Vaughn Highfield
Vaughn Highfield is a seasoned tech journalist and content strategist with over 10 years experience in the publishing industry.
Writing in a freelance capacity for ITPro, Vaughn has covered a range of topics spanning cyber security, cryptocurrency, and skills development.
From 2015 to 2018, he served as a senior staff writer at Alphr before assuming the role of associate editor. In his role as associate editor, Vaughn was responsible for a range of duties, including the publication’s long-term content strategy, events coverage, editorial commissions, and curation of the Alphr newsletter.
Prior to this, he held in-house roles at PCPro at Terrapinn Digital in addition to freelance content strategy and marketing activities for The Gamers Hub and Magdala Media.
Vaughn played a key role in establishing the marketing and branding for the Games Expo Scotland in 2014.
At present, Vaughn serves as a content strategist at Google Play, where he is responsible for leading the organization’s global content strategy and editorial for games.
Describing himself as a ‘wordsmith and UX wizard’, Vaughn graduated from the University of East Anglia in 2011 with a BA (Hons) in Modern History.
Latest articles by Vaughn Highfield

How to find out if your computer has a PCI express 3.0 x16 slot
By Vaughn Highfield last updated
In-depth Unsure if there is a PCI express 3.0 x16 slot for your graphics card? Here’s how to find out

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies aged 65
By Vaughn Highfield published
News Co-founder of Microsoft turned billionaire philanthropist passes due to return of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Google appeals £3.8bn fine for Android antitrust
By Vaughn Highfield published
News Google claims Android offers users more options than limitations

Nvidia to transform machine learning with boosted GPU tech
By Vaughn Highfield published
News Nvidia’s Rapids platform slashes compute times from hours to seconds

Elon Musk steps down as Tesla chairman
By Vaughn Highfield published
News Following his Tweet to take the company private, SEC forces Musk to step down as Tesla chair

Vulnerability spotted in Fortnite Android installer
By Vaughn Highfield published
News Google identified the flaw, which has since been patched

Nvidia reveals Turing GPUs
By Vaughn Highfield published
News Nvidia's latest GPU technology is six times more powerful than Pascal and utilises AI technologies

Microsoft announces Surface Go
By Vaughn Highfield published
News Microsoft's budget Surface Go tablet starts at an wonderfully low £379.99

Google laments missing out on GitHub
By Vaughn Highfield published
News GitHub's acquisition could have been very different...

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 1000 is gunning for Intel's PC market
By Vaughn Highfield published
News A new desktop-class Snapdragon chip is, apparently, on the way

Google faces a fresh fine for market 'abuse' from EU
By Vaughn Highfield published
News The European Commission believes Android is anti-competitive and may slap Google with a fat fine to keep it in check

Microsoft becomes more valuable than Google
By Vaughn Highfield published
News Satya Nadella has led Microsoft to third place in the most valuable company list

How mentoring can work for you: The story of SPIXII
By Vaughn Highfield published
In-depth After following automated insurance tech company SPIXII for six months, we find out how mentorship has worked for them

Bitcoin-mining hackers hit government websites
By Vaughn Highfield published
News Visiting public body domains could turn your computer into a cryptocurrency miner

OnePlus hacked as customers are warned of a serious breach
By Vaughn Highfield published
News Card numbers, expiry dates and security codes have been nabbed from OnePlus.net

More than 400 sites are logging everything you type
By Vaughn Highfield published
Analysis Princeton University researchers uncover one of the biggest security flaws on the internet

Google confirms buyout of HTC's Pixel team for $1.1bn
By Vaughn Highfield published
News The money will pay for around 2,000 of HTC's staff and intellectual property

How SPIXII is changing the world of insurance
By Vaughn Highfield published
Sponsored As winner of the Samsung 01/10/100 pitch-off, SPIXII is gearing up to revolutionise the world of insurance

How Dell sees its role in the future of VR
By Vaughn Highfield published
In-depth Dell is committed to becoming a leader in commercial VR, and this is how it’s going to do it

Tube will get total web coverage in 2019
By Vaughn Highfield published
News Sadiq Khan wants the capital to be better connected, and he’s got a plan on how to do it

HBO hackers add ransom note with fresh Game of Thrones leaks
By Vaughn Highfield published
News Latest HBO leak includes more GoT scripts as pressure on HBO builds

HBO hack leaks details of upcoming Game of Thrones episodes
By Vaughn Highfield published
News HBO confirms the hack saying it 'resulted in the compromise of proprietary information'
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