Wayne Williams

Wayne Williams

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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

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China launches probes into U.S. chip restrictions, citing discrimination and dumping concerns

By Wayne Williams published

Beijing launches anti-discrimination and dumping probes into U.S. chip trade restrictions.

Sam Altman of OpenAI

OpenAI bets $300 billion on Oracle contract to power artificial intelligence expansion despite ongoing losses

By Wayne Williams published

OpenAI signs $300 billion deal with Oracle to secure computing power over five years starting in 2027.

International Space Station in Earth's orbit

One small step for servers, one giant leap for Axiom Space and IBM Red Hat as prototype data center reaches the International Space Station

By Wayne Williams published

Red Hat and Axiom sent a prototype data center to the International Space Station to test whether terrestrial computing systems can operate in orbit.

M&S store

M&S chief digital and technology officer steps down in wake of damaging cyberattack

By Wayne Williams published

M&S says its chief digital and technology officer is taking a break following damaging cyberattack forced widespread operational disruption earlier this year.

ASML High NA EUV

ASML invests $1.5 billion in OpenAI’s European rival Mistral AI to accelerate future chip design

By Wayne Williams published

ASML takes 11% stake in Mistral AI through €1.3 billion funding round to integrate advanced AI into its chip equipment design and operations.

DDoS attack

Another massive DDoS attack that reached 1.5 Bpps has been thwarted

By Wayne Williams published

A DDoS mitigation vendor was hit by 1.5 billion packet per second flood traced to compromised IoT and MikroTik routers.

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Vietnam creditors hit by cyberattack - sensitive data at risk

By Wayne Williams published

Vietnam confirms cyberattack on credit data center as authorities investigate potential personal data theft.

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'The models are really devious': Sam Altman's hardware chief says OpenAI wants kill switches built into hardware in case things go wrong

By Wayne Williams published

OpenAI hardware leader warns that devious AI models require real time hardware kill switches and deeper safeguards built directly into chips.

Issy les Moulineaux, France - January 2020 : Microsoft France headquarters entrance in Issy les Moulineaux near Paris

Microsoft wants to ban pre-owned software, cheap Office keys and Windows 11 serials but is that a lost battle already?

By Wayne Williams published

Microsoft faces appeal tribunal in long-running dispute with ValueLicensing over the resale of Windows and Office licenses.

Seagate

Seagate invests $135 million in its European photonic center to deliver 100TB hard drives by 2030

By Wayne Williams published

Seagate commits £115 million to Northern Ireland research facility aiming to advance Mozaic and photonics technology with a focus on developing 100TB hard drives.

NVIDIA COMPUTEX KEYNOTE

This is probably the most important graph of 2025 so far and shows how Nvidia's fortunes are changing for the worse

By Wayne Williams published

Nvidia data center compute revenue falls for the first time in a decade despite record overall earnings and rising networking sales in fiscal 2026 results.

Nvidia Rubin CPX GPU

Nvidia has launched a GPU with 128GB of GDDR7 RAM but yeah, there's no way it will sell one to us to run games

By Wayne Williams published

Nvidia reveals Rubin CPX GPU for enterprise AI, delivering 30 petaFLOPs compute and 128GB GDDR7 memory.

AMD Advancing AI

'No asterisk generation' : AMD promises its MI450 AI GPU will be faster than ANYTHING Nvidia has, yes, that includes even Rubin Ultra

By Wayne Williams published

AMD says its MI450 GPUs will outperform Nvidia Rubin Ultra as it positions the launch as a Milan-style turning point in AI accelerator markets next year.

Dynabook G6 G8 laptops

Dynabook just launched a trio of laptops each weighing 849g - and I can't believe that's barely heavier than two cans of Coke

By Wayne Williams published

At 849g Dynabook’s new G8, G6, and GS laptops bring Intel Ultra processors, 16GB memory, and 13.3-inch WUXGA displays.

broadcom

Nvidia's biggest customers are lining up to take it down using ASICs and Broadcom could be the winner of that battle

By Wayne Williams published

Broadcom secures fourth custom XPU client, believed to be OpenAI, joining Meta, Google and ByteDance in turning to ASICs to reduce reliance on Nvidia GPUs.

UltiMaker Secure Line 3D printers

Ultimaker debuts secure 3D printer range without Wi-Fi, cameras but with hacker-proof firmware and chassis

By Wayne Williams published

Secure Line 3D printers sidestep potential vulnerabilities by operating offline with USB-only workflows.

OWC Thunderbolt 5 Dual 10GbE Network Dock

This Thunderbolt 5 docking station can do something no other can: combine two 10GbE LAN ports to deliver a virtual 20Gbps connection

By Wayne Williams published

OWC’s Thunderbolt 5 dock combines dual 10GbE ports into a 20Gbps virtual connection, and includes 2.5GbE Ethernet and multi-display support.

Acer TravelMate X14 AI Business Laptop

Acer unveils superlight Travelmate X4 14 AI laptop with an OLED display and Wi-Fi 7 connectivity

By Wayne Williams published

Acer TravelMate X4 14 AI weighs just 1.27kg and comes with Intel Core Ultra processors, OLED display option, and 65Wh battery rated 12 hours.

XCENA MX1

A chip with 'thousands' of cores could change the way servers are designed - bringing compute nearer to RAM thanks to CXL is a lightbulb moment

By Wayne Williams published

XCENA launches MX1 computational memory, featuring thousands of RISC-V cores and near-data processing to improve efficiency.

Acer Chromebook Plus Enterprise Spin 514

Acer's new Chromebook is the most powerful ChromeOS business laptop ever launched - and it even has a 5-megapixel webcam and touchscreen display

By Wayne Williams published

Acer unveils Chromebook Plus Spin 514 and Enterprise Plus at IFA 2025, featuring AI, dual display options, and durable design.

Solidigm

Solidigm confirms 245+ TB SSDs set to launch before end of 2026

By Desire Athow published

Roger Corell, senior director of AI and leadership marketing at Solidigm, tells us about soaring SSD capacities, the future of QLC, and why AI workloads are driving the shift from HDDs.

Geekom GeekBook X14 Pro

This is probably the most powerful ultraportable money can buy - 999g laptop has Core Ultra 9 285H CPU, OLED display and I'd be surprised if it sells for more than $1000

By Wayne Williams published

Geekom's new GeekBook X14 Pro laptop features a Core Ultra 9 processor with Arc graphics in an ultraportable magnesium alloy chassis.

Lenovo ThinkBook VertiFlex concept laptop

The leaks were right, Lenovo ThinkBook VertiFlex concept laptop is as outlandish as I thought - Project Pivo's rotational display looks like a solution looking for a problem

By Wayne Williams published

Lenovo ThinkBook VertiFlex features a rotating display and Smart Connect smartphone tethering.

Geekom QS Series

Geekom will present its first Qualcomm mini PC at IFA 2025 - it even comes with Windows 11 Pro and a rather mindboggling four microphones (yes, 4)

By Wayne Williams published

Geekom QS1 Pro could appear at IFA 2025 with Snapdragon power and upgraded connectivity options for professionals.

Lenovo ThinkVision P40WD-40

Lenovo's new 5K 40-inch curved monitor can push 140W power, enough for a MacBook Pro, but I'm more impressed by its 2.5G Ethernet port

By Wayne Williams published

Lenovo unveils new ThinkVision P40WD-40 curved ultrawide monitor at IFA 2025 with 140W charging and integrated 2.5G Ethernet port.

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