Wayne Williams

Wayne Williams

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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

Dell 16 laptop deal

Hurry! This 16-inch Dell laptop now costs just $399, a huge saving of $150 - and it’s one of the best-value Windows 11 PCs you can buy right now

By Wayne Williams published

Dell 16 Laptop is now just $399, a whopping $150 off the usual price of $549.99.

Internet Archive 1 trillion pages

Internet Archive reaches new 1-trillion page landmark almost 30 years after it started backing up the WWW - and more than 100,000TB of files have been safeguarded since

By Wayne Williams published

Almost three decades since it started backing up the web, the Internet Archive now holds 1 trillion archived pages and over 100,000TB of data.

GITEX 2025

'A kid born in 2025 is unlikely to ever be as smart as artificial intelligence': Sam Altman thinks it's OK for AI to be smarter than us all - and I am sure we will be totally, totally fine

By Wayne Williams published

Sam Altman says humanity can still find happiness and purpose in an AI-driven age.

TDK prototype analog reservoir AI chip

Remember audio tapes from TDK? The company just developed an analog reservoir AI chip that does real-time learning - and will even challenge humans at a game of rock-paper-scissors

By Wayne Williams published

TDK unveils an analog reservoir AI chip which learns in real time and can predict rock-paper-scissors moves.

Hasee X5 15.6 laptop

Newegg sells a new Core i9-12900H laptop for $439 and I don't understand why it is so cheap

By Wayne Williams published

Core i9-12900H powered Hasee X5 15.6 laptop is now just $439.99, $430 off the usual price of $869.99.

Dell Pro 16 Plus Laptop

Be quick! This Dell laptop deal with AMD Ryzen AI 340 has $810 off right now - it's the fastest laptop you can buy for less than $500 and it even comes with Windows 11 Pro

By Wayne Williams published

Dell Pro 16 Plus Laptop is now just $499, a staggering $810 off the usual price of $1309.

Alienware Aurora

This RTX 5080 equipped Alienware Aurora desktop PC costs less than an RTX 5090 GPU, just let that sink in - oh and it is good at AI and rendering thanks to its 24-core Intel Core Ultra 9 285K (yes, that's K, not the normal one)

By Wayne Williams published

Alienware’s RTX 5080 Aurora gaming PC is now just $2,049, undercutting standalone GPU prices with powerhouse specs.

Windows 10 EOL

Ahead of EOL-geddon, Windows 10 interest has shot up - but it's all for the wrong reasons

By Wayne Williams published

Windows 10 reaches its end of life - but users are still searching for ways to keep it alive.

Sparkle C741-6U-Dual 16P

Can't afford Nvidia's expensive AI accelerators? Then consider this 10.8Kw server cluster with 32 Intel GPUs and 768GB VRAM

By Wayne Williams published

Sparkle unveils a 10.8Kw GPU cluster with 32 Intel GPUs and 768GB VRAM to provide affordable compute power for AI workloads.

Windows Copilot+ PCs

Lenovo sold almost 20 million PCs last quarter as businesses scramble to upgrade old devices with Windows 10 EOL deadline looming large

By Wayne Williams published

Lenovo extends its global PC lead as Windows 10’s looming end-of-life deadline pushes businesses to replace ageing laptops and desktops.

AMD SolarFlare x4522 and x4542

AMD quietly launched a new product which could soon prove immensely useful for AI inference and beyond

By Wayne Williams published

New AMD Solarflare X4 Ethernet adapters combine proven trading performance with features which could benefit AI inference and edge workloads.

PNY Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition GPU deal

Fastest gaming video card in the universe gets massive $2800 discount - PNY RTX 6000 Pro has 96GB RAM, smashes RTX 5090 but you may need to remortgage your house to buy one

By Wayne Williams published

PNY’s RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell gets a massive $2,830 price cut but remains absurdly powerful.

Seagate Exos 30TB

World's largest hard drive on sale drops to its cheapest price ever just after Amazon Prime Day - 30TB Seagate Exos costs only $18.80/TB

By Wayne Williams published

Seagate’s massive Exos 30TB offers unmatched value per terabyte right now, but it won't be this price for long.

Laptop with warning symbols over the keyboard

Oops - Microsoft Defender issues false end-of-life warning for SQL Server 2017 and 2019

By Wayne Williams published

Microsoft Defender incorrectly reports SQL Server 2017 and 2019 as end-of-life - but don't worry, it's an error.

Huawei Wi-Fi 7 Advanced

Forget about Wi-Fi 7, Huawei and others are working on Wi-Fi 7 Advanced to bring 10Gbps speeds to everyone - but what does that mean for Wi-Fi 8?

By Wayne Williams published

Wi-Fi 7 Advanced promises 10Gbps networking speeds, full IoT integration, and real-time intrusion detection across enterprise networks.

SiPearl Athena1

Athena 1 is probably the most secure CPU ever designed - but I don't think the only European CPU will be good enough to challenge rivals when it launches in 2027

By Wayne Williams published

Athena1 is described as the most secure CPU ever designed, but questions remain over whether Europe’s sovereign chip can compete with rivals when it launches in 2027.

Mini PC bargains

The NucBox mini PC is under $100 for Amazon October Amazon Prime Day, and I think it’s time I finally replaced my bulky desktop

By Wayne Williams published

Amazon's October Prime Day Deal Days sale is over but that doesn't mean that the deals are gone!

meeting from above with marketing content

'Bring your own device is the norm': BYOD has reached epidemic levels as more workers use their personal smartphone for work - and businesses scramble to catch up

By Wayne Williams published

BYOD is now the workplace norm as research shows unmanaged smartphones, laptops and edge devices are leaving companies vulnerable.

Intel in 2017

Intel's most powerful CPU ever may have been spotted - 86-core Granite Rapids-WS has a 4.8GHz base speed and will give AMD's ThreadRipper HEDT a run for its money

By Wayne Williams published

Intel Granite Rapids-WS engineering sample spotted online with 86 cores and 172 threads.

Nipogi Kron Mini

Shockingly the best mini PC deal this Prime Day and it comes from Walmart - Nipogi Kron Mini has a Ryzen 5 7430U CPU and is more powerful than an Intel Core Ultra 7 CPU

By Wayne Williams published

Mini PC, big power - the Nipogi Kron Mini has a Ryzen 5 7430U CPU, 16GB RAM, a 512GB SSD - but costs just $209.89.

Dell Tower Desktop

Dell is selling the most powerful PC under $500 ever produced - and I can't believe it's almost a match for an old 32-core Threadripper

By Wayne Williams published

Get the power of a Dell desktop for under $500 - but only for a limited time.

Dell Slim Desktop deal

This Dell desktop deal packs incredible speed and power into a compact design, making it the fastest, most capable PC you can buy for under $700

By Wayne Williams published

Get the power of a Dell desktop for under $700, but only for a limited time.

Google DeepMind CodeMender

DeepMind's latest AI tool wants to detect and repair software vulnerabilities before they get attacked

By Wayne Williams published

CodeMender uses AI to automatically detect and fix software vulnerabilities across large open source projects, reducing developer workloads.

Samsung Logo

Samsung will launch a 512TB PCIe Gen6 SSD but you will have to wait till 2027 as it looks set to compete against Sandisk, Solidigm, SK Hynix and Kioxia - and no, consumers won't even get a whiff of it

By Wayne Williams published

Samsung plans 512TB PCIe Gen6 SSD launch in 2027, targeting enterprise and servers rather than consumer desktops or laptops.

Orange Pi AI Studio Pro

This mini PC has 192GB of RAM, yes RAM, but that's not the most surprising fact about it - the Orange Pi AI Studio Pro uses a Huawei Ascend 310 that's, on paper, 7x more powerful than AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ 395

By Wayne Williams published

Orange Pi launches AI Studio Pro mini PC with dual Huawei Ascend 310 processors and up to 192GB of RAM.

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