Shuckable Seagate 20TB external hard drive is on sale for $219 — back up your data at 1 cent per GB

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If you're looking to expand your external storage needs, you'd probably be better off with a high-capacity HDD rather than an SSD. This compromise favors capacity over speed, making it an ideal option for users looking to back up large amounts of data, rather than those who need something for immediate performance like gaming. Today, we've come across a great deal on the Seagate 20TB Expansion Desktop HDD. It usually goes for around $279

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Russian pro basketball player gets the cuffs for allegedly being a member of ransomware gang — lawyer claims client "sucks at computers and is not even able to install an application"

Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin is suspected of acting as a ransomware negotiator for the ransomware gang behind some of the attacks in the U.S. between 2020 and 2022.

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Mini-PC production line video shows a combination of machine automation and human efforts to make PCs

Tech channel SatisFactory Process has published a video revealing the careful and intricate business of manufacturing and preparing a mini PC for retail. Its 22-minute episode shows how a Beelink Mini PC begins with an almost amorphous blank of aluminum and ends with a compact yet tastefully formed device packing some of the newest chips and complementary technologies.

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Grab a 4TB SSD for 5 cents per gigabyte – 8TB models start as low as 7 cents per GB

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The savings on SSDs continue to stay hot for now, but larger forces, like tariffs and geopolitical issues, threaten to lead to higher prices in the coming months. For now, there are big discounts to be had on 4TB and 8TB SSD models that continue to supply 5 cents per GB prices on the best-value drives, and 6 cents per GB if you'd like a more premium 4TB drive.

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Nintendo Switch pirates sunk by the FBI as they seize the site for hosting pirated games — American and Dutch authorities take down NSW2U.com

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NWS2U.com, one of the biggest and most popular websites for downloading pirated Switch games, has been taken down by U.S. authorities. This was one of the go-to places for gamers to download titles without needing to pay for them and install them on hacked Nintendo Switch consoles or emulators. If you go to the page today, you’ll see that an announcement has replaced its homepage with the logos of the U.S. Department

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The Commodore 64 Ultimate computer is the company's first hardware release in over 30 years — pre-orders start at $299

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The Commodore 64 Ultimate will be the first new hardware released under the auspices of the new management. This new home computer product is now available for pre-order starting from $299, but shipping won’t happen until October at the earliest. For your cash, you will get a device which resolutely “isn’t a software emulator” but is built around an AMD Artix 7 FPGA, and is claimed to be compatible with “10,000

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Colorful puts two M.2 SSD slots inside upcoming GeForce RTX 50-series GPU — Blackwell GPU repurposes unused PCIe lanes for fast storage

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Colorful is working on a new RTX 50-series graphics card lineup that includes support for two M.2 SSD slots, according to a report from IT Home . The GPU was recently spotted at Bilibili World 2025, where the company showcased a prototype from its iGame Ultra series. While the exact model hasn’t been confirmed, the white dual-fan GPU features a cutout in the backplate designed to accommodate two M.2 drives. This effectively allows users

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Nintendo bans Switch 2 owner after they played used Switch 1 games — decision eventually reversed after proving ‘innocence’

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A Nintendo Switch 2 user reportedly got his brand-new console banned by Nintendo after buying used Switch 1 games and patching them on his console. According to Reddit user dmanthey, they purchased four used titles off the Facebook marketplace, inserted them into the Switch 2, and had them all updated. When they turned on their handhelds the following day, they received a message saying that they were restricted from Nintendo’s online services and that they couldn’t even download the games

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Asus just made an RTX 5090 with 11 lbs of real gold worth $500,000 — RTX 5090 ROG Astral Gold Edition is the most expensive GPU of all time

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If you thought the RTX 5090 , one of the best graphics cards , was too cheap and too readily available for the average consumer, then your alternate-dimension wishes have been finally granted. As spotted by X user 孤城Hardware, Asus, who already make some of the most extravagant GPUs on the market, has just shown off an RTX 5090 covered from head to toe in pure gold—a whole 11 lbs (

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Prime Day is officially over, but here are some great deals you can still get at Amazon, Newegg, and others

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It's been a good time to pick up a deal over the last few weeks, with early Prime Day pre-sales, July 4th, and then Amazon's first four-day sales extravaganza running concurrently. We've found a plethora of great deals over July's biggest sales event, and with Prime Day 2025 now having come to a close, we wanted to share some of our favorite deals that are still available at both Amazon and a

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