Articles by Mayank Sharma

With almost two decades of writing and reporting on Linux, Mayank Sharma would like everyone to think he’s TechRadar Pro’s expert on the topic. Of course, he’s just as interested in other computing topics, particularly cybersecurity, cloud, containers, and coding.

Articles by: Mayank Sharma

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What is a Generative Adversarial Network?

By Mayank Sharma published 1 February 25

A Generative Adversarial Network is a type of machine learning model that can generate new data.

What is Deep Learning?

By Mayank Sharma published 31 January 25

Deep learning models go above and beyond traditional machine learning and can process data and recognize patterns much more efficiently.

What is an AI accelerator?

By Mayank Sharma published 29 January 25

AI accelerators are specialized hardware that are designed to enhance the performance of AI and ML applications.

What is a Neural Network?

By Mayank Sharma published 29 January 25

Neural network is a machine learning (ML) model that’s inspired by the function of the human brain.

Best weird and wonderful niche Linux distros of 2025

By Mayank Sharma last updated 8 January 25

Updated We list the best weird and wonderful niche distros, to make it simple and easy to find different and interesting Linux options to try out.

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What is Prompt Engineering? Almost everything you want to know about one of the hottest jobs in AI

By Mayank Sharma published 1 January 25

Prompt engineering is the secret sauce that helps generative artificial intelligence systems come back to you with the right response to your query.

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What is Natural Language Processing?

By Mayank Sharma published 30 December 24

Natural Language Processing helps computers communicate with us in our own language.

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What is AI bias? Almost everything you should know about bias in AI results

By Mayank Sharma published 27 December 24

Generative Artificial Intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT are trained on vast amounts of human generated data. Surprisingly, in addition to the knowledge they also pick up our prejudices.

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What is Predictive analytics?

By Mayank Sharma published 27 December 24

Predictive analytics is a practical application of Artificial Intelligence that uses techniques like machine learning to analyse historical data and forecast future outcomes.

What are AI Hallucinations? When AI goes wrong

By Mayank Sharma published 26 December 24

Generative Artificial Intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT are very adept at finding answers to all kinds of questions. Though they aren’t always the ones you’re expecting.

What is Artificial General Intelligence? Can AI think like humans?

By Mayank Sharma published 25 December 24

Having cracked the artificial intelligence puzzle, engineers have now set their sights on making computers think like us.

Best Linux desktop of 2025

By Mayank Sharma last updated 17 December 24

Updated We list the best Linux desktops, to make it simple and easy to better customize your Linux home screen experience.

Storm Proxies review

By Stefan Ionescu last updated 11 December 24

Updated Storm Proxies delivers on the basics at a reasonable price but you'll find more features elsewhere.

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Best HTML online course of 2024

By Mayank Sharma last updated 2 December 24

Updated We list the best HTML online courses, to make it simple and easy to improve your website design and development skills, from beginner to advanced level.

What is managed WordPress hosting?

By Nick Schaeferhoff, Mayank Sharma last updated 2 December 24

Updated A look at a different way of handling hosting for the world’s most popular CMS.

What is application hosting?

By Mayank Sharma last updated 27 November 24

We explain application hosting, along with the advantages, costs, and selecting an application hosting platform.

Best online course to learn Spanish of 2025

By Mayank Sharma last updated 19 November 24

Updated We list the best online courses to learn Spanish, to make it simple and easy to start speaking Spanish, for both beginners and advanced users.

Best JavaScript online course of 2025

By Mayank Sharma published 21 October 24

Updated We list the best JavaScript online courses, to make it simple and easy to learn and develop your programming skills in JavaScript, from beginner to advanced level.

Best COBOL online course of 2025

By Mayank Sharma published 15 October 24

Updated We list the best COBOL online courses, to make it simple and easy to learn the legacy COBOL programming language online.

Best Word online course of 2025

By Mayank Sharma last updated 23 September 24

Updated We list the best Word online courses, to make it simple and easy for new users to learn their way around the software, and for more advanced users to improve their skills.

Best Raspberry Pi distro of 2025

By Shashank Sharma last updated 27 August 24

Updated We list the best Raspberry Pi distros, to make it simple and easy to set up a Raspberry Pi install, with specialty options listed for retro gaming fans and HTPC enthusiasts.

Best SQL online course of 2025

By Mayank Sharma last updated 27 August 24

Updated We list the best SQL online courses, to make it simple and easy to learn how to mange, code, and run databases, covering everything from beginner to advanced users.

SoFi Invest crypto trading platform review

By Mayank Sharma last updated 5 July 24

A trading platform that also offers cryptocurrency. But is a good option for crypto newbies?

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Mega cloud storage review: an excellent choice with end-to-end encryption

By David Nield, Mayank Sharma, Jonas P. DeMuro last updated 3 July 24

Updated Mega is an excellent choice if you're in need of cloud storage, especially if you want end-to-end encryption.

pCloud cloud storage review

By Craig Hale last updated 29 June 24

pCloud has a simple to install client tool that does what most users want from a Cloud storage service, and at a price most would be happy to pay.

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