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When they became popular in the early 2000s, the USB flash drives were nothing short of miraculous. These tiny "thumb drives" or "sticks" transformed how people exchanged digital information. We used ...

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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 ...

How much power can fit into something smaller than your thumb? Sandisk has just redefined the limits of portable storage with the launch of the world’s smallest 1TB USB-C flash drive. In an age where ...

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