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

GenMachine Mini PC with AMD Ryzen 3 5425U processor

This tiny PC is the best computer under $200, and its CPU is faster than Apple's M1 Pro

By Wayne Williams published 23 September 25

The GenMachine mini PC with AMD Ryzen 5 4500U is surprisingly powerful, and comes at a bargain price.

EU plans to block Apple, Google, Meta and other US companies from its shared financial data system

By Wayne Williams published 23 September 25

European Union closes in on FiDA deal which could block Apple, Google, Meta and Amazon from accessing financial data across the single market.

'NVLink is the key': Analysts ponder on probably the biggest tech deal of the decade - Intel + Nvidia and what it means for TSMC, AMD and others

By Wayne Williams published 22 September 25

Industry commentary sees Nvidia–Intel tie-up as decade-defining, with NVLink at its core, and analysts focused on implications for TSMC and AMD.

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

Huawei is planning a 256-core CPU monster to take on AMD EPYC and Intel Xeon range but it won't land till 2028 – at least that’s the official line

By Wayne Williams published 22 September 25

Huawei reveals 256 core CPU target for 2028, but MogDB benchmarks suggest Kunpeng 960 has already been tested in large-scale deployments.

ChatGPT registers huge surge in traffic as schools (and classes) resume — ChatGPT 4.1 mini helps OpenAI to record highs as daily token generation reaches a staggering 78 billion

By Wayne Williams published 21 September 25

OpenRouter stats show ChatGPT traffic doubling from summer lows as students return to classes.

Two years ago, Toshiba used 78 hard drives to reach PCIe 5.0 speeds in massive 1.5PB JBOD setup - but barely anyone noticed

By Wayne Williams published 21 September 25

Toshiba’s 78 drive JBOD demo showed HDDs could reach 17GB/s and 1.5PB, but the 2023 experiment went largely unnoticed.

This is the weirdest 'eGPU' setup I've seen so far in 2025: this one has a strange mini PC holder and up to 150W Thunderbolt 5 power delivery

By Wayne Williams published 21 September 25

Aoostar EG01 eGPU dock supports Thunderbolt 5 and OCuLink, and features a bizarre mini PC holder built above GPU.

Laser Processing Units could give traditional CPUs, GPUs and quantum computers a run for their money - but don’t expect them to run Windows anytime soon

By Wayne Williams published 20 September 25

LightSolver is developing a Laser Processor Unit it claims can challenge quantum systems and GPUs.

Two teenagers charged over cyber hack on Transport for London

By Wayne Williams published 20 September 25

Two teenagers charged in connection with Transport for London hack that disrupted operations and exposed customer information.

UK’s MI6 opens dark web portal Silent Courier to recruit Russian spies

By Wayne Williams published 19 September 25

MI6 Silent Courier dark web platform looks to encourage Russian spies to share information securely with the UK intelligence agency.

Nvidia gained $150 billion on Intel announcement, more than Intel market capitalization - netting a 30x return on its investment in 24 hours with just $5 billion

By Wayne Williams published 19 September 25

Nvidia gained $150 billion in market value after shock Intel partnership announcement, rising to $4.28 trillion cap.