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

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"Push them to the limit": MIT researchers almost double SSD performance 'for free' but only for data centers

By Wayne Williams published 23 April 26

MIT software boosts SSD speeds by shifting data between drives in large storage clusters, but it's only for use in data centers.

AeroVironment LOCUST laser counter-drone system

The $5 Drone Killer: The Navy’s new 20kW LOCUST laser just proved its "unlimited magazine depth" on the USS George H.W. Bush — it neutralized multiple UAVs for a fraction of the cost of a missile, protecting the fleet from cheap enemy drone swarms

By Wayne Williams published 22 April 26

New low-cost carrier-based laser system shows promise for defending US warships against drone threats, at $5 a pop.

"SIM-Farm-as-a-Service": How a Belarus-based network hijacked UK and US telcos to enable global fraud

By Wayne Williams published 22 April 26

Investigation maps 94 SIM farm deployments connected to 35 mobile carriers including major UK and US networks.

"Inference requires infrastructure that is closer to users and more energy-efficient": Antimatter debuts global AI network built to bypass grid bottleneck with a 400,000 GPU roll out by 2030 across 1000 data centers

By Wayne Williams published 22 April 26

Antimatter targets growing inference demand with global rollout of modular data centers designed to operate where electricity supply is already available.

"The way we move light": Tiny optical chips smaller than a grain of salt could save data centers billions

By Wayne Williams published 22 April 26

New beam-steering chip smaller than a grain of salt could cut hardware demands in quantum computing and high-performance data centers.

Pulsar Fusion Sunbird first plasma with Krypton

"The future of space will look less like single-use expeditionary missions and more like a transport network": Pulsar Fusion's quest to build a nuclear fusion exhaust system for deep-space travel hits "first plasma" milestone

By Desire Athow published 22 April 26

Exclusive Following a "first plasma" milestone, Pulsar Fusion outlines its ambitious plans for a nuclear fusion exhaust system for deep-space travel.

Researchers use DESI’s huge 3D map to study dark energy. Earth is at the center of this map, and every point is a galaxy

"5,000 tiny robot arms": How a humble telescope created the largest 3D map of the universe to help unlock dark energy's secrets

By Wayne Williams published 21 April 26

The DESI project recorded data from 47 million galaxies and quasars and built a 3D map of the universe to help unlock dark energy's secrets.

“Essentially invisible:” How hackers 'trojan-horsed' QEMU virtual machines to bypass security and drop ransomware

By Wayne Williams published 20 April 26

Hackers hide ransomware tools inside virtual machines using QEMU, allowing attacks to bypass security controls and remain largely invisible.

"100x faster than traditional tools": Scientists load quantum computer with first complete genome to crack biology’s 'impossible' puzzle — in time for World Quantum Day

By Wayne Williams published 20 April 26

Scientists load a complete genome into a quantum computer, moving faster DNA analysis closer to reality.

"Relying on a single, centralized mine represents a risk": US wants rare earth independence from China — but can DARPA actually make it work?

By Wayne Williams published 20 April 26

US turns to DARPA’s Smash program to fix rare earth processing bottlenecks instead of opening new mines.

'The 1000 TOPS consumer': How the NPU-everywhere strategy could turn every user into a walking supercomputer by 2030

By Wayne Williams published 20 April 26

The 1,000 TOPS consumer: Multiple devices could deliver powerful distributed AI capability by 2030

'5.6 million names headed to the Moon': Here's how to buy the SanDisk Ultra microSD series used by the Artemis II mission

By Wayne Williams published 19 April 26

The same microSD card used to take 5.6 million names to the Moon as part of the Artemis II mission is available to buy.

Chasing a 'slightly ridiculous' 250mph goal: Engineer behind the world’s fastest 3D-printed, drone-powered RC car pushes for a new record

By Wayne Williams published 19 April 26

World-record RC car engineer begins redesigning his 3D-printed vehicle to chase a "slightly ridiculous" 250mph target.

'Birds avoid turbines far more than prediction models assume': Spoor’s AI monitoring is changing how wind farms measure wildlife risk

By Desire Athow published 18 April 26

Exclusive Spoor outlines its vision for AI-based biodiversity monitoring, using computer vision to scale wildlife tracking across wind energy sites.

AutoFlight 2-ton-class eVTOL CarryAll (V2000CG)

'No onboard pilot needed': Massive 2-ton VTOL “mega drone” just hauled fresh tea leaves over 75 miles autonomously

By Wayne Williams published 18 April 26

Massive 2-ton autonomous cargo drone flies 75 miles across mountains carrying fresh tea without an onboard pilot.

'Jesus!': 10,000 drones flock in Texas to tell the story of Jesus of Nazareth — and crush four world records

By Wayne Williams published 17 April 26

Record-breaking Texas drone show uses 10,000 drones to depict the life of Jesus and sets four Guinness World Records for massive aerial formations.

Firevault introduces storage products built around offline disconnects to keep valuable data safe from ransomware

By Wayne Williams last updated 17 April 26

Offline-first storage aims to protect valuable data from ransomware, but will enterprises adopt this unusual solution?

Kylian Mbappé of Real Madrid celebrates scoring his team's first goal the LaLiga EA Sports match between Real Madrid CF and CA Osasuna at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on August 19, 2025 in Madrid, Spain.

'Piracy costs our clubs $800m'”: Soccer league home to Yamal and Mbappe to "skewer" free illegal football streams with AI in real time

By Wayne Williams published 15 April 26

Soccer piracy is costing Spanish clubs up to $800m and pushing leagues toward real-time AI tools that detect illegal streams.

'Smartphones have physical limitations': Report explains why AI is kickstarting a billion-dollar hardware arms race for millions of creators worldwide

By Wayne Williams published 14 April 26

AI is speeding up production cycles and increasing pressure on creators to acquire better cameras, microphones, and stabilization gear.

Artemis II at the Moon with ProGrade Digital Memory Card

Artemis II crew stored iconic Earth photos on the same $460 memory card you can now buy on Amazon

By Wayne Williams published 14 April 26

The same 400GB memory card used to store Artemis II Moon photos is now available to photographers on Earth.

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'A secret agreement': Microsoft urges judge to throw out claims it colluded with OpenAI to boost ChatGPT prices — could this be the needle to pop the AI bubble?

By Wayne Williams published 13 April 26

Microsoft seeks to throw out lawsuit from ChatGPT Plus subscribers alleging its agreement with OpenAI led to inflated prices.

'Building gigawatt data centers in the US is becoming increasingly difficult': Why Orbital is taking AI infrastructure into space to solve power and cooling issues

By Desire Athow published 13 April 26

Exclusive Orbital outlines its vision for space-based AI infrastructure, using solar-powered satellites to overcome energy and cooling limits and scale compute beyond Earth’s grid.

'There’s no one-size-fits-all office chair': Vari explains the design decisions behind its award-winning chairs and desks, and how it's bringing over 100 new products to market this year

By Steve Clark published 11 April 26

Exclusive I spoke with Jason McCann, Co-Founder and CEO at Vari, about chairs, desks, and modern workspace engineering challenges.

Could AMD's former foundry be quietly building up to become a major Arm — and AMD — rival?

By Wayne Williams published 9 April 26

Could AMD’s former foundry be assembling a RISC-V lineup to challenge Arm licensing?

Technicians assemble sodium-ion battery units at a production facility in central China's Henan Province

'It doesn’t catch fire': Why China’s "fireproof" sodium battery could be the breakthrough that makes EVs safer than ICE cars

By Wayne Williams published 8 April 26

Chinese researchers develop sodium-ion battery design that forms internal heat barrier to stop thermal runaway reactions linked to battery fires.

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