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.
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Google appeals £3.8bn fine for Android antitrustNews Google claims Android offers users more options than limitations
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Nvidia to transform machine learning with boosted GPU techNews Nvidia’s Rapids platform slashes compute times from hours to seconds
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Elon Musk steps down as Tesla chairmanNews Following his Tweet to take the company private, SEC forces Musk to step down as Tesla chair
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Vulnerability spotted in Fortnite Android installerNews Google identified the flaw, which has since been patched
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Nvidia reveals Turing GPUsNews Nvidia's latest GPU technology is six times more powerful than Pascal and utilises AI technologies
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Microsoft announces Surface GoNews Microsoft's budget Surface Go tablet starts at an wonderfully low £379.99
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Google laments missing out on GitHubNews GitHub's acquisition could have been very different...
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Qualcomm's Snapdragon 1000 is gunning for Intel's PC marketNews A new desktop-class Snapdragon chip is, apparently, on the way
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Google faces a fresh fine for market 'abuse' from EUNews The European Commission believes Android is anti-competitive and may slap Google with a fat fine to keep it in check
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Microsoft becomes more valuable than GoogleNews Satya Nadella has led Microsoft to third place in the most valuable company list
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How mentoring can work for you: The story of SPIXIIIn-depth After following automated insurance tech company SPIXII for six months, we find out how mentorship has worked for them
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Bitcoin-mining hackers hit government websitesNews Visiting public body domains could turn your computer into a cryptocurrency miner
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OnePlus hacked as customers are warned of a serious breachNews Card numbers, expiry dates and security codes have been nabbed from OnePlus.net
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More than 400 sites are logging everything you typeAnalysis Princeton University researchers uncover one of the biggest security flaws on the internet
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Google confirms buyout of HTC's Pixel team for $1.1bnNews The money will pay for around 2,000 of HTC's staff and intellectual property
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How SPIXII is changing the world of insuranceSponsored As winner of the Samsung 01/10/100 pitch-off, SPIXII is gearing up to revolutionise the world of insurance
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How Dell sees its role in the future of VRIn-depth Dell is committed to becoming a leader in commercial VR, and this is how it’s going to do it
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Tube will get total web coverage in 2019News Sadiq Khan wants the capital to be better connected, and he’s got a plan on how to do it
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HBO hackers add ransom note with fresh Game of Thrones leaksNews Latest HBO leak includes more GoT scripts as pressure on HBO builds
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HBO hack leaks details of upcoming Game of Thrones episodesNews HBO confirms the hack saying it 'resulted in the compromise of proprietary information'
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Young women need better support in schoolNews A girl’s early interest in tech isn’t being nurtured enough in schools for them to succeed
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Drone footage of Apple's $5 billion HQNews Apple’s new offices will use the largest panes of glass in the world and have 11,000 parking spaces
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