Articles by Ellen Jennings-Trace, Staff Writer

Ellen has been writing for almost four years, with a focus on post-COVID policy whilst studying at the University of Cardiff. During her time at university, Ellen studied BA Politics and International Relations, for which she achieved second-class honours (upper division). Ellen then went on to study an MA in Political Communication, receiving a Merit. Before joining TechRadar Pro as a Junior Writer, she worked for Future Publishing’s MVC content team, working with merchants and retailers to upload content. When she’s not working, Ellen is a keen badminton player, Formula 1 fan, and gym enthusiast.

Articles by: Ellen Jennings-Trace

Millions of dollars in cryptocurrency has been confiscated as the DoJ cracks down on an infamous ransomware operator

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 18 August 25

More than $2.8 million was seized from suspected ransomware leader Ianis Aleksandrovich Antropenko.

Hackers breach HR firm Workday - is it the latest Salesforce CRM attack victim?

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 18 August 25

Workday plays down effects of attack, but data was taken.

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Best free download manager of 2025

By Carrie Marshall last updated 18 August 25

Updated We list the best free download managers, to make it simple and easy to avoid wasting time on downloads, even multiple at once, without spending a dime.

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Best alternatives to WeTransfer of 2025

By Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson last updated 18 August 25

Updated We list the best alternatives to WeTransfer, to make it simple and easy for you to safely send your files to friends or colleagues online without using WeTransfer.

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Data center expansions could bring destruction to the British countryside - and consumers might foot the bill

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 16 August 25

Sustainability and utility costs are concerns as new data centers pop up.

Anthropic takes the fight to ChatGPT - offers Claude AI tools to US government for just $1

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 13 August 25

All branches of the US government have been offered a cut-price Claude AI deal.

Are you better at coding than an AI? Developers don’t think so - and that could be a big problem

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 12 August 25

Just over half of developers think AI beats humans at coding - is this the beginning of the end?

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Trump U-turns on Intel CEO once again following White House visit - what next for Lip-Bu Tan?

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 12 August 25

President Trump is now praising Intel CEO Lip Bu-Tan, despite previous calls for his resignation.

Best way to share big files of 2025

By Desire Athow last updated 11 August 25

Updated We list the best ways to share big files, to make it simple and easy to share your files for work or personal use, particularly larger ones such as images.

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Best file transfer software of 2025

By David Nield last updated 11 August 25

Updated We list the best file transfer software, to make it simple and easy to share your images, folders and documents online.

“Speed is everything” - how Arm and Aston Martin’s new wind tunnel venture looks to bring in a new era of success

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 9 August 25

Aston Martin has big plans for success in Formula 1 - and Arm wants to help.

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan hits back after Trump demands "highly conflicted" leader resign

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 8 August 25

Trump calls for Intel CEO to resign ‘immediately’ following initial reports.

OpenAI just gave ChatGPT for enterprise to all US federal workers for basically nothing

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 7 August 25

A new partnership will see participating US federal agencies given ChatGPT for ‘essentially nothing’.

Trump announces 100% tariffs on semiconductor makers - but Apple won't be hit, and this key chipmaker will also escape sanctions

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 7 August 25

New tariffs look to bring chip manufacturing back to the US.

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Best file manager of 2025

By Daryl Baxter last updated 7 August 25

Updated We list the best file managers, to make it simple and easy to organize your documents and folders and oversee batch file transfers.

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Best file syncing software of 2025

By Desire Athow last updated 7 August 25

Updated We list the best file syncing solutions, to make it simple and easy for you to access and recover your documents and other files from multiple devices.

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Best file hosting service of 2025

By Mayank Sharma last updated 7 August 25

Updated We list the best file hosting services, to make it simple and easy to securely share your large files, such as images and videos, with friends, family or co-workers.

US politicians call for further probes into possible DeepSeek security risks

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 6 August 25

US lawmakers think more investigations into Chinese AI giant DeepSeek are necessary.

Millions of Dell laptops at risk due to Broadcom chip security flaw - here's how you can stay safe

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 6 August 25

Critical flaws put millions of Dell devices taken over - users told to patch now.

Google says it will switch off energy-heavy AI usage at critical points if needed

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 5 August 25

AI usage is placing serious strain on energy grids - and Google wants to improve this.

Ukrainian drone attacks are causing blackouts and shutdowns for Russian mobile internet

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 4 August 25

A record number of mobile internet shutdowns have been observed.

China tried to upgrade the Great Firewall but may have left it vulnerable to attack

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 4 August 25

Flawed traffic censoring attempts have exposed the Firewall.

Best secure file sharing of 2025

By Steve Clark last updated 4 August 25

We list the best secure file transfer solutions, to make it simple and easy to send larger documents and folders to other users whether for work or personal use.

Security expert warns: don't list defense work on LinkedIn - or you could be at risk of getting hacked

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 3 August 25

Australian Director-General of Security warns spies they are at risk of attack if they advertise themselves too much online.

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Best free data recovery software of 2025

By Nate Drake last updated 1 August 25

Updated We list the best free data recovery software, to make it simple and easy to recover deleted files and folders without having to pay for software.

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