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Samsung’s SD Express microSD cards support speeds up to 800 MB/s

Samsung has unveiled the first microSD cards with support for sequential read speeds as high as 800 MB/s later. That’s two to three times as fast as the speediest UHS-II SD cards available today, and even faster than a SATA SSD. So why are Samsung’s new microSD cards so fast? Because they’re the first to […]

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TerraMaster D5 Hybrid storage enclosure supports up to 2 hard drives and 3 SSDs

There are plenty of USB hard drives or SSDs on the market these days. Hard drives tend to offer more storage than a similarly-priced SSD, while solid state drives typically have much higher data transfer speeds. But the TerraMaster D5 Hybrid is a USB enclosure that doesn’t ask you to pick between one and the other. […]

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UGREEN’s network attached storage (NAS) devices feature 12th-gen Intel processors, M.2 SSD support, and DDR5 memory

UGREEN is a company that’s best known for making USB chargers, hubs, docks, and power banks. But now UGREEN is branching out into network attached storage (NAS) hardware. The company is showing off the first models in the UGREEN NASync lineup at CES 2024, and plans to launch them soon with a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. […]

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Lilbits: MSI teases a handheld gaming PC, Kioxia retires the Plextor storage brand, and the beginning of the end for MS WordPad

CES 2024 officially kicks off next week, but some companies aren’t waiting until then to make big announcements. Today Dell unveiled its new line of XPS-branded thin and light laptops, Microsoft announced that Windows PC makers will begin including a dedicated Window Copilot button on their keyboards, and Qualcomm announced a new chip for higher-performance […]

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ADATA launches its first USB4 external SSD with speeds up to 3,800 MB/s

The new ADATA SE920 external SSD is a small, speedy solid state drive that the company says is the first to support 40 Gbps USB4 connections, enabling you to make full use of the SSD’s blazing-fast speeds, although that “first” claim is debatable. The ADATA SE920 has read/write speeds up to 3,800MB/s and 3,700MB/s, respectively. […]

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Lilbits: SD Express cards with 2GB/s speeds, AMD Threadripper chips with up to 96 cores and 192 threads

SD Express cards are removable storage cards that can fit in the same slot as other SD or microSD cards. But thanks to support for PCIe and NVMe interfaces, they can offer much higher data transfer speeds. And now the SD Association has unveiled a new version of the SD specification which doubles the top […]

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Lilbits: Purism’s refund policy (or lack thereof), Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE, and better QR code scanning

The Purism Librem 5 Linux smartphone has had a long and storied journey. Purism was one of the first companies to announce plans to release a smartphone capable of running software based on a mainline Linux kernel… but it took years for the company to actually begin shipping phones to customers who had placed pre-orders, […]

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Synology BeeDrive is a portable SSD that backs up PC and mobile data

Synology is best known for making network-attached storage (NAS) hardware. But the company’s new BeeDrive is something a little different. It’s still a storage product, but it’s a pocket-sized, portable SSD that’s designed for backing up and syncing your data across devices. Available now for $120 and up, the portable SSD works with software that […]

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Micron’s 1.5 TB microSDXC cards are almost here (for a hefty price)

It’s been half a year since Micron unveiled the world’s first 1.5 TB microSDXC cards and there’s still not widely available for purchase yet. But TechRadar recently noticed that they’re starting to show up at a handful of wholesale retail sites. That means you could theoretically order one now… but it’ll be very expensive and might […]

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Storaxa is a NAS and WiFi 6 router and up to 5 HDDs and 4 SSDs (crowdfunding)

There are a growing number of relatively inexpensive mini PCs with multiple Ethernet ports, allowing you to build your own router, firewall, or other networking appliances. But Storaxa goes further than most. It has four 2.5 GbE Ethernet ports and support for WiFi 6, allowing you to use it as a networking device. But it’s […]