Articles by Luke Hughes, Staff Writer

Luke Hughes holds the role of Staff Writer at TechRadar Pro, producing news, features and deals content across topics ranging from computing to cloud services, cybersecurity, data privacy and business software.

They are also responsible for managing a selection of our buying guides, which are kept up to date with the latest and greatest products and services. PR agencies are encouraged to get in touch with information about new products and services.

Separately, Luke is interested in receiving pitches around the evolution of ways of working, technology companies with ambitions to change the world and the latest security vulnerabilities.

Luke holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Creative Writing from The University of Nottingham.

Articles by: Luke Hughes

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Cloud storage services: how we tested them

By Luke Hughes last updated 14 October 24

Our cloud and data storage expert discusses TechRadar Pro’s testing processes for cloud storage services.

Google may be forced to break up its search business

By Luke Hughes published 9 October 24

The DOJ has already filed in court in a move that could also force Google to reveal the inner workings of its search result rankings and AI tools.

Raspberry Pi now sells its own branded microSD cards

By Luke Hughes published 8 October 24

The Raspberry Pi Foundation hopes a partnership with OEM card vendor Longsys will increase performance on its computers by allowing SD cards to ‘see into the future’.

Ryanair could be grounded in Ireland for demanding extra data of third party customers

By Luke Hughes published 7 October 24

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission is looking into reports Ryanair demands additional data from those who don’t book through its website.

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This is how much the average CISO makes in the US - and why it's so much

By Luke Hughes published 4 October 24

CISO turnover has almost halved since 2022, but employees are demonstrating that they're happy to wait it out for a reward.

Google Cloud unveils major infrastructure investment across Southeast Asia

By Luke Hughes published 1 October 24

Google is taking on the responsibility for its Thailand cloud region, but partnering with local IT firm DNeX to air-gap its services for an unspecified period.

"Perfect storm" - CrowdStrike VP apologizes as Congress hearing into outage begins

By Luke Hughes published 25 September 24

However CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz nowhere to be seen

Telegram says it will provide user data to authorities in major policy shift

By Luke Hughes published 24 September 24

But all bets are on the company at least using a fax machine

Top Microsoft Office apps are getting a major AI upgrade — PowerPoint, Outlook and even Teams get a Copilot boost

By Luke Hughes published 18 September 24

Businesses of all sizes are getting productivity boosts thanks to Copilot

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Apple is bringing AI to iOS, and TechRadar Pro isn’t allowed to talk about it

By Luke Hughes published 14 September 24

AI in the hands of the masses is a better place for it than in the workplace, argues our cloud and data expert.

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Google is spending millions on capturing CO2 directly from the air

By Luke Hughes published 11 September 24

Google is stepping up its efforts in Direct Air Capture (DAC) with a helping hand from Holocene, the company providing the technology.

Google Workspace will now let you track exactly how much power all your apps are using

By Luke Hughes published 9 September 24

Google is helping companies reduce energy footprints with new API partnership, while also doing its own part to head towards carbon neutrality.

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Dell’s server sales are riding high off of cloud and AI investment

By Luke Hughes published 30 August 24

The company’s long-time coming collaboration with NVidia, one of the world’s biggest AI processor manufacturers, is getting results.

Watch out Windows — Linux market share could hit a major milestone soon

By Luke Hughes published 27 August 24

February 2025 could have a big moment in store for the Linux operating system, despite it typically being limited to business and enterprise.

Google set to face class-action lawsuit over data collection in Chrome

By Luke Hughes published 21 August 24

Google will now have to argue it didn’t mislead users by telling them disabling Chrome sync would prevent personal information from being sent to the company.

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Starlink's direct-to-cell plans hit with opposition by AT&T and Verizon

By Luke Hughes published 19 August 24

Reasons for the filings mainly center around accusations of degradations to regular cell service, but SpaceX and T-Mobile, partnered up, are disputing this and labeling the move anti-consumer.

Elon Musk claims live X chat with Trump was hit by a DDoS attack — but no-one believes him

By Luke Hughes published 13 August 24

End-times Twitter is seemingly in such a state that it can’t handle a simple audio interview, and Musk's feeble excuses fall flat once again.

"Most epic fail" — CrowdStrike President accepts award after global IT outage

By Luke Hughes published 12 August 24

The reputational rehabilitation of CrowdStrike begins in earnest.

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Ransomware firms had some basic security flaws that meant victims never had to pay up

By Luke Hughes published 9 August 24

In trying to identify the C2 servers behind ‘over 100’ ransomware extortion sites to try and identify their operators, a security researcher struck gold.

CrowdStrike hires outside help to track down cause of global outages as it reveals first findings

By Luke Hughes published 7 August 24

Despite hiring two separate firms to uncover the reason why millions of Windows computers crashed - Crowdstrike thinks it already has a good answer.

Unsurprisingly, workers who are able to work from home are happier at their jobs

By Luke Hughes published 7 August 24

Report suggests (again) remote working is good for the soul, but the results could be more accurate in a study that better balances participants.

Global cloud market sees another huge spending spree as AI demand continues

By Luke Hughes published 6 August 24

Latest cloud market share results are in, and there aren’t very many surprises.

CrowdStrike hits back at Delta lawsuit — claims it did everything it could, and airline ignored offer of help

By Luke Hughes published 5 August 24

The first high profile civil case over purported financial losses in the immediate aftermath of the CrowdStrike incident sees a scathing response from the company.

Rabbit reveals data breach was caused by employee leaking API keys

By Luke Hughes published 2 August 24

rabbit says security systems 'working as intended', believes no damage has been done to its data or systems.

Microsoft employees are set for a tasty bonus following record profits

By Luke Hughes published 31 July 24

Token gesture following an excellent performing quarter shows a company on the back foot following its latest round of layoffs in June.

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