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Unlucky buyer purchases external Seagate HDD, gets an SD card glued inside a plastic shell
By Hassam Nasir published
Not the flash upgrade they were hoping for...

Lucky data hoarder pays $360 for six 8TB WD external hard drives, lands five more for free
By Zhiye Liu published
A Redditor bought six WD Easystore 8TB external hard drives for $60 each and ended up getting five more for free.

$28 hard drive from Amazon turns out to be legit despite the price
By Jowi Morales published
The UnionSine DataPocket 500GB external drive interestingly works as expected, despite its low price.

'World's First' encrypted 26TB hard disk debuts with diskAshur DT3 and DT2 models
By Kunal Khullar published
iStorage raises storage limits for its encrypted diskAshur DT3 and diskAshur DT2 desktop drives

Buffalo celebrates 50yr anniversary with a limited edition 'skeleton' transparent hard disk
By Mark Tyson published
Buffalo Japan has launched the Buffalo HD-SKL 'skeleton hard disk' with a transparent panel showing the inner mechanism.

Western Digital rolls out new 2.5-inch HDDs for the first time in seven years: is 6TB the swan song for 2.5-inch hard drives?
By Anton Shilov published
Western Digital introduces a new capacity point for 2.5-inch HDDs for the first time in seven years.

New PS5 External Disc Drive Requires Internet Connection for Pairing
By Andrew E. Freedman published
The Sony PS5 Slim's external disc drive requires an internet connection for pairing, but some have raised fears this will make it hard to play games down the line.
WD Injects 22TB HDDs Into My Book External Drive Lineup for Capacities up to 44TB
By Matt Safford published
Digital hoarders and 8K content creators, rejoice!
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