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USB flash drives are increasingly being sidelined. Here's why, and what better alternatives exists. By Florian Kastner. Contributor, PCWorld May 3, 2025 6:59 am PDT. Image: CameraCraft.

After spending more than 70 hours testing recent USB flash drives and comparing them with dozens of previous models for this update, we’ve concluded that the PNY Pro Elite V3 USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C ...

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The size difference between USB flash drives and external hard drives is also reflected in their storage capacity. Hard drives typically offer much larger capacities, commonly 500GB, 1TB, 2TB, and ...

And USB flash drives were crucial because that’s what folks used to transfer the downloaded data. Today, however, almost every single person has access to speedy internet.