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Increasing production of aluminum platters indicates that either Showa Denko and/or its partners have found a way to use them with HAMR HDDs, or the Japanese company expects aluminum platters as well as PMR and MAMR technologies (with or without shingling) to be used for years to come even for higher-end nearline hard drives that.  … [Read more...] about Showa Denko To Boost Output of Hard Drive Media

The Western Digital Black SN750 250GB NVMe Gaming SSD has a “Black Dashboard” feature, enabling you to adjust settings, customize your setup, and check over your performance at any time. Gamers looking at curtail lag time during marathon gaming stints can customize their setup to activate low power mode and gaming mode simultaneously. You don’t have to worry about the system overheating as it contains a heatsink which will protect it. … [Read more...] about The best SSDs for 2021

Trakk SHELL A weatherproof trekking pack with a built-in Bluetooth speaker ($199) Play music while trekking through the woods or sitting around the campground with this rugged and durable Bluetooth speaker backpack. Its tough-as-nails speaker portion is waterproof, shock-proof, and dust-proof with an IPX5 rating that lets you hike in the rain all day or even briefly drop it in water without ruining the sound. It features a powerful 20-watt output capable of playing for 12 hours, along with a subwoofer that utilizes max-bass technology. … [Read more...] about The best smart backpacks

NVMe storage prices seem to be creeping up again, particularly on the best SSDs like the Samsung 980 Pro. That makes any deals that go against this trend all the more valuable, whether it’s to upgrade your OS drive or add another dose of fast storage to your motherboard. … [Read more...] about Save $101 on this Mushkin M.2 2TB SSD at Newegg

Sony Bravia Master Series A90J As excited as I am about the Z9J, I think I’m a little more excited for the next entry on this list and that would be the Sony A90J Master Series OLED TV. Like LG, which we’ll discuss shortly, Sony has figured out how to brighten up its OLED TVs for even more intense HDR, and between that and Sony’s new Cognitive Processor XR, I think this might end up being the best-looking OLED TV we’ve ever seen. … [Read more...] about The best TVs of CES 2021: Samsung, Sony, LG, TCL