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

Is it a water bottle? a pepper spray? a battery charger? No, it's a portable SSD designed like a hand grenade, courtesy of Lenovo

By Wayne Williams published 26 January 25

The Savior Tactical Mobile SSD is a product best filed under "bad idea".

Tech startup proposes a novel way to tackle massive LLMs using the fastest memory available to mankind

By Wayne Williams published 26 January 25

Microsoft-backed d-Matrix's Corsair PCIe card has 2GB of SRAM performance memory.

Amazon wants to rent you a 32-core virtual workstation in the cloud for $4.40 per hour and yes, you'd still need to have a thin client to access it

By Wayne Williams published 25 January 25

AWS's new instances are Windows-only for now - sorry Linux users.

'An extension of a scientist's brain': Researchers explore AI to augment inspiration and imagination to revolutionize science

By Wayne Williams published 25 January 25

The exocortex will provide a bridge between the human mind and a network of AI agents.

The end of the HR department is in sight; could this AI recruiter be the most advanced yet?

By Wayne Williams published 25 January 25

Creators claim Megan can automate up to 78% of frontline recruitment tasks.

Universal translators are tantalizing close as Facebook's Meta reveals its tech can translate between 101 languages

By Wayne Williams published 24 January 25

Facebook's Meta reveals its SeamlessM4T tech can translate between 101 languages.

Forget about a $120 Raspberry Pi 5 barebone, I found a much better mini PC that has 512GB SSD, a far more powerful CPU, Windows 11 Pro and an actual casing

By Wayne Williams last updated 24 January 25

Think the 16GB Raspberry Pi 5 is expensive? We found a much better x86 alternative for the same price

Nvidia vs Apple and the world: Apple may have just confirmed its ACDC superchip will use UALink tech

By Wayne Williams published 23 January 25

Nvidia vs Apple and the world: Apple may have just confirmed its ACDC superchip will use UALink tech.

World's first ever 'DNA book' sells for $65, is like a silver bullet and is 500KB in size; shame you can't actually read it

By Wayne Williams published 22 January 25

World's first ever 'DNA book' goes on sale for $65, and looks like a silver bullet.

Small and mighty, this 2lbs Android tablet has a 10 inch display and can even be used in heavy rain

By Wayne Williams published 21 January 25

Getac ZX10 has two batteries that can be swapped to avoid downtime.

Nothing personal: US government wants to shove 10 million Gigabytes RAM in a 'computer' to do '3D simulation'

By Wayne Williams published 20 January 25

The Department of Energy's new ATS-5 supercomputer will have at least 10PB of computer memory and manage the US nuclear stockpile.

Here's why 100TB+ SSDs will play a huge role in ultra large language models in the near future

By Wayne Williams published 19 January 25

Kioxia's AiSAQ solution uses 100TB+ SSDs instead of DRAM for more cost-effective AI processing.

HPE may have beaten Supermicro and Dell to win a $1bn AI contract, but it's not for the Colossus supercomputer

By Wayne Williams published 18 January 25

HPE beat Supermicro and Dell to win a $1bn contract to supply Elon Musk's X with AI servers

Down Aisle Of HPE Cray AMD Liquid Cooled Racks For El Capitan At LLNL 1

Tech editor takes close snaps of world's fastest supercomputer and lives to publish them

By Wayne Williams published 18 January 25

The editor of a tech site took some revealing snaps of the inside of El Capitan, the world's fastest supercomputer.

What kind of mini PC is that? Minisforum's NAS packs a Ryzen AI HX 370, up to 96GB RAM and a staggering 154TB storage

By Wayne Williams published 17 January 25

Mini PC maker Minisforum reveals its N5 Pro NAS device, powered by a Ryzen AI HX 370 CPU and with a staggering 154TB of storage.

150TB SSD modules to go mainstream in 2025, and Micron is getting a slice of that pie

By Wayne Williams published 15 January 25

Micron will supply G8 QLC NAND for Pure Storage’s 150TB SDD out soon.

Mecha Comet is a modular open source handheld computer that reminds me of the Indian PDA that may have inspired the iPhone

By Wayne Williams published 14 January 25

You can snap on new extensions, like a keyboard or game controller.

Finally, another Thunderbolt 5 SSD has landed, and boy is it fast! Seagate's LaCie Rugged SSD Pro5 is a stunner

By Wayne Williams published 13 January 25

New portable Seagate SSD will be available in 2TB and 4TB capacities.

The rise of RISC: 2025 will be the year of the first quasi-mainstream RISC-V laptop as confirmed by the CEO of Framework but I don't think it will be ready for primetime

By Wayne Williams published 12 January 25

The laptop mainboard will be made by RISC-V developer DeepComputing.

LG unveils the first 6K monitor with Thunderbolt 5 port and I'd love to pair it with the Mac Mini M4

By Wayne Williams published 12 January 25

The UltraFine 32U990A is a serious competitor to Apple’s Pro Display XDR.

SanDisk jumps on creator bandwagon with new storage products which look just like the old ones; I won't be buying one because I don't think it's worth it

By Wayne Williams published 12 January 25

Buying non-Creator branded products will net you some serious savings.

MSI launches two Cubi NUC AI mini PCs but I am still waiting for one with a Thunderbolt 5 port

By Wayne Williams published 11 January 25

The larger Cubi NUC AI+ 2M comes with a dedicated Copilot button.

NATO wants to build an alternative satellite-based internet to be used in case of emergency

By Wayne Williams published 10 January 25

Threat of undersea cable sabotage raises concerns for alternate arrangements.

I can't believe this Lenovo monitor has more ports than an Apple MacBook Pro laptop

By Wayne Williams published 9 January 25

Lenovo ThinkVision P32UD-40 has a dozen ports and a KVM switch for managing multiple devices.

Lenovo loves to innovate, and its laptop with a rollable display proves that it still has its mojo

By Wayne Williams published 8 January 25

Lenovo's ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable can extend its display upwards.

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