The contagious hardware failure that turned Zip disks into data traps
USB
Stop plugging your mouse into a USB 3 port—5 reasons USB 2.0 is secretly better
There are some situations where you'll wish you had one.
Why the massive manufacturing cost of USB-C guarantees the ancient USB-A port will outlive it
The $15 enclosure trick that turns your leftover PC parts into an ultra-fast external drive
Bit rot and cheap NAND—why I actually trust USB thumb drives for my 3-2-1 backups
Why the ultimate tech support rescue drive lives in my car's dashboard