A hardware feature that used to be standard on computers and consoles has quietly disappeared. Several practical shifts explain why it stopped mattering.

If the rumor is true, Microsoft has a unique opportunity to make a special product here. A new rumor has appeared that suggests that we didn’t really understand Microsoft’s full plans when they got ...

With the PS5 Pro release date just a couple of days away, the PS5 disc drive is sold out everywhere. At the time of writing, every major retailer in America and Europe is out of stock for Sony’s ...

Registration system may be tied to DMCA protection for drive firmware. Not for nothing, and I do understand the general animus towards online checkin requirements ...

In this increasingly digital era, physical media has become a thing of the past in most circles. There is, however, sustained interest in such supposedly antiquated tech. Some examples of this include ...

Sony is reportedly gearing up for another major Playstation 5 design overhaul, and this time, it supposedly wants to sell a detachable disc drive, too. The news comes courtesy of Insider Gaming, a new ...

In the presence of USB-based external hand disc drives and the adoption of solid state drives, protecting the circuit from overcurrent, overvoltage, and ESD pose the great challenge. The USB ...