Microsoft wants you to use an online account with Windows 11, but what do you really miss out on if you stick with a local account?

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The purposes of a USB hub are to both turn a single USB port on your PC into several, as well as help to organize all of your USB-connected devices around a convenient, singular point. When a USB hub ...

★★★★☆ Add a terabyte of storage to your older MacBook with this affordable SSD. Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac Sandisk gives its new Extreme Fit USB-C Flash Drive the crown as “the world’s smallest 1TB ...

Memory giant Sandisk has taken the wraps off the new Sandisk Extreme Fit USB-C flash drive. The company says this is the world’s smallest 1TB USB-C flash drive and is designed to stay put once it’s ...

In 2025, USB flash drives are far from obsolete. With SSD speeds, USB-C support, and capacities reaching up to 2TB, they serve as fast, reliable tools for content creators, professionals, students, ...

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If you’re like me, you’ve accumulated a lot of USB flash drives over the years, to the point where most of them are sitting unused and in storage. But recently I’ve come to realize that an old flash ...

Solid-state drive (SSD) prices per gigabyte (GB) have headed sharply upwards over the past two quarters. Meanwhile, on the spinning disk front, SAS hard disk drive (HDD) prices increased in price and ...

When you are in the market for external storage solutions, two of the most common options you'll find are USB flash drives and external hard drives. Despite the difference in their names, both use the ...