Porteus is a portable distro designed and optimized to run from removable media such as a USB flash drive, SD card or even ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When you think of USB sticks, you probably see them as portable storage devices. However, they can also serve other useful purposes beyond ...

For those looking for the ultimate in portability and security in their computing, there's the option of running a system straight from a USB drive you can carry around in your pocket. Plug this into ...

When a German data recovery firm recently made a study of the failed flash storage drives it had been sent, it noticed some interesting, and bad, trends. Most of them were cheap sticks, the kind given ...

The PNY Pro Elite V2 is the fastest USB stick (10Gbps or otherwise) we’ve tested to date, and by a rather large margin. It also sports a small form-factor and a hide-away USB connector. Being ...

Everyone knows them, everyone has them. USB sticks, or thumb drives, are ideal for quickly exchanging data between computers — but also for transporting digital content between mobile phones and PCs ...

Carrying a USB stick loaded with portable Windows tools is like having a digital Swiss Army knife. No matter where I am or which computer I’m using, I’ve got everything I need to work, troubleshoot, ...

Large language models (LLMs) are all the rage in the generative AI world these days, with the truly large ones like GPT, LLaMA, and others using tens or even hundreds of billions of parameters to ...

We use the USB ports on our computers for accessing a variety of useful (and sometimes strange) USB gadgets. Often, these ports serve a temporary purpose, allowing users to plug in a USB stick and ...

Word to the wise: If a stranger ever offers you a random USB stick as a gift, best not to take it. On Thursday, the FBI warned that a hacker group has been using the US mail to send malware-laden USB ...

USB sticks or flash drives aren't as popular as they used to be. With cloud storage and wireless data transfers now becoming popular, USB thumb drives have almost vanished. However, I still have a ...