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Collapse of mainstream optical drive supply kills high-end CD players — PS Audio and Naim halt production as component costs double (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-20 | by Jowi Morales | get Denon DCD-900NE CD Player → | tags: optical drives, cd players, ps audio

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Expensive flash drives: When and why it's worth paying more (engadget.com)

2026-09-17 | by Husain Parvez | get Kingston DataTraveler Max USB-C flash drive → | tags: usb 3.0, usb-c, flash drives

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Poland lost $230 million in cryptocurrency trying to buy Venezuelan oil in 2023 — USB drives with crypto handed directly to scammers (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-17 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Ledger Nano X crypto hardware wallet → | tags: orlen, venezuela oil, usdt stablecoin

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Poland lost $230m in cryptocurrency trying to buy Venezuelan oil in 2023 — USB drives with crypto handed directly to scammers (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-17 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Ledger Nano X crypto hardware wallet → | tags: orlen, venezuela oil, usdt

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Typesafe-computer-use drives a Mac toward a goal for 1/50th of a cent per step (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-16 | get Apple Mac mini M2 → | tags: typesafe, computer-use automation, claude opus

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Are USB-C flash drives better than USB-A ones? (engadget.com)

2026-09-15 | by Thomas Godwin | get SanDisk Ultra Dual Drive Luxe USB-C flash drive → | tags: usb-c, usb-a, flash drives

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This is a great place to store your old hard drives and keep them safe (engadget.com)

2026-09-15 | by Gabriela Vătu | get hard drive storage case anti-static protective → | tags: hard drives, data backup, 3-2-1 rule

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Make long drives easier with this Android Auto feature (engadget.com)

2026-09-13 | by Gabriela Vătu | get wireless android auto adapter → | tags: gemini, android auto, google assistant

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US Customs supervisor busted for stealing Core i7 CPUs, RAM, and hard drives from Homeland Security PCs, damage estimated at $105,800 — stolen tech swapped with inferior hardware and cashed out on Newegg (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-12 | by Zhiye Liu | tags: newegg, customs and border protection, raptor lake refresh

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Hands 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 drives (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-11 | by Matt Safford | get Samsung 990 PRO 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD → | tags: sharge disk pro 2, hdmi 2.1, m.2 ssd

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Hands On: Sharge's Disk Pro 2 Ultra is a compact, magnetic DIY SSD dock with active cooling, 80W passthrough charging, and HDMI 2.1 that supports up to 8TB drives (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-11 | by Matt Safford | get Samsung 990 Pro 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD → | tags: sharge disk pro 2, hdmi 2.1, external ssd

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I have a theory that software drives people insane (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-10 | get Peopleware Productive Projects and Teams book → | tags: software, api endpoint, database

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Software Drives People Insane (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-10 | get Peopleware Productive Projects and Teams 3rd edition → | tags: software development, api endpoint, sprint

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Show HN: DriveSync – fast Git-styled Google Drive sync CLI (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-08 | get Samsung T7 portable SSD 1TB → | tags: drivesync, google drive, rust

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TSMC, Samsung commit to ASML’s newest chipmaking tools as AI drives demand (cnbc.com)

2026-09-08 | by Arjun Kharpal | get Chip War Chris Miller book → | tags: asml, tsmc, samsung

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RPCS3 emulator can now run PS3 games on PC directly from a disc drive in landmark development — unlocks 20 years of physical titles on Windows, Linux, and macOS (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-07 | by Mark Tyson | get Pioneer BDR-XD08 external Blu-ray drive USB → | tags: rpcs3, playstation 3, emulator

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Flea market shopper uncovers $1,500 worth of Samsung SSDs inside a $30 expansion card — Three 2TB 980 Pro drives were hidden beneath an Asus Hyper M.2 heatsink (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-07 | by Hassam Nasir | get Asus Hyper M.2 x16 Gen 4 expansion card → | tags: samsung 980 pro, asus hyper m.2, ssd prices

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Winter 2026/2027 First Forecast: Super El Niño Drives a Major Weather Divide (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-03 | by Andrej Flis | get AcuRite Iris weather station 5-in-1 → | tags: super el niño, polar vortex, forecast systems

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Stronger Security Drives Ransomware Groups to Recruit From Within (darkreading.com)

2026-09-01 | by Arielle Waldman | get Yubico YubiKey 5 NFC security key → | tags: ransomware, sentinelone, insider threats

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CrowdStrike jumps 11% on record second quarter as 'Mythos moment' drives AI cyber wave (cnbc.com)

2026-08-26 | by Samantha Subin | get Yubico YubiKey 5 NFC → | tags: crowdstrike, mythos, anthropic

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CrowdStrike pops 11% on record second quarter as 'Mythos moment' drives AI cyber wave (cnbc.com)

2026-08-26 | by Samantha Subin | get Yubico YubiKey 5C NFC → | tags: crowdstrike, mythos, anthropic

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Undersea cable to Antarctica through Drake Passage is viable, researchers find — 1,600km route to Chile could spell an end to research data leaving in 'suitcases full of hard drives' (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-24 | by Luke James | get LaCie Rugged portable SSD → | tags: drake passage, antarctic research bases, chile

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Maxell brings back classic 1970s cassette tapes — 1970s ferric formula is custom-made for vintage PC data drives (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-23 | by Mark Tyson | get Maxell UR-90 blank cassette tapes → | tags: maxell, cassette tapes, disk union

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Enterprise SSDs cost 18.6 times more than HDDs as 30TB drives hit $22,600 — hard drive supply is sold out through 2027 (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-21 | by Luke James | tags: enterprise ssds, seagate, western digital

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Alibaba shares fall 5% as AI spending drives 75% drop in net income (cnbc.com)

2026-08-20 | by April Roach | tags: alibaba, ai spending, cpu-compute

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Alibaba shares fall 3% as AI spending drives 75% drop in net income (cnbc.com)

2026-08-20 | by April Roach | tags: alibaba, ai spending, cpu-compute

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Multiyear tropical warm pool warming drives slowdown in Antarctic mass loss (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-19 | by Wang | tags: grace, antarctica, racmo2.4p1

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NeoBrowser: An MCP server that drives real Chrome with your logged-in sessions (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: chrome, neobrowser, recaptcha

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Expand your NAS with a third off this Seagate 8TB IronWolf HDD — 32% discount in Best Buy's 60th Anniversary sale (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-18 | by Stewart Bendle | tags: disk, drive, drives

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Why flash drive capacity keeps increasing (and why small drives are rarely sold today) (engadget.com)

2026-08-17 | by Husain Parvez | tags: flash drive, nand, toshiba