Darren Allan

Darren is a freelancer writing news and features for TechRadar (and occasionally T3) across a broad range of computing topics including CPUs, GPUs, various other hardware, VPNs, antivirus and more. He has written about tech for the best part of three decades, and writes books in his spare time (his debut novel - 'I Know What You Did Last Supper' - was published by Hachette UK in 2013).

Articles by: Darren Allan

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Microsoft’s controversial Recall feature for Windows 11 could already be in legal hot water

By Darren Allan published

Investigation is underway by a privacy watchdog, and it’ll be very interesting to see the outcome.

An array of Nvidia RTX 4080 Super GPUs on a black reflective surface

Nvidia RTX 5080 could still turn up later in 2024 – and next-gen GPU might have plenty of stock on shelves too

By Darren Allan published

There’s been some confusion about when the RTX 5080 might launch, but it seems like the GPU is on track for release in Q4.

Gigabyte motherboards

Leak shows Gigabyte motherboards for Intel Arrow Lake CPUs pack some kind of mysterious AI feature

By Darren Allan published

Maybe these motherboards will offer some options for fine-tuning AI performance with next-gen processors, somehow?

Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit photos from stage and demo samples

Snapdragon X Elite CPU has been put through its paces early – and appears to be every bit as strong as Qualcomm claims

By Darren Allan published

If you wondered whether Qualcomm had been exaggerating the capabilities of its new SoC, well, apparently not…

Nvidia logo on a dark background

Nvidia’s set to supercharge Copilot+ PCs with its RTX GPUs – and maybe that’ll happen soon

By Darren Allan published

We’ve been hearing all about Copilot+ PCs this week, and Nvidia is set to jump on this particular AI bandwagon.

CPU concept art of a chip with blue electricity coursing through it

Excited about Snapdragon X Elite laptops? Forget them, says Intel, the true AI PC powerhouse CPU will be Lunar Lake

By Darren Allan published

Intel fans flames of hype around Lunar Lake laptop CPUs set to arrive as soon as Q3.

Intel Thunderbolt 5

Intel Thunderbolt Share arrives with some truly neat tricks for two PCs sharing files, or a monitor, or even the same mouse and keyboard

By Darren Allan published

Thunderbolt Share app makes file and screen sharing between two PCs dead easy, and dead fast.

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Intel Arrow Lake leak suggests processors could arrive sooner than expected to help fend off threats from AMD, Apple and ARM

By Darren Allan published

Intel Arrow Lake leak spills details on desktop and laptop CPUs – and gives us hope that they might arrive before too long.

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Firefox 126 is out – and it’ll make a huge difference to the quality of videos in the browser, for those with the right hardware

By Darren Allan published

You’re going to want to grab the new browser as it could supercharge your video viewing experience.

AMD Ryzen

AMD has released new Ryzen 8000 series CPUs, though you may not be swayed by them

By Darren Allan published

New Ryzen 8000 CPUs have arrived, and while they don’t look too exciting now, they could make more sense in the future.

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AMD could drop support for Windows 10 with Zen 5 Strix Point CPUs – a cold, hard reminder the OS is on its way out

By Darren Allan published

Why might this be happening? It seems the answer is fairly simple – blame AI.

A man sitting in front of a laptop with an expression of joy on his face

Nvidia and MediaTek could be cooking up a powerful laptop CPU to blow away Snapdragon X Elite – or even Apple’s M4

By Darren Allan published

The purported chip will apparently be made on the same advanced process as Apple’s M4 CPU.

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Huge Dell leak shows new Snapdragon X laptops should have superb battery life – and we’ve been told when its successor CPU will arrive

By Darren Allan published

We can expect even more powerful next-gen CPUs from Qualcomm as soon as next year, apparently.

An array of Nvidia RTX 4080 Super GPUs on a black reflective surface

RTX 5080 GPU to launch ahead of RTX 5090? New rumor makes us more inclined to believe this might be Nvidia’s strategy

By Darren Allan published

If Nvidia’s RTX 5080 is the first Blackwell graphics card out in 2024, the RTX 5090 could be very close behind it.

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Latest performance rumor around AMD’s RDNA 4 GPUs could worry you – but we think there’s no need to panic

By Darren Allan published

Nvidia might be pleased to hear the latest RDNA 4 GPU performance rumor – but RDNA 5 looks a very different story.

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Windows 11’s Copilot AI just took its first step towards being an indispensable assistant for Android – but Google Gemini hasn’t got anything to worry about yet

By Darren Allan published

Windows 11’s Copilot could become way more useful for Android owners – let’s hope iPhones aren’t left out in the cold.

Unhappy

Microsoft might be trying to sneak Bing into one of Windows 11’s apps – and some users won’t be happy

By Darren Allan published

Need more Bing in your life? Snipping Tool users in Windows 11 might be getting just that, like it, or perhaps not...

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Lenovo has an idea to prevent desktop PCs from dying out – by using laptop CPUs (yes, you read that right)

By Darren Allan published

Want a laptop CPU in your desktop PC? You may not be convinced, but Lenovo thinks this is the future.

Asus ROG Ally

Asus ROG Ally 2024 could be revealed today in black, sporting a refined design and big changes for the handheld gaming PC

By Darren Allan published

We can see the teased refresh of the ROG Ally looks more streamlined and sleeker, and could offer better battery life.

A hand holding an Intel Core i9-14900K

Intel gives consumers advice on high-end Core i9 CPUs that are crashing – and it’s about time

By Darren Allan published

If you’re puzzled after reading Intel’s advice, don’t worry – we’re here to cut through the confusion.

Windows 11 laptop showing Copilot

Clippy goes rogue – infamous paperclip assistant returns to Windows 11 in order to help declutter the OS

By Darren Allan published

Fed up with Copilot? Then get Clippy to remove it. What a wonderful world Windows 11 users live in these days, eh?

Nvidia logo on a dark background

Nvidia might shortchange RTX 5090 and 5060 for laptops when it comes to VRAM – but RTX 5080 GPU could be very different

By Darren Allan published

We’ve been hearing more about Blackwell GPUs from a YouTube leaker, and there’s distinctly good and bad news.

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Nvidia might launch RTX 5080 GPU before RTX 5090, new rumor suggests – but we wouldn’t bank on it

By Darren Allan published

Controversy continues to swirl around which next-gen graphics cards Nvidia could launch this year.

Windows 11 laptop showing Copilot

Microsoft improves File Explorer in Windows 11 testing, but appears to have second thoughts about some Copilot ideas

By Darren Allan published

There are some important changes for Windows 11’s interface here – and some backtracking on Copilot.

MSI X570 motherboards

Some AMD Zen 2 CPUs finally get defenses against Zenbleed security flaw – and it’s about time

By Darren Allan published

Worried about your Zen 2 CPU being vulnerable to Zenbleed? Panic is (mostly) over for Ryzen 4000 owners.

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