

Mini PC bargains

The NucBox mini PC is under $100 for Amazon October Amazon Prime Day, and I think it’s time I finally replaced my bulky desktop

By Wayne Williams published

Amazon's October Prime Day Deal Days sale is over but that doesn't mean that the deals are gone!

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'Bring your own device is the norm': BYOD has reached epidemic levels as more workers use their personal smartphone for work - and businesses scramble to catch up

By Wayne Williams published

BYOD is now the workplace norm as research shows unmanaged smartphones, laptops and edge devices are leaving companies vulnerable.

Intel in 2017

Intel's most powerful CPU ever may have been spotted - 86-core Granite Rapids-WS has a 4.8GHz base speed and will give AMD's ThreadRipper HEDT a run for its money

By Wayne Williams published

Intel Granite Rapids-WS engineering sample spotted online with 86 cores and 172 threads.

Nipogi Kron Mini

Shockingly the best mini PC deal this Prime Day and it comes from Walmart - Nipogi Kron Mini has a Ryzen 5 7430U CPU and is more powerful than an Intel Core Ultra 7 CPU

By Wayne Williams published

Mini PC, big power - the Nipogi Kron Mini has a Ryzen 5 7430U CPU, 16GB RAM, a 512GB SSD - but costs just $209.89.

Dell Tower Desktop

Dell is selling the most powerful PC under $500 ever produced - and I can't believe it's almost a match for an old 32-core Threadripper

By Wayne Williams published

Get the power of a Dell desktop for under $500 - but only for a limited time.

Dell Slim Desktop deal

This Dell desktop deal packs incredible speed and power into a compact design, making it the fastest, most capable PC you can buy for under $700

By Wayne Williams published

Get the power of a Dell desktop for under $700, but only for a limited time.

Google DeepMind CodeMender

DeepMind's latest AI tool wants to detect and repair software vulnerabilities before they get attacked

By Wayne Williams published

CodeMender uses AI to automatically detect and fix software vulnerabilities across large open source projects, reducing developer workloads.

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Samsung will launch a 512TB PCIe Gen6 SSD but you will have to wait till 2027 as it looks set to compete against Sandisk, Solidigm, SK Hynix and Kioxia - and no, consumers won't even get a whiff of it

By Wayne Williams published

Samsung plans 512TB PCIe Gen6 SSD launch in 2027, targeting enterprise and servers rather than consumer desktops or laptops.

Orange Pi AI Studio Pro

This mini PC has 192GB of RAM, yes RAM, but that's not the most surprising fact about it - the Orange Pi AI Studio Pro uses a Huawei Ascend 310 that's, on paper, 7x more powerful than AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ 395

By Wayne Williams published

Orange Pi launches AI Studio Pro mini PC with dual Huawei Ascend 310 processors and up to 192GB of RAM.

Samsung 990 EVO Plus

Save 43% on Amazon's best selling SSD: 1TB Samsung 990 EVO Plus drops below $60 for Big Deals Days

By Wayne Williams published

Amazon's October Prime Day sale is here and the 1TB, 2TB and 4TB Samsung 990 EVO Plus SSDs are all seeing major price reductions.

Portable SSD deals

The 1TB PNY RP60 SSD just dropped to $71.99 for Prime Big Deal Days — and I’m tempted to ditch my old external hard drive

By Wayne Williams published

Amazon's October Prime Day sale is here and these are the top three portable SSDs available now.

Qualcomm Arduino UNO-Q board

Qualcomm acquires Arduino in surprising move which puts it right on the edge and at the helm of a 33-million strong maker community

By Wayne Williams published

Qualcomm acquires Arduino and unveils the powerful UNO Q board built on Dragonwing AI technology.

Rivos

Meta may spend billions to acquire promising AI accelerator startup to loosen reliance on Nvidia by supercharging its own MTIA AI chip - but what will Jensen say?

By Wayne Williams published

Meta may spend billions to acquire AI chip startup Rivos in a move that could reduce its dependence on Nvidia.

HaLowLink 2

Hello HaLow: Wi-Fi that goes for miles and through walls wants to cut the Ethernet cord with new developer kits

By Wayne Williams published

Wi-Fi that goes for miles and through walls now cuts the Ethernet cord with new hardware including HaLowLink 2 gateway.

Data centre.

Samsung will collaborate with OpenAI to develop floating data centers and power plants as Sam Altman rushes to compete with his firm's own partners

By Wayne Williams published

OpenAI signs letter of intent with Samsung covering semiconductors, floating data centers, and enterprise AI services.

Money thrown down the toilet

US hyperscalers set to spend nearly $1.2 trillion in just three years, research shows - but I dread to imagine what will happen once the global data market cools down

By Wayne Williams published

US cloud giants projected to spend $1.15 trillion on data centers by 2027, but analysts warn of risks if global demand slows sharply.

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Microsoft Outlook will no longer show inline SVG images regularly exploited in phishing attacks

By Wayne Williams published

Microsoft Outlook update removes inline SVG from messages to stop attackers abusing the file format.

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AI systems are the perfect companions for cheaters and liars finds groundbreaking research on dishonesty

By Wayne Williams published

AI agents were far more likely than their human counterparts to cheat when asked, study found.

Intel foundry

Hell freezes over: AMD may team up with Intel to produce chips - but I don't expect Intel foundries to push out Ryzen CPUs anytime soon

By Wayne Williams published

Intel and AMD are reportedly exploring a possible foundry arrangement which could see it produce some of AMD's chips.

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'Unforgivable Exposure': More than 200,000 industrial systems are needlessly exposed to the web and hackers - and there's no absolutely excuse

By Wayne Williams published

New report highlights growing exposure of industrial systems as flaws in water treatment, fuel monitoring and building automation leave critical services open to exploitation.

AIC SB407-VA 4U high-density storage server

You can put 70 SSDs and HDDs in this case to deliver almost 3PB capacity - and it got me thinking, why aren't there any 3.5-inch SSDs?

By Wayne Williams published

AIC SB407-VA packs 70 drive bays into 4U, delivering nearly 3PB capacity with modern Xeon scalability.

Micron HBM4

Micron takes the HBM lead with fastest ever HBM4 memory with a 2.8TB/s bandwidth - putting it ahead of Samsung and SK Hynix

By Wayne Williams published

Micron announces industry leading HBM4 with 2.8TB/s bandwidth and 11Gbps pin speeds, claiming performance advantage over Samsung and SK Hynix.

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Portable Lifeprint printer app on iOS and Android leaked millions of user photos and sensitive data - this is what we know

By Wayne Williams published

Researchers warn Lifeprint photo printer app left millions of private photos and sensitive user details exposed online.

Microsoft Excel turns 40

Microsoft Excel turned 40 and almost nobody noticed - world's most popular spreadsheet now faces tough competition from Google Sheets after crushing Lotus 1-2-3 and Borland Quattro Pro

By Wayne Williams published

Microsoft Excel celebrates 40 years of spreadsheet dominance, but the rapid rise of Google Sheets with its real-time collaboration tools presents a challenge.

AMD

AMD wants to double DDR5 memory bandwidth using clever trick, patent reveals - but this is no SOCAMM rival, and AMD's previous memory project didn't end well

By Wayne Williams published

AMD patent reveals new RAM module design which doubles DDR5 bandwidth using HB-DIMMs, but avoids replacing DRAM chips with entirely new technology.

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