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SSDsMicron lawsuit claims Chinese memory maker YMTC poached its engineers, then sued it using its own stolen techBy Anton Shilov Published
StorageSony released the first CD audio player on this day in 1982By Mark Tyson Published
microSD CardsBest MicroSD Express Cards For The Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026By Zhiye Liu Last updated
SSDsSandisk Optimus GX Pro 850P 2TB SSD review: A PS5 SSD you recognize at a price you don’tBy Shane Downing Published
EnclosuresBest SSD and Hard Drive EnclosuresBy Avram Piltch Last updated
StorageChina's YMTC wins patent battle against Micron in ongoing 3-year legal war over memory patentsBy Etiido Uko Published
SSDsNew DapuStor SSD pairs high-capacity QLC with a permanent pSLC regionBy Shane Downing Published
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HDDs
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HDDsPeer-reviewed study of 443,000 Backblaze hard drives ranks HGST most reliable and Toshiba the leastBy Luke James Published
HDDsSeagate to start qualifying record-setting 50TB HDDs in 2027By Anton Shilov Published
HDDsBest Hard Drives 2026By Paul Alcorn Last updated
HDDsClass-action lawsuit filed against HDD suspension assembly makersBy Bruno Ferreira Published
PremiumHigh-capacity HDD roadmap: the race to 100TB and zettabyte-scale storage — Toshiba, Seagate and WD outline three distinct strategiesBy Anton Shilov Published
External HDDsRedditor gambles $20 on a 4TB Temu external HDDBy Jowi Morales Published
External HDDsSeagate FireCuda X Vault (8TB) review: A USB-powered, RGB-lit hard drive aimed at gamersBy Matt Safford Published
HDDsToshiba refuses to replace large hard drive that was under warrantyBy Jowi Morales Published
PremiumWD Innovation Day 2026 press Q&A transcript: roadmap plans to reach 60TB with ePMR and 100TB via HAMR by 2029 — 'at some point, the laws of physics will require us to transition to HAMR'By Zak Killian Published
SSDs
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- SSDsMicron lawsuit claims Chinese memory maker YMTC poached its engineers, then sued it using its own stolen techBy Anton Shilov Published
- SSDsSandisk Optimus GX Pro 850P 2TB SSD review: A PS5 SSD you recognize at a price you don’tBy Shane Downing Published
- SSDsNew DapuStor SSD pairs high-capacity QLC with a permanent pSLC regionBy Shane Downing Published
SSDsiPhone 18 Pro Max storage can drop lower than a hard drive at 1.1 MB/s during heavy writesBy Kunal Khullar Published
SSDsChina's premier memory maker CXMT eyes producing flash for SSDs, report claimsBy Anton Shilov Published
SSDsThe Best PS5 SSDs in 2026: Speedy NVMe storage for your consoleBy Jarred Walton Last updated
SSDsKioxia Exceria Pro G2 2TB SSD Review — Speed built to lastBy Shane Downing Published
External SSDsHands On: Sharge's Disk Pro 2 Ultra is a compact, magnetic DIY SSD dock with active cooling, 80W passthrough charging, and HDMI 2.1, supporting up to 8TB drivesBy Matt Safford Published
External SSDsBest External SSDs 2026By Matt Safford Last updated
USB Flash Drives
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USB Flash DrivesMagnetic core memory USB drive transfers files in sneakernet firstBy Mark Tyson Published
USB Flash DrivesOpen-source stealth USB hides an encrypted partition behind an 8GB decoy driveBy Hassam Nasir Published
USB Flash DrivesBest Flash Drives 2026: Fast, Spacious, Pocketable USB StorageBy Matt Safford Last updated
USB Flash DrivesUnpowered flash drive data retention test shows promising results after six yearsBy Bruno Ferreira Published
USB Flash DrivesResearcher builds bizarre 128-byte USB drive the size of a dinner plate using ancient pre-semiconductor magnetic core memory technologyBy Mark Tyson Published
USB Flash DrivesSanDisk debuts Type-C 'Plug and Stay' flash drive that never needs to be taken out of your laptopBy Aaron Klotz Published
USB Flash DrivesCarry your favorite apps wherever you go with PortableAppsBy Les Pounder Published
USB Flash DrivesFolderDrive USB-C flash storage drags computer folder icon into the physical world – Skeuomorphism in reverseBy Mark Tyson Published
USB Flash DrivesSK hynix's speedy 1TB Tube flash drive is down to $59, an all-time lowBy Stewart Bendle Published
microSD Cards
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- microSD CardsBest MicroSD Express Cards For The Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026By Zhiye Liu Last updated
- microSD CardsMicroSD card torture test writes 133 petabytes of data across 351 cards over three yearsBy Jowi Morales Published
microSD CardsMassive 8TB SD cards are set to ship 'shortly' after a two-year delayBy Zhiye Liu Published
microSD CardsOpen source IDE-ATAPI drive emulator launches for vintage computersBy Mark Tyson Published
microSD CardsLarge-capacity microSD cards are now regularly out of stock in Japan as storage crunch claims another victimBy Hassam Nasir Last updated
microSD CardsA tiny 0.5MB SmartMedia card wins the Small Capacity Memory Card Championship (Japan)By Mark Tyson Published
microSD CardsSamsung unleashes high-speed P9 Express microSD Express cards for the Switch 2 at highly competitive pricesBy Zhiye Liu Published
microSD CardsTragic OceanGate Titan submersible’s $62 SanDisk memory card found undamaged at wreckage siteBy Mark Tyson Last updated
DealsUK Nintendo Switch 2 owners can grab PNY's 256GB microSD Express card for £59, finally back in stockBy Stewart Bendle Published
More about Storage
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- SSDsNew DapuStor SSD pairs high-capacity QLC with a permanent pSLC regionBy Shane Downing Published
- SSDsiPhone 18 Pro Max storage can drop lower than a hard drive at 1.1 MB/s during heavy writesBy Kunal Khullar Published
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EnclosuresBoutique DIY Hi-Fi solution lets you repurpose your old IDE optical drives as a standalone audio playerBy Mark Tyson Published
EnclosuresAkasa’s USB4 enclosure delivers speeds over 3.5 GB/sBy Roshan Ashraf Shaikh Published
EnclosuresFastest SSD Enclosure Tested: ZikeDrive Delivers 3,700 MBps via USB 4By Avram Piltch Published
EnclosuresSatechi's $99 Mac Mini USB-C Dock Adds M.2, SD Card Reader, USB-A PortsBy Anton Shilov Published
EnclosuresSilverstone's Raven SSD Enclosure: NVMe or SATA, Your ChoiceBy Myles Goldman Published
EnclosuresGigabyte Rolls Out Liquid-Cooled Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti External EnclosureBy Aleksandar Kostovic Published
EnclosuresSonnet Launches DuoModo Thunderbolt 3 Expansion BoxesBy Anton Shilov Published
EnclosuresAkasa Thinks Someone Needs Active RGB Cooling for Their External SSDBy Nathaniel Mott Published
NASMinisforum launches local AI solutions at IFA 2026By Jowi Morales Published
NASMinisforum's beastly N5 Max NAS comes powered by AMD Strix HaloBy Mark Tyson Published
NASMinisforum's new flagship NAS comes with OpenClaw pre-installedBy Aaron Klotz Published
NASQNAP's new NAS brings exotic data center 'ruler' SSDs into your houseBy Zhiye Liu Published
NASSynology walks back controversial compatibility policy for 2025 NAS unitsBy Kunal Khullar Published
NASSynology requires self-branded drives for some consumer NAS systemsBy Jowi Morales Published
NASYou may not 'knead' the DataToaster 3000, but this custom NAS is the 'toast of the town'By Roshan Ashraf Shaikh Published
NAS71-TiB NAS with twenty-four 4TB drives hasn't had a single drive failure for ten yearsBy Jowi Morales Published
NASWindows 11 24H2 may block connections to unsecured third-party NAS devices — Microsoft enables SMB signing for enhanced securityBy Roshan Ashraf Shaikh Published