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Another major Japanese electronics firm exits the Blu-ray market
By Mark Tyson published
Japanese PC peripherals and accessories stalwart Elecom has announced that it is pulling out of the Blu-ray drive market.

How to protect yourself from bad external SSDs during the PC hardware apocalypse
By Matt Safford published
Premium If you’re shopping for a new external SSD, you might want to buy a drive soon, and something that was released before the AI demand seemingly gobbled up all the good flash.

Best External SSDs 2026
By Matt Safford last updated
We've tested dozens of external hard drives and SSDs and chosen models that offer the best balance of performance, features and price.

Best Flash Drives 2026: Fast, Spacious, Pocketable USB Storage
By Matt Safford last updated
Today's best flash drives are faster and speedier than ever. We've tested dozens to find the best.

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...

'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

The Best Cyber Monday hard drive deals include 20TB capacities at $0.02 per GB
By Stewart Bendle last updated
Whether it's a great deal on a new external HDD or more capacity for your NAS, we've got you covered this Cyber Monday with our handy HDD roundup.

Gigabyte introduces Thunderbolt 5 PCIe 4 card with up to 120 Gbps of bandwidth, support for 100W power delivery
By Christopher Harper published
Gigabyte introduces "Thunderbolts 5", a Thunderbolt 5 add-in card for PCIe 4.0 motherboards.
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