Wayne Williams

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

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.

Samsung 990 EVO Plus

Save 43% on Amazon's best selling SSD: 1TB Samsung 990 EVO Plus drops below $60 for Big Deals Days

By Wayne Williams published

Amazon's October Prime Day sale is here and the 1TB, 2TB and 4TB Samsung 990 EVO Plus SSDs are all seeing major price reductions.

Portable SSD deals

The 1TB PNY RP60 SSD just dropped to $71.99 for Prime Big Deal Days — and I’m tempted to ditch my old external hard drive

By Wayne Williams published

Amazon's October Prime Day sale is here and these are the top three portable SSDs available now.

Qualcomm Arduino UNO-Q board

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

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

Rivos

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

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

HaLowLink 2

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

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

Data centre.

Samsung will collaborate with OpenAI to develop floating data centers and power plants as Sam Altman rushes to compete with his firm's own partners

By Wayne Williams published

OpenAI signs letter of intent with Samsung covering semiconductors, floating data centers, and enterprise AI services.

Money thrown down the toilet

US hyperscalers set to spend nearly $1.2 trillion in just three years, research shows - but I dread to imagine what will happen once the global data market cools down

By Wayne Williams published

US cloud giants projected to spend $1.15 trillion on data centers by 2027, but analysts warn of risks if global demand slows sharply.

A phone sitting on a laptop keyboard with the Microsoft Outlook logo on the screen.

Microsoft Outlook will no longer show inline SVG images regularly exploited in phishing attacks

By Wayne Williams published

Microsoft Outlook update removes inline SVG from messages to stop attackers abusing the file format.

Two robotic faces in green and red indicating a good bot and a bad bot representing the positive and negative impacts of AI and chatbots.

AI systems are the perfect companions for cheaters and liars finds groundbreaking research on dishonesty

By Wayne Williams published

AI agents were far more likely than their human counterparts to cheat when asked, study found.

Intel foundry

Hell freezes over: AMD may team up with Intel to produce chips - but I don't expect Intel foundries to push out Ryzen CPUs anytime soon

By Wayne Williams published

Intel and AMD are reportedly exploring a possible foundry arrangement which could see it produce some of AMD's chips.

A laptop with digitally inserted hack warnings around it

'Unforgivable Exposure': More than 200,000 industrial systems are needlessly exposed to the web and hackers - and there's no absolutely excuse

By Wayne Williams published

New report highlights growing exposure of industrial systems as flaws in water treatment, fuel monitoring and building automation leave critical services open to exploitation.

AIC SB407-VA 4U high-density storage server

You can put 70 SSDs and HDDs in this case to deliver almost 3PB capacity - and it got me thinking, why aren't there any 3.5-inch SSDs?

By Wayne Williams published

AIC SB407-VA packs 70 drive bays into 4U, delivering nearly 3PB capacity with modern Xeon scalability.

Micron HBM4

Micron takes the HBM lead with fastest ever HBM4 memory with a 2.8TB/s bandwidth - putting it ahead of Samsung and SK Hynix

By Wayne Williams published

Micron announces industry leading HBM4 with 2.8TB/s bandwidth and 11Gbps pin speeds, claiming performance advantage over Samsung and SK Hynix.

Shocked woman worker looking at laptop screen

Portable Lifeprint printer app on iOS and Android leaked millions of user photos and sensitive data - this is what we know

By Wayne Williams published

Researchers warn Lifeprint photo printer app left millions of private photos and sensitive user details exposed online.

Microsoft Excel turns 40

Microsoft Excel turned 40 and almost nobody noticed - world's most popular spreadsheet now faces tough competition from Google Sheets after crushing Lotus 1-2-3 and Borland Quattro Pro

By Wayne Williams published

Microsoft Excel celebrates 40 years of spreadsheet dominance, but the rapid rise of Google Sheets with its real-time collaboration tools presents a challenge.

AMD

AMD wants to double DDR5 memory bandwidth using clever trick, patent reveals - but this is no SOCAMM rival, and AMD's previous memory project didn't end well

By Wayne Williams published

AMD patent reveals new RAM module design which doubles DDR5 bandwidth using HB-DIMMs, but avoids replacing DRAM chips with entirely new technology.

Snapdragon desktop saucer mini PC

Qualcomm’s new saucer-shaped fanless Snapdragon computer concept is barely thinner than a little known 10 year old mini PC - but there’s no photo finish for performance

By Wayne Williams published

Snapdragon X2 Elite processor powers new saucer sized prototype mini PC.

A surveillance camera and someone using a laptop.

Some of the world's biggest names in video surveillance quietly launch “True pixels, no false claims" security initiative - and it may come to a Chinese CCTV near you sooner than you'd expect

By Wayne Williams published

Chinese surveillance giants join forces to launch new standards aimed at improving smart camera trust and reducing misleading marketing practices.

shocked woman at laptop

Windows 7 market share jumps by 10x as Windows 10 EOL deadline looms and Windows 11 usage drops in September - spelling disaster for Microsoft's campaign to get people upgrading

By Wayne Williams published

Statcounter shows Windows 7 usage skyrocketing as Windows 11 falls and Windows 10 loses ground with its support cutoff looming.

Image depicting hands typing on a keyboard, with phishing hooks holding files, passwords and credit cards.

Microsoft blocks phishing scam which used AI-generated code to trick users

By Wayne Williams published

Microsoft says attackers used AI-generated code in a phishing campaign, disguising an SVG file as a PDF document to trick email recipients into opening it.

Popular social media apps on an Apple iPhone: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, X (formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, Reddit, TikTok, and Threads.

Meta's Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram are amongst the worst offenders when it comes to social media privacy - here's what you need to know

By Wayne Williams published

Discord takes top spot in social media privacy report, while Meta platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, land at the bottom with TikTok.

A man looking suspiciously at a robot at they both wait for a job interview.

Employers admit candidates faking identities with AI are outsmarting them, with fraudulent hires costing companies thousands

By Wayne Williams published

Report claims AI is fueling job applicant fraud, and leaving employers struggling to keep up with the deception.

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