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

Early Black Friday sale: Samsung’s flagship 2TB 990 Pro SSD is what creative pros need - and costs just £121

By Wayne Williams published 19 November 25

The 2TB Samsung 990 Pro SSD delivers read speeds up to 7,450MB/s, and it’s available for just £121

Never mind SanDisk’s tiny SSD: here are five even smaller USB flash drives you can plug into your MacBook Pro and forget

By Wayne Williams published 18 November 25

Black Friday 2025 These tiny USB Flash Drives can be plugged in your MacBook Pro laptop and forgotten about.

Forget Valve's new Steam Machine: here are 5 mini PCs under $500 that can run SteamOS, play games and stream media

By Wayne Williams published 15 November 25

Black Friday 2025 Forget Valve's new Steam Machine, these five mini PCs under $500 can run SteamOS and more.

The world’s fastest hard drive is on sale now, nearly matching SATA SSDs like the Samsung 870 QVO - but it ain't cheap

By Wayne Williams published 15 November 25

You can now buy the world’s fastest hard drive, nearly matching SATA SSDs for speed, but it isn't cheap.

Black Friday deal: You won’t find a cheaper 4K monitor in the UK than this 27-inch AOC model with speakers and 3-year warranty

By Wayne Williams published 12 November 25

Black Friday savings start here! AOC U27B3M is the cheapest 4K monitor in the UK from a well-known brand.

Unitree robot dog with GPT smarts and 4D LiDAR vision gets early Black Friday deal - and it's cheaper than you might think

By Wayne Williams published 11 November 25

Unitree Go2 Air Robot Dog is selling on JoyBuy for £2,399, down from its usual £2,599 asking price.

Hunting some extra help around the home? Unitree G1 Humanoid Robot is on sale for Black Friday - and at just £18,999, it's less than a decent family car

By Wayne Williams published 11 November 25

Unitree G1 Humanoid Robot is selling on JoyBuy for £18,999, down from its usual £19,999 asking price.

I used AI to predict prices of Amazon's 20 most popular SSDs for Black Friday and it doesn't look good at all

By Wayne Williams published 10 November 25

Gemini predicts Black Friday SSD discounts will be modest, with few major price drops across Amazon’s top 20 drives.

Forget waiting for Black Friday – Honor MagicBook Pro 14 is the UK's most powerful laptop under £1000, and you can buy it right now

By Wayne Williams published 10 November 25

Honor MagicBook Pro 14 is the most powerful computer under £1000 in the UK right now, boasting a Core Ultra 9 285H processor and 32GB of RAM.

Forget waiting for Black Friday – Beelink EQR6 is the UK's most powerful computer under £300 and you can buy it right now

By Wayne Williams published 9 November 25

Beelink EQR6 is the most powerful computer under £300 in the UK right now, boasting a Ryzen 7 6800U processor, 24GB RAM and 1TB SSD.

Black Friday comes early: 1TB Crucial P510 SSD boasts 11GB/s read speeds and PCIe 5.0 power and costs just £89

By Wayne Williams published 9 November 25

The 1TB Crucial P510 SSD offers PCIe 5.0 performance with read speeds up to 11,000MB/s and it's just £89 in time for Black Friday.

Black Friday savings start now: MSI’s 2TB Spatium M470 Pro SSD is already on sale priced at just £96.99

By Wayne Williams published 8 November 25

The 2TB MSI Spatium M470 Pro SSD delivers PCIe 4.0 performance with read speeds up to 6,000MB/s, and it’s available for just £96.99 in time for Black Friday.

Don’t wait for Black Friday – this colour laser printer from Brother is the cheapest you can buy, with an extra £35 off the price right now

By Wayne Williams published 8 November 25

Black Friday savings start now! Brother's HL-L3220CWE is the cheapest colour laser printer in the UK.

Black Friday comes early: Samsung’s flagship 2TB 990 Pro SSD is ideal for demanding creative work - and priced at just £154

By Wayne Williams published 8 November 25

The 2TB Samsung 990 Pro SSD delivers read speeds up to 7,450MB/s, and it’s available for just £154 in time for Black Friday.

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Early Black Friday deal alert: MSI’s 27-inch Full HD monitor now only £68 with a three-year warranty

By Wayne Williams published 6 November 25

Black Friday savings start now! MSI’s PRO MP275 monitor hits record-low £68 price point.

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You can now rent a $3000 Nvidia RTX 5090 GPU from just $0.25/hour, when you need it, for as long as you need it

By Wayne Williams published 5 November 25

Renting Nvidia’s $3000 RTX 5090 GPU now costs less than a dollar an hour as decentralized cloud networks provide affordable access to high-end AI hardware.

Microsoft is finally clamping down on scam attacks with new "scareware" sensor - here's what you need to know

By Wayne Williams published 4 November 25

Microsoft Edge gains a new scareware sensor and default AI blocker to protect users from tech support scams before they spread.

The firm behind one of the best business VPNs around is launching a Gen AI tool - here's what it could do for your company

By Wayne Williams published 4 November 25

Proton introduces Lumo for Business, offering enterprise-grade AI with zero-access encryption and open source transparency.

The true pro tax: M5 Pro vs. M5 Max - why that extra 275GB/s of memory bandwidth is worth thousands of dollars for video and AI workflows

By Wayne Williams published 2 November 25

A future M5 Max chip’s extra 275GB/s of memory bandwidth could save professionals thousands of dollars in time and costs on AI and video projects.

Stop! Should you upgrade your M1 Max Apple Mac to the M5? GPU and memory bandwidth data reveal the surprising answer

By Wayne Williams published 1 November 25

Before upgrading from an M1 Max Mac to an M5 model, read how GPU count memory speed and AI processing shape real world results.

Black Friday starts now - Save 25% on the Asus Vivobook 16 Copilot+ Laptop with all-day battery life

By Wayne Williams published 1 November 25

A good laptop doesn’t need to break the bank - as the sub-£400 Asus Vivobook 16 16-inch Copilot+ device proves.

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Even the most complex and advanced business VPN tools could still leave you at risk of attack - here's how to stay safe

By Wayne Williams published 30 October 25

Organizations using on-premise Cisco, Citrix, or SonicWall VPNs are at high risk of ransomware, report claims.

LinkedIn set to expand AI training on user profiles - here's how to stop it using your personal data

By Wayne Williams published 29 October 25

LinkedIn will soon use your data to train its AI models unless you manually opt out, and you don't have long to act.

Lucky us - Zoom CEO says AI will shorten our working week, so what will we do with all our new free time?

By Wayne Williams published 29 October 25

After transforming remote work, Zoom now bets AI can help workers reclaim time by cutting the traditional five-day week.

Worried about AI taking your job? Don't worry, Sam Altman says some disappearing roles were never ‘real work’ to begin with

By Wayne Williams published 28 October 25

Sam Altman says a lot of the roles AI may replace might not be viewed as 'real work' anyway.

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