I spoke with a rep. at Sandisk, and he claimed that this was probably caused by my creating more than one partition on the drive. Their drives, he said, "aren't made to handle more than on partition".

Amazon has started cracking down on crappy USB-C cables that could damage your smart devices. The retail giant now prohibits cables that do not comply with standard specifications laid out by USB ...

Hori’s Piranha Plant camera didn’t impress me, so I tested its minimalist alternative instead — is it any good?

A new USB plug is coming and the impact is a bit of a mixed bag. The good news is that the new USB plug will be reversible so you won't have to fiddle around with it like you do today. The bad news is ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - The FBI is warning that public USB ports can’t be trusted anymore because they can open up an avenue for bad actors to steal your data while your phone is charging. You’ve probably ...

That's a good point about having the testing device be the problem, not the drive. I brought ~6 drives to work one day and about half were bad with several bad blocks found. I'm just going to toss ...

It's a common scene from TV: Our hero sneaks into the villain's office, plugs in a USB stick and — flash! — all the secret plans to conquer Chicago are sucked down into the thumb-drive. The only ...

Question: What can you tell me about the new USB-drive exploit that I'm hearing about? Answer: The ubiquitous USB drive has always been a potential threat to any computer that it plugs into, as ...

USB-C cable makers and sellers are everywhere on Amazon, selling thousands of cables a day for a relatively new form of connectivity. USB-C as a technology is perfectly fine, it works very well moving ...

Phil is a freelance writer from the UK, studying Creative Writing at university. When he's not writing, Phil is usually fiddling about with his phone, tweeting, or obsessing over anything with four ...

Subpar USB Type-C cables could fry your devices -- just ask that Google engineer who tested a few and ended up losing a Chromebook Pixel 2 to a particularly bad one. In an effort to protect users, the ...