US TP-Link Router Ban Saga: Where Exactly TP-Link Routers Are Made?
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The reasons on the surface behind why the US government consider banning TP-Link routers.
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Network Switches, Explained: Ports, Uplink, Managed, Unmanaged, Layers, PoE, and More
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When you look to expand your home network, especially for wired clients, you will likely need a couple of network switches. This post explains them in simple terms and helps you get started with one. Before continuing, it’s a good idea to understand what a router is, though you’ll get …
Micron Retires Crucial Brand to Focus on AI: Popular SSDs and Random Access Memories Will Soon Be Memories Themselves
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Hold on tight to that newly purchased T710 SSD, X10 portable drive, or those fancy DDR5 RAM sticks of yours, for that’s going to be the last Crucial you can find. Indeed, in a shocking move, Micron today announced that it will exit consumer-grade products to focus on the enterprise …
Synology BeeDrive Gets Deep Search and Acronis Online Backup
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If you have one of those BeeDrives and BeeStations as your simple backup solution, here’s some good news: It’s going to get a bit more sophisticated. Indeed, Synology today announced two additional features, including improved AI-powered Deep Search and online backup. Let’s find out more. Synology BeeDrive: Now with Deep …
Sandisk Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals: Cute and Practical Storage Devices for Everyone
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Looking for a fitting storage device for yourself or as gifts during this holiday season? These Sandisk Sandisk Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals will come in handy. They include a range of cute, affordable, and practical devices worthy of your consideration. It’s worth noting that 2025 is a significant …
Best External Drives: The Top Five for Advanced Storage Needs
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External drives are storage devices that conveniently add a large amount of data to a computer. Some are portable and bus-powered, others are not. If you’re looking for the best bus-powered portable SSDs, this list includes the current top five. Here, you’ll find the external drive that fits a particular …
Ubiquiti UniFi Black Friday Deals: Cloud Gateways, PoE Switches, Security Cameras and More
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If you’re looking to start or expand your network using UniFi hardware, which has become increasingly relevant to home and SMB users since the beginning of 2025, here’s some good news: Ubiquiti today announced a long list of devices with special pricing during its UniFi Black Friday and Cyber Monday …
Ubiquiti UniFi Device Bridge UDB Switch Review (vs. Flex 2.5G PoE): An Excellent Way to Extend Power-over-Ethernet via Wi-Fi 7
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The UniFi Device Bridge Switch (a.k.a. UDB Switch, model UDB-Switch) announced by Ubiquiti today is a unique PoE network switch — it’s more than a typical one. Besides being a standard PoE unmanaged switch, it can also use Wi-Fi as the uplink in a UniFi environment. And that flexibility can …
