Articles by Luke Hughes, Staff Writer

Luke Hughes holds the role of Staff Writer at TechRadar Pro, producing news, features and deals content across topics ranging from computing to cloud services, cybersecurity, data privacy and business software.

They are also responsible for managing a selection of our buying guides, which are kept up to date with the latest and greatest products and services. PR agencies are encouraged to get in touch with information about new products and services.

Separately, Luke is interested in receiving pitches around the evolution of ways of working, technology companies with ambitions to change the world and the latest security vulnerabilities.

Luke holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Creative Writing from The University of Nottingham.

Articles by: Luke Hughes

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AI in education isn’t a crisis, it’s an indictment of the whole thing as a means to an end

By Luke Hughes published 3 February 24

Or, ‘intrepid misery reporter has epiphany’

Linux users beware — this security flaw could allow attackers to get root on major distros, so take extra care

By Luke Hughes published 31 January 24

Flaw in versions 2.36 and 2.37 of the GNU C (glibc) library could grant unauthorised root access to attackers, bad news helped only by the fact that it’s unlikely to be exploitable remotely.

ChatGPT is leaking… again — we shouldn’t be surprised but we should be disturbed

By Luke Hughes published 30 January 24

Recent incidents again prove OpenAI’s giant data sponge is not your friend, colleague, or personal organizer

Google just settled its multi-billion dollar AI tech patent trial

By Luke Hughes published 28 January 24

Singular founder showed Google employees his designs under NDA, and then discovered his inventions incorporated into Google’s own Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) devices and data centers.

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Experts think they've found a great new way to see if your iPhone is infected with malware iOS spyware

By Luke Hughes published 20 January 24

iOS spyware has always been around, but the most prominent strains now have something to worry about, thanks to Python.

Looking for a Raspberry Pi 5? Shortages could be over for good as company almost doubles production

By Luke Hughes published 15 January 24

Everyone’s favourite dinky microcomputer is now readily available, including the all-new Raspberry Pi 5. But how much has actually changed since last year?

Lenovo's ThinkCentre Neo 50a and wireless charging stand in situ

Lenovo's CES 2024 showing pleasantly surprised this total luddite with one (1 - singular) idea

By Luke Hughes published 13 January 24

Opinion Yes, yes, AI-bad, but Lenovo might have stumbled on something great by bringing dual booting to the masses.

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Tunefab music piracy tool leaked hundreds of gigabytes of user data over 24 hours last year

By Luke Hughes published 2 January 24

DVDfab’s dedicated audio conversion tool has been confirmed to be involved in a data breach dating back to September 2023.

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Amazon Drive cloud storage for Prime users ends - here's what you need to know

By Luke Hughes published 2 January 24

Amazon just stole back its cloud storage gift for Prime users

Raspberry Pi OS’ dark mode adds more coal to your stocking this year

By Luke Hughes published 10 December 23

I never had, or will have, a ‘goth phase’, but this latest Raspberry Pi update is welcome.

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The screen you least (most?) want to see is coming to Linux

By Luke Hughes published 8 December 23

The ‘Blue Screen of Death' actually has a point to it, let’s not forget - and now Linux users will get to "enjoy" it too.

Arm is investing in Raspberry Pi to make AI accessible to the masses

By Luke Hughes published 2 November 23

The chip giant is building on its partnership with the Raspberry Pi foundation, already powering its low-cost microcomputers.

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Xbox removing support for third-party controllers compromises the "play anywhere" experience

By Luke Hughes published 31 October 23

Alternative controller adapters from companies such as Brook are about to be blocked - disenfranchising myself and others with disabilities.

Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm - "Super Popular, Crazily Addictive, Micro Computer Operating System!!!"

Look it up, Bookworm - the Raspberry Pi 5 just got its first OS(es)

By Luke Hughes published 15 October 23

The first OS to support the Raspberry Pi 5 comes from - shock - the Raspberry Pi Foundation, but others are on the case.

The Raspberry Pi 5 has ruined my day

By Luke Hughes published 1 October 23

A new iteration of (probably) the world’s smallest PC spells fortune for the tech industry, but resentment for me, the protagonist of reality.

Raspberry Pi used in Texas ATM burglaries

By Luke Hughes published 6 September 23

Details are thin on the ground, and we’ve run out of Pi(e) puns.

This premium WordPress plugin could let hackers hijack your website

By Luke Hughes published 25 August 23

It's the latest in a series of WordPress plugin vulnerabilities that could mean big trouble for your website.

Dropbox drops unlimited storage option as some users ruin it for everyone

By Luke Hughes published 25 August 23

One of the best unlimited cloud storage services out there is no more as Dropbox pulls its unlimited storage option

IBM has a new solution to get your business off COBOL

By Luke Hughes published 23 August 23

Introduced in 1959, COBOL is still in use today, but IBM thinks it knows how to help businesses modernize.

Did your 3D printer start printing all on its own? This could be why

By Luke Hughes published 23 August 23

Bambu X1C and P1P printers could be keeping you up at night in more ways than one, and it’s all thanks to the cloud.

I thought a Raspberry Pi NAS was a good idea - here’s why I'm wrong

By Luke Hughes published 12 August 23

ChatGPT is a bad knowledge base, confirms new study

By Luke Hughes published 10 August 23

A paper comparing how ChatGPT fares answering software engineering questions versus Stack Overflow once again highlights that it’s not infallible as a fountain of knowledge.

Gmail will now translate your emails for you on your smartphone

By Luke Hughes published 9 August 23

Gmail translation feature belatedly comes to smartphones.

Linux is consorting with tech behemoths to improve ethernet standards

By Luke Hughes published 24 July 23

Cisco, Microsoft, AMD, Intel and Meta among those pushing for Ethernet standards for HPC and AI.

TikTok for iPhone is getting passkeys

By Luke Hughes published 18 July 23

Top social media platform TikTok is implementing secure passwordless login for iPhone users.

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