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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Toshiba plans 40TB HDD in 2027 with 12 platters - but I fear it is way too little, way too late

By Wayne Williams published 18 October 25

As Toshiba plans a 40TB 12-disk HDD for 2027, Seagate’s own roadmap shows it racing ahead.

You can't buy the Dell Pro Max GB10 yet but you can buy the Asus Ascent GX10 right now for $4100 - Get Nvidia's Petaflop desktop supercomputer shipped within days

By Wayne Williams published 17 October 25

You can’t buy the Dell Pro Max GB10 yet but the Asus Ascent GX10 with Nvidia’s Grace Blackwell chip is available for $4100.

The first Wi-Fi 8 wireless router you can actually touch and see will be built by a company you've probably never heard of

By Wayne Williams published 17 October 25

Sercomm partners with Broadcom to build the first real Wi-Fi 8 router, years ahead of certification.

From today, there's one more reason why you shouldn't buy a PC running Intel 7th generation Core processors and older

By Wayne Williams published 16 October 25

Windows 10 has reached its end of life, so anyone buying a new or used computer needs to check it can run Windows 11 for continued security.

As Broadcom becomes its latest major ally, this graph shows how OpenAI made itself too big to fail by securing hundreds of billions from the world's largest tech companies

By Wayne Williams published 16 October 25

Broadcom joins Nvidia, AMD, and Microsoft in OpenAI’s trillion-dollar AI infrastructure collaboration revealed in social media image.

Samsung archrival showcases 245TB PCIe Gen5 SSD, joining Kioxia, Huawei and Sandisk - with Solidigm, Samsung and Micron expected to launch similar products in 2026

By Wayne Williams published 16 October 25

SK Hynix showed off its 245TB PCIe Gen5 SSD, joining other storage makers in producing ultra-dense enterprise drives aimed at AI and data centers.

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A 20mm thick Geforce RTX 5060 Ti graphics card launches - and this single slot Pro GPU is not as expensive as you think

By Wayne Williams published 15 October 25

Galax unveils an affordably priced 20mm single-slot RTX 5060 Ti graphics card aimed at engineers, designers, and AI users.

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 14 October 25

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.

'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 14 October 25

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

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 13 October 25

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

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

By Wayne Williams published 13 October 25

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

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 12 October 25

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

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 10 October 25

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

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

By Wayne Williams published 10 October 25

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

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

By Wayne Williams published 10 October 25

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

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 9 October 25

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

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 9 October 25

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.

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'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 9 October 25

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

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 8 October 25

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

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

By Wayne Williams published 7 October 25

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

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 7 October 25

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

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 7 October 25

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

Qualcomm acquires Arduino in surprising move which puts it right on the edge and at the helm of a 33-million strong maker community

By Wayne Williams published 7 October 25

Qualcomm acquires Arduino and unveils the powerful UNO Q board built on Dragonwing AI technology.

Meta may spend billions to acquire promising AI accelerator startup to loosen reliance on Nvidia by supercharging its own MTIA AI chip - but what will Jensen say?

By Wayne Williams published 6 October 25

Meta may spend billions to acquire AI chip startup Rivos in a move that could reduce its dependence on Nvidia.

Hello HaLow: Wi-Fi that goes for miles and through walls wants to cut the Ethernet cord with new developer kits

By Wayne Williams published 6 October 25

Wi-Fi that goes for miles and through walls now cuts the Ethernet cord with new hardware including HaLowLink 2 gateway.

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