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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

SanDisk Extreme Pro SSD deal: One of the best rugged portable drives we've tested gets a big discount for World Backup Day

By Wayne Williams Published 31 March 26

The 2TB SanDisk Extreme Pro rugged portable SSD gets a World Backup Day discount.

The 'perfect starter NAS' is on sale for World Backup Day — save 20% on the UGreen NAS DH2300 2-Bay Desktop

By Wayne Williams Published 31 March 26

World Backup Day 2026: UGreen NAS DH2300 2-Bay Desktop, the 'perfect starter NAS,' is 20% off right now.

'Every living thing on Earth runs on the same programming language': How AI foundation models trained on DNA could transform plant biology

By Desire Athow Published 29 March 26

Exclusive How AI foundation models are moving from language into the biology of living systems and plant science.

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'A huge amount of network traffic now comes from machines talking to other machines': what rising data demand means for networks

By Desire Athow Published 28 March 26

Exclusive With AI reshaping operations, a telecom expert says networks and data centers are growing increasingly interconnected.

The Secretlab Magnus Pro is 'stable, highly modular, beautiful, and made with quality materials' — our top standing desk for gamers gets a Spring Sale price cut

By Wayne Williams Published 23 March 26

Secretlab Magnus Pro, one of the top standing desks we've ever tested, gets a Spring Sale price cut.

1979 was the year Apple dreamed of multi-colored Macs, but it had to wait nearly 20 years before the release of the iconic iMac G3

By Wayne Williams Published 22 March 26

Apple’s long obsession with colorful computers started in 1979 and still shapes its Macs today.

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Aura Edition 14in Laptop

Save £300: Lenovo's vibrant Core Ultra 5 OLED Aura Edition laptop drops to £599 at Currys

By Wayne Williams Published 20 March 26

Lenovo’s 14-inch laptop has an Intel Core Ultra 5 processor, 16GB of RAM, a 512GB SSD, and a vibrant OLED display — and it's 33% off.

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'AI can be relentless in a way that a human is not': With too few experts to go around, this startup is chasing a Matrix-style idea of “copying and pasting” expertise

By Desire Athow Published 18 March 26

Exclusive With too few human experts, this AI startup is chasing a Matrix-style idea of “copying and pasting” expertise.

“People aren’t put off by ‘used’ — they’re put off by uncertainty”: How the smartphone industry can build trust in refurbished devices

By Desire Athow Published 17 March 26

Exclusive Most smartphones still work when retired, yet fewer than 10% are refurbished — how can the industry close the gap?

"We're the layer that AI needs to get things done in the real world": MeatLayer is building a marketplace where AI hires humans to do jobs

By Desire Athow Published 17 March 26

Exclusive It sounds like dystopian fiction, but MeatLayer is building a marketplace where AI hires humans.

This Core Ultra 7 laptop deal for professionals with a 2K OLED 120Hz display is £427 off — Acer Swift Go 16 is just £722 with a code

By Wayne Williams Published 16 March 26

Acer’s Swift Go pairs an Intel Core Ultra 7 255H processor with 16GB RAM and a 1TB SSD for demanding work, fast multitasking, and AI-powered applications.

'Data is so ubiquitous nowadays, but we’re not necessarily coming up with new ways to protect it': Researchers develop ‘negative light’ signals that hide transmissions in plain sight

By Desire Athow Published 15 March 26

Exclusive Scientists demonstrate a communications method that hides data in natural heat radiation, making transmissions invisible to snoopers.

Who needs a Chromebook? This £280 HP Windows 11 laptop deal is perfect for students and working from home in Amazon's Spring sale

By Wayne Williams Published 13 March 26

This HP Windows 11 laptop is perfect for students and remote & hybrid workers and it's under £280 in Amazon's spring sale.

Beat the RAM price spike: Save £126 on 32GB of super-fast Corsair DDR5-6000 RAM in Amazon's Spring Sale

By Wayne Williams Published 13 March 26

A rare win for PC builders, but the deal won't last for long.

HP’s powerhouse workstations get a huge Spring Sale price cut - save over £500 on business-grade tower desktops with this code

By Wayne Williams Published 13 March 26

HP’s Core i9-14900K-powered Z2 G9 Tower Workstation for creators and professionals gets a huge £528 Spring price cut.

Save £150 on this 32GB Asus Core 7 mini PC in Amazon’s Spring Sale

By Wayne Williams Published 12 March 26

Save over £150 on this Asus Core 7 mini PC with 32GB DDR5 and Windows 11 Pro in Amazon's Spring Deal Days sale

HP 23.8-inch FHD Series 5 height adjustable monitor

Amazon Spring Sale: This £92 HP 100Hz IPS monitor is the perfect budget upgrade for your home office

By Wayne Williams Published 12 March 26

HP’s 23.8-inch business monitor has a 100Hz refresh, vibrant colour, a height-adjustable stand, and a £58 saving in the Amazon Spring Deal Days sale.

Comfortable and more affordable: Steelcase's Amia ergonomic office chair is nearly £300 off for Amazon's Spring Deal Days sale

By Wayne Williams Published 12 March 26

Steelcase's Amia ergonomic office chair is nearly £300 off for Amazon's Spring Deal Days sale.

GL.iNet GL-MT300N-V2 (Mango) Wireless Mini Portable VPN Travel Router

I never travel without this secure mini VPN travel router - and it's only £24 in Amazon's Spring Deal Days Sale

By Wayne Williams Last updated 12 March 26

GL.iNet’s travel router is one of my favourite gadgets and features OpenWrt, VPN support, and 300Mbps Wi-Fi.

4TB SSD deal: The fast, high-capacity Crucial P310 is under £300 at Amazon - and hits speeds up to 7100MB/s

By Wayne Williams Last updated 12 March 26

Boost your PC storage with this unmissable 4TB SSD deal in Amazon's Spring Sale.

This Geekom A5 mini PC deal is an ideal office upgrade, packing Ryzen performance into a compact design, and it's 15% off in Amazon’s Spring Deal sale

By Wayne Williams Published 12 March 26

With lots to recommend it, and at a price you can't complain about, the Geekom A5 (2026) with Windows 11 Pro is a very capable mini PC.

This Ryzen 3 4300U mini PC deal is a steal under £255 in Amazon's Spring Deal Days sale - and it comes with 16GB RAM and a fast 512GB SSD

By Wayne Williams Published 11 March 26

NiPoGi Pinova P1 mini PC packs an AMD Ryzen 3 4300U processor, 16GB of DDR4 RAM, and a fast 512GB M.2 SSD into a compact desktop system.

Orico 2.5 inch External Hard Drive Enclosure

I’m a big fan of Orico’s USB 3.0 hard drive enclosure for accessing old drives on the go, and it’s 15% off for Amazon Spring Deal Days

By Wayne Williams Published 11 March 26

Forget buying expensive portable SSDs, Orico’s USB 3.0 enclosure is under £6 for Amazon's Spring Deal Days.

'People don’t trust bad AI voices': listeners rated a Chinese startup's synthetic voices higher for trust and realism than those from Microsoft, Google, and Amazon

By Desire Athow Published 11 March 26

Exclusive Listeners rated a Chinese startup's AI voices more realistic and trustworthy than those from Microsoft, Google, and Amazon.

Finally some good news for RAM buyers — Corsair’s 32GB Vengeance DDR5-6000 kit is £126 off right now at Amazon

By Wayne Williams Published 10 March 26

Save nearly 25% on the 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 kit right now, a rare win for RAM buyers.

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