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

The AI tsunami: Apple's M5 chip delivers a 12x performance leap - here's what the neural accelerators mean for your Mac

By Wayne Williams published 22 October 25

The M5 chip is Apple’s boldest leap in neural processing since the M1 launched in 2020.

I asked Gemini to predict what the Apple M5 Ultra will look like - and the answer blew my mind away

By Wayne Williams published 21 October 25

Gemini predicts the future Apple M5 Ultra with 80 GPU cores and extreme computational performance.

Morefine's H1 is the latest mini PC with an AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 and 128GB RAM - so I have to ask, why can't Dell launch something similar?

By Wayne Williams published 21 October 25

Morefine’s H1 mini PC with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 adds to a growing lineup of small, powerful desktops.

'Rivals MacBooks': This premium haptic trackpad for Windows could finally convince me to replace my trusted but rather unexciting mouse

By Wayne Williams published 21 October 25

HyperSpace Trackpad Pro is aimed squarely at Windows professionals and creators and delivers pressure-sensitive haptic control and advanced customization features.

When 51mm is all you need: Supersized 21-inch racks to become standard for enterprise and cloud service providers by end of the decade, displacing the venerable 19-inch format

By Wayne Williams published 20 October 25

Wider 21-inch racks gain traction as AI workloads demand improved cooling, airflow and power capacity, with major cloud providers standardizing on the format.

A secret AMD Christmas tree? Nah, it's just a close up of a very bright $3 million 72-GPU MI450 Helios rack monster at OCP Summit

By Wayne Williams published 19 October 25

AMD’s Helios MI450 rack captivated OCP Summit visitors with its 72-GPU design, dense OCP architecture, and new layout optimized for data center-scale AI systems.

‘So Freaking Cool’: First reviews of Nvidia DGX Spark leave absolutely no doubt this may be Nvidia’s Apple Mac moment

By Wayne Williams published 19 October 25

Nvidia’s DGX Spark impresses reviewers with its compact design and ability to run large AI models locally without relying on cloud infrastructure or external GPUs.

Only 4 brands sell laptops with Intel's fastest ever mobile CPU, the Ultra 9 285 HX - and shockingly, two are already massively discounted

By Wayne Williams published 19 October 25

Only four brands currently sell laptops with Intel’s Ultra 9 285HX - and two already have major price cuts.

This tiny startup wants to produce the world's best AA battery: Captery's supercapacitor recharges in 160 seconds, pollutes less and can last decades - and I want one right now

By Wayne Williams published 19 October 25

Captery's efficient new AA/AAA battery promises a sustainable solution with ultra-fast charging and long durability.

Amazon should retire these 3 hardware storage categories ASAP to stop confusing people - does anyone still need floppy, zip, and tape?

By Wayne Williams published 18 October 25

Amazon should retire these three outdated hardware categories to stop confusing shoppers.

Broadcom ushers Wi-Fi 8 era with a bunch of chipsets that will come to a Mesh router near you in 2026

By Wayne Williams published 18 October 25

Broadcom unveils its new Wi-Fi 8 platform, offering open licensing and telemetry features.

'Much like Apple': Elon Musk's "Macrohard" project will take a leaf out of Cupertino's book as it takes on Microsoft - outsource the physical, produce the intangible

By Wayne Williams published 18 October 25

Elon Musk announces Macrohard as an xAI platform designed to rival Microsoft and Apple by combining AI development and external manufacturing partnerships.

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Toshiba plans 40TB HDD in 2027 with 12 platters - but I fear it is way too little, way too late

By Wayne Williams published 18 October 25

As Toshiba plans a 40TB 12-disk HDD for 2027, Seagate’s own roadmap shows it racing ahead.

You can't buy the Dell Pro Max GB10 yet but you can buy the Asus Ascent GX10 right now for $4100 - Get Nvidia's Petaflop desktop supercomputer shipped within days

By Wayne Williams published 17 October 25

You can’t buy the Dell Pro Max GB10 yet but the Asus Ascent GX10 with Nvidia’s Grace Blackwell chip is available for $4100.

The first Wi-Fi 8 wireless router you can actually touch and see will be built by a company you've probably never heard of

By Wayne Williams published 17 October 25

Sercomm partners with Broadcom to build the first real Wi-Fi 8 router, years ahead of certification.

From today, there's one more reason why you shouldn't buy a PC running Intel 7th generation Core processors and older

By Wayne Williams published 16 October 25

Windows 10 has reached its end of life, so anyone buying a new or used computer needs to check it can run Windows 11 for continued security.

As Broadcom becomes its latest major ally, this graph shows how OpenAI made itself too big to fail by securing hundreds of billions from the world's largest tech companies

By Wayne Williams published 16 October 25

Broadcom joins Nvidia, AMD, and Microsoft in OpenAI’s trillion-dollar AI infrastructure collaboration revealed in social media image.

Samsung archrival showcases 245TB PCIe Gen5 SSD, joining Kioxia, Huawei and Sandisk - with Solidigm, Samsung and Micron expected to launch similar products in 2026

By Wayne Williams published 16 October 25

SK Hynix showed off its 245TB PCIe Gen5 SSD, joining other storage makers in producing ultra-dense enterprise drives aimed at AI and data centers.

Galax GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Unparalleled MAX

A 20mm thick Geforce RTX 5060 Ti graphics card launches - and this single slot Pro GPU is not as expensive as you think

By Wayne Williams published 15 October 25

Galax unveils an affordably priced 20mm single-slot RTX 5060 Ti graphics card aimed at engineers, designers, and AI users.

Internet Archive reaches new 1-trillion page landmark almost 30 years after it started backing up the WWW - and more than 100,000TB of files have been safeguarded since

By Wayne Williams published 14 October 25

Almost three decades since it started backing up the web, the Internet Archive now holds 1 trillion archived pages and over 100,000TB of data.

'A kid born in 2025 is unlikely to ever be as smart as artificial intelligence': Sam Altman thinks it's OK for AI to be smarter than us all - and I am sure we will be totally, totally fine

By Wayne Williams published 14 October 25

Sam Altman says humanity can still find happiness and purpose in an AI-driven age.

Remember audio tapes from TDK? The company just developed an analog reservoir AI chip that does real-time learning - and will even challenge humans at a game of rock-paper-scissors

By Wayne Williams published 13 October 25

TDK unveils an analog reservoir AI chip which learns in real time and can predict rock-paper-scissors moves.

Ahead of EOL-geddon, Windows 10 interest has shot up - but it's all for the wrong reasons

By Wayne Williams published 13 October 25

Windows 10 reaches its end of life - but users are still searching for ways to keep it alive.

Can't afford Nvidia's expensive AI accelerators? Then consider this 10.8Kw server cluster with 32 Intel GPUs and 768GB VRAM

By Wayne Williams published 12 October 25

Sparkle unveils a 10.8Kw GPU cluster with 32 Intel GPUs and 768GB VRAM to provide affordable compute power for AI workloads.

Lenovo sold almost 20 million PCs last quarter as businesses scramble to upgrade old devices with Windows 10 EOL deadline looming large

By Wayne Williams published 10 October 25

Lenovo extends its global PC lead as Windows 10’s looming end-of-life deadline pushes businesses to replace ageing laptops and desktops.

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