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

OWC Thunderbolt 5 Dual 10GbE Network Dock

This Thunderbolt 5 docking station can do something no other can: combine two 10GbE LAN ports to deliver a virtual 20Gbps connection

By Wayne Williams published 10 September 25

OWC’s Thunderbolt 5 dock combines dual 10GbE ports into a 20Gbps virtual connection, and includes 2.5GbE Ethernet and multi-display support.

Acer unveils superlight Travelmate X4 14 AI laptop with an OLED display and Wi-Fi 7 connectivity

By Wayne Williams published 9 September 25

Acer TravelMate X4 14 AI weighs just 1.27kg and comes with Intel Core Ultra processors, OLED display option, and 65Wh battery rated 12 hours.

A chip with 'thousands' of cores could change the way servers are designed - bringing compute nearer to RAM thanks to CXL is a lightbulb moment

By Wayne Williams published 8 September 25

XCENA launches MX1 computational memory, featuring thousands of RISC-V cores and near-data processing to improve efficiency.

Acer Chromebook Plus Enterprise Spin 514

Acer's new Chromebook is the most powerful ChromeOS business laptop ever launched - and it even has a 5-megapixel webcam and touchscreen display

By Wayne Williams published 8 September 25

Acer unveils Chromebook Plus Spin 514 and Enterprise Plus at IFA 2025, featuring AI, dual display options, and durable design.

Solidigm confirms 245+ TB SSDs set to launch before end of 2026

By Desire Athow published 8 September 25

Roger Corell, senior director of AI and leadership marketing at Solidigm, tells us about soaring SSD capacities, the future of QLC, and why AI workloads are driving the shift from HDDs.

This is probably the most powerful ultraportable money can buy - 999g laptop has Core Ultra 9 285H CPU, OLED display and I'd be surprised if it sells for more than $1000

By Wayne Williams published 7 September 25

Geekom's new GeekBook X14 Pro laptop features a Core Ultra 9 processor with Arc graphics in an ultraportable magnesium alloy chassis.

The leaks were right, Lenovo ThinkBook VertiFlex concept laptop is as outlandish as I thought - Project Pivo's rotational display looks like a solution looking for a problem

By Wayne Williams published 7 September 25

Lenovo ThinkBook VertiFlex features a rotating display and Smart Connect smartphone tethering.

Geekom will present its first Qualcomm mini PC at IFA 2025 - it even comes with Windows 11 Pro and a rather mindboggling four microphones (yes, 4)

By Wayne Williams published 7 September 25

Geekom QS1 Pro could appear at IFA 2025 with Snapdragon power and upgraded connectivity options for professionals.

Lenovo's new 5K 40-inch curved monitor can push 140W power, enough for a MacBook Pro, but I'm more impressed by its 2.5G Ethernet port

By Wayne Williams published 6 September 25

Lenovo unveils new ThinkVision P40WD-40 curved ultrawide monitor at IFA 2025 with 140W charging and integrated 2.5G Ethernet port.

Lenovo finally joins HP and Dell in launching a mobile workstation with Core Ultra 9 285 HX CPU and Nvidia RTX Pro 5000 Blackwell GPU

By Wayne Williams published 5 September 25

Lenovo unveils ThinkPad P16 Gen 3 flagship workstation with Core Ultra 9 285 HX CPU and Nvidia RTX Pro 5000 Blackwell graphics.

Lenovo confirms that its innovative Magic Bay HUD is getting real - and I wonder whether its designers will free the webcam

By Wayne Williams published 5 September 25

Lenovo Magic Bay HUD features magnetic attachment and AI Now integration for smarter multitasking workflows.

Google's most powerful supercomputer ever has a combined memory of 1.77PB - apparently a new world record for shared memory multi-CPU setups

By Wayne Williams published 4 September 25

Google Ironwood TPU scales to 9216 chips with record 1.77PB shared memory.

Philips drops a 5K monitor to match Mac Studio display - 27-inch, Thunderbolt 4, 600nits and a very Apple-esque design

By Wayne Williams published 4 September 25

Philips launches affordable 27-inch Brilliance monitor for creatives with 5K resolution, Smart KVM for multitasking, and Thunderbolt 4 support.

Acer joins Nvidia GB10 superchip fan club with $3,999 Veriton AI mini workstation PC - and yes, you can link two to get even more power

By Wayne Williams published 3 September 25

Acer unveils Veriton GN100 compact AI workstation with Nvidia GB10 superchip at $3,999, with support for linking two devices for added compute capacity.

Mediatek's crucial role in building the Nvidia GB10 highlighted in new presentation - so could Jensen Huang mull a potential $73 billion acquisition?

By Wayne Williams published 3 September 25

GB10 presentation highlights how industry-standard interfaces enable Nvidia GPUs and Mediatek CPUs to work seamlessly together.

Acer's new 16-inch laptop weighs less than a McDonald's Big Mac meal - shame about the small 50WHr battery

By Wayne Williams published 3 September 25

Acer's new Swift Air 16 laptop weighs less than 1kg with a 16-inch display, slim magnesium alloy body, and disappointingly small 50Wh battery.

Flag of the People's Republic of China overlaid with a technological network of wires and circuits.

Could Cambricon create a Deepseek moment in AI hardware? The rise of China's answer to Nvidia has been nothing short of meteoric - but is it too good to be true?

By Wayne Williams published 2 September 25

With profits and revenue surging, is Cambricon becoming "China’s Nvidia", or an overvalued AI player that risks collapse?

Breakthrough in Sixth-generation Communication

Korean researchers develop new technology that could boost processing unit by...being more human - semantic communication focuses on the bigger picture, literally

By Wayne Williams published 2 September 25

Korean researchers develop ConcreteSC, a new wireless communication method that sends meaning instead of raw data to make networks faster and more efficient.

It's 2025 and this bargain-priced mini PC still uses USB 2.0 ports - and foolishly doesn't label them as such

By Wayne Williams published 1 September 25

Beelink launches budget-price EQi13 Pro mini PC with a choice of Intel processors, quiet 32dB cooling, dual Ethernet ports, and a durable full-metal chassis.

AMD sheds more light on 128-GPU MI355X DLC rack that will deliver 2.4 Exaflop at FP4 precision - here's how it compares with Nvidia's flagship Vera Rubin

By Wayne Williams published 1 September 25

AMD reveals more about the MI355X rack with 128 GPUs and 36TB of HBM3e, but how does it compare to Nvidia’s Vera Rubin?

Who says crime doesn't pay? Microsoft has deployed its own security chip on all Azure servers to protect its customers from $10 trillion cybercrime 'pandemic'

By Wayne Williams published 31 August 25

Microsoft unveils Windows Resiliency Initiative in a bid to avoid another CrowdStrike-like disruption in enterprise environments.

PCIe 6.0 SSDs with up to 512TB capacity and 28GB/s speeds are coming soon - and Meta may be the first to get them

By Wayne Williams published 31 August 25

FADU confirms SSD controller supply deals with two hyperscalers, and Meta is the leading candidate to adopt its 512TB PCIe 6.0 storage systems first.

This creative concept reinvents the 1.44MB floppy disk as a modern storage device – a holder for today’s SD cards packing terabytes of storage

By Wayne Williams published 30 August 25

This creative concept transforms the 1.44MB floppy disk into modern packaging, protecting today’s terabyte SD cards with a playful retro design.

'Going to sell like hotcakes': First reviews of Nvidia Jetson AGX Thor Developer Kit leaves me with no doubt - Nvidia has a sleeper hit on its hands

By Wayne Williams published 30 August 25

First reviews are in of Nvidia's Jetson Thor, a Blackwell-powered chip claiming major AI gains, and they say it's a hit.

PayPal glitch triggers chaos as European banks freeze ‘billions’ in transactions

By Wayne Williams published 30 August 25

European banks froze PayPal transactions worth billions after fraud system failure.

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