USB

elpresidentedeljunta

Before he stepped down he handed a USB stick with a problem he couldn´t figure out to some quant guy and said: Be careful.

AdExcellent6470

Sandisk is the company that made the little USB stick rolling around in my desk drawr and I cant get past that. Micron makes the DRAM that ends up in basically everything. Calling one "more diversified in the memory ecosystem" when the other is essentially just NAND is a stretch.

rayquan36

USB undefeated

I_killed_the_kraken

If you expect interest rates to rise, which is what the data from FedWatch and Polymarket suggest, there are several options: * Banks: $JPM; $BAC; WFC; $USB. * Brokerage firms: for example, $SCHW. * Insurance companies: $ALL; $PGR. * BDCs with predominantly floating-rate portfolios: $ARCC; $MAIN.

Quentine

it's even easier now, all you need to do is get one of the smart cars or a drone or a soon-to-be mass produced humanoid robot or a mechanical fly/cockroach to insert it's USB butt directly into the cpu after crawling through air vents.

RocketMoped

They still needed a physical USB drive, didn't they? Which was also a grave breach of procedure.

Wows_Nightly_News

I expect the Mew and Mewtwo paired USB drive and external hard drive are going to pump Sandisk 30% tomorrow

SarahWVA4

With each state running elections, it would be hard to pull off. Each state runs them differently and with different passwords/tokes/levels of encryption. You'd have to hack voting machines, assuming they are on the network or a malicious voter could somehow insert a USB. It would be simplier to pull off if the federal government ran the national elections.

SignificanceLate7002

The official Cybercab instructional video is groundbreaking with such revolutionary features like adjustable seats. Climate control, and USB charging ports.

Paul_Robert_

My apologies. The main reason I'm on android is WiFi tethering via USB. And, then just never bothered switching.

reaper527

> I think if a subset of your user base is minors and you optimize the experience to keep that cohort addicted…errr engaged in your platform, then you’ve “marketed” to children. regardless of what you think, that's not what marketed means. is a netgear 4 port switch or an asus computer monitor marketed at kids because they know there are are people under the age of 18 that buy them? how about USB-C cables?

The_Alan_Greenspan

Back from Mesico. Scalped SPX calls on the flight. Aeromexico is a dog shit airline and Delta is not far behind. There was not a single USB charger by the seats flying business.

GoZukkYourself

I found a USB stick labeled ‘life savings v1’ near a glory hole. It has 33 cents of 🌽 in it.

FeverTreeCloud

bruh, I gotta start digging up old USB sticks at home and resell it on eBay

InIce1234

If this keeps going, a 32MB USB Stick will be $100 next year.

Objective_Back_2581

First it was GPUs, then RAM, then storage, then monitors, then USB ports. The next big thing is fucking motherboards. Mark my words those fucking boards will sell like hotcakes. Tibo himself confirmed the resets—like CMOS—are the hottest shit in town. It’s the ticket to the Willy winks fucking factory.

Objective_Back_2581

First it was GPUs, then RAM, then storage, the monitors, now it will be USB ports. Mark my words like fucking TSLA’s latest earnings report. Amodei even said that AI in a box and not able to choose a better option is not the right decision. It is the entrance to the fucking golden gates.

barelyreadsenglish

All saylor has to do is copy paste some numbers on an USB stick and dissappear forever

Jerikolol

I wish AI roboGFs existed... I really could use one right now. I would treat her right and with respect, I wouldnt abuse her circuits and I would always clean up her USB ports. I'd be a real gentleflashbag. Are you there robo-honey? Does your binary code hear me call for love??

recordthemusic

SanDisk makes usb sticks, MU makes RAM. RAM is faster than USB stick memory that’s why micron is better 💪🏻 

_Netgirth

They make USB’s who cares

E39_CBX

Wait so you’re telling me SanDisk is worth $1350 a share? The USB drive company?

Apple2o

Rappers wearing gold chains and USB sticks

Czyzzle

what's the bull case for Sandisk? I'm thinking about buying 15k of those USB drves

MaleficentPlate9104

Friday and working from home. Time to lock in (I have a USB mouse jiggle that keeps me Teams green)

oldprecision

Who knew USB Flash Drives were so powerful?

Spezalt4

It’s a USB Micheal what could it cost? $10?

cactuscooolerr

They make USB’s that go in the first time, every time.

gainsusmaximus

Makes sense. I'm short jpm, bny, USB. Gaining today. Overbought, hikes, weak capital market

dossilw

This is because I didn’t buy that USB drive I was looking at last night

DumbNutter

SNDK is such a shit fucking company. Fuck outta here and go back to selling 16GB USB flash drives to pimply teenagers you cucking mother fucker

iThrewFarAway

like a USB?

DumbNutter

SNDK is such a shit fucking company. Fuck outta here and go back to selling 16GB USB flash drives to pimply teenagers you cucking mother fucker

bonkeydcow

Reminds me of the Bill Gates USB demo.

c0n5pir4cy

>How are the "effectively a Monopoly" when the Apple App store does more revenue?  Because it's [not solely based on revenue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Markets_Act#Criteria_defining_Gatekeepers). The act covers Apple, Facebook and a few other companies too. >Apple app store isn't happening on Android but why should it?  Because the current situation allows Apple & Google to control their whole respective app markets. Also why shouldn't it - Apple can release the App Store for Android if they like and now in the EU Google could put the Play Store on Apple devices if they like - they could even argue that each others App stores shouldn't be given precedence. More importantly it lets smaller, newer stores open up. It restores competition back into the market when it can't reasonable occur otherwise. >Is Dewalt being "unfair" by only making their batteries fit in their tools? A more fair comparison would be if Dewalt owned their own private continent and owned all the tool store apart from a handful of Mom & Pop stores (none in the case of Apple), then Dewalt had all the Dewalt tools take prominent positions within the store along with prominent advertising why Dewalt is better & also charging any other company 30% of every sale to sell in the store. Then in addition using their government powers they make it hard or impossible for other shops to set up, then charge them exorbitant fees for the privilege if they're successful. Then at any point they can decide they no longer want you in business. The important thing here is the scale & lack of alternatives - I can go to any number of different tool stores. If I want a smartphone - my choices are effectively iPhone or Android. As an aside on the battery specifically, the EU has argued for interoperability standards before (USB-C as a good example) - I don't think they would do this for tool batteries.

ClaymationDinosaur

I could get on board with the USB-C thing.

Sea_Bear7754

They got bigger fish to fry like advertising regulation and trying to ban anything that isn’t a USB-C

quantumlyregarded

Took two months or so. We had no guides on how to do it but the ROMs were easy to get then and it had not yet been established that it was illegal to download them. The word on the street was the old games were old enough to be in public domain so we went with it. The original, physical arcade (along with the original computer inside) is long gone but I still have the keypad and several clones. Nowadays I use USB converters and the original controllers for NES, Sega and SNES (the USB knock offs suck) and USB N64 controllers (they actually make good, cheap aftermarket ones). 

ripvanmarlow

Yeah, went up £100 to £699 which IMO is just a little too expensive for what you get. £599 felt like the sweet spot but then the ravenous memory monster took a bite. £699 for a laptop with only one usb 3 port is not great value (there's two ports but the other is USB2 which feels like a bit of a scam)

DumbNutter

SNDK is such a shit fucking company. Fuck outta here and go back to selling 16GB USB flash drives to pimply teenagers.

teh_herper

thats why USB cables are tested for durability...

DumbNutter

Sandisk is such a shit company. Just a little over a year ago, their whole business model is selling 16GB USB flash drives to some pimply teenagers for school. Got ultra lucky with the AI hardware boon. Now can't even keep it together and lost 30% off their highs in a couple weeks. Fuck you Sandisk

PrimalNumber

I sold my WFC earlier this year after making a great return. No regrets, wanted to cycle out into other things. Still own all of my USB with 2 year return of 49% and with a nice dividend. Not planning to move off it in 2026 for tax reasons, but we’ll see how the 2nd half of the year unfolds.

Theipodrookie

True they make the best USB sticks

DeathByPig

There's a funny story about a guy who worked for the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program hiding a USB with submarine info inside of a peanut butter sandwich 

robmafia

you apparently missed the govt raid and etc. hurr durrrr https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/intel-denies-tsmc-allegations-that-executive-leaked-trade-secrets-2025-11-27/ >TAIPEI, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Taiwan prosecutors said on Thursday investigators had raided the homes of a former senior TSMC executive and seized computers after the company accused him of leaking trade secrets, something his current employer Intel has denied. TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker and major supplier to companies including Nvidia, said on Tuesday it had filed a lawsuit in Taiwan's Intellectual Property and Commercial Court against Wei-Jen Lo, its former senior vice president. >In a statement, the Taiwan prosecutors' intellectual property branch said Lo is suspected of violating Taiwan's National Security Act. On Wednesday afternoon investigators, acting on a search warrant, searched two of Lo's homes, seizing computers, USB drives and other evidence, prosecutors said. A court also approved a petition to seize his shares and real estate, the statement added.

MrDubious

Yeah, I worked in a US enterprise company 20 years ago, and connected my personal USB drive to my work PC to transfer some music to my desktop. The USB also had some network profiling tools on it, which I did not execute or copy locally. An hour later I was called into IT to explain myself while my PC was audited. Not much of a SCIF if what he's describing was working.

sneaky-pizza

They don’t appear to live in the US. So I assume that dude was the guy who picked up a USB drive in a parking lot in Iran and introduced Stuxnet into their systems

realribsnotmcfibs

They have back to back to back very specific claims. This does need seem like the generic one guy brought a USB of info and we have no clue why he did it type of deal. Getting a former or current employee to testify that they were coached is all it will really take for half these claims.

JJOne101

Lol. The company I work for in a completely normal and boring business line has locked USB ports. You're telling me that companies that truly deal with sensitive data don't do that?

random_noise

You speculate, but apparently never heard of the sneaker net? Not all classified information exists on air-gapped networks or standalone machines. Many of those classified machines are also on classified networks and people who use them have a network that can span the entire country in which those devices can communicate and access to many different flavors of cloud or local secure storage. I used USB sticks, CD's/DVD's, portable SSD's to move updates to and from those secured networks until I built a classified software repostitory on an air gapped network. Stood up a linux repo. Its not about sneaking the hardware in to move the things. I had authorization for those activities and paperwork to get that gear I carried with me through site security checkpoints. USB devices are very hard to detect, and those security folks and metal type detectors you walk through don't usually pick them up or search your stuff that closely in a messenger bag with lots of other things. I would also support the download and transfer of classified data (usually via portable drive) to give to Lockheed to take home on an airplace with them to their secure office for their needs. I can do whatever I want to those devices when I am in possession of them. Its referred to as the sneaker net, because its Shoes that people wear on their feet that power physical part of the data transfer process that bridges secure networks with insecure ones like the internet or to say move lots and lots of data cross country.

AnotherThroneAway

Nah. There's some big managers shorting the stock and going long on the ADR. USB I think even suggested this

LuckyWinds

> Bitcoin and crypto maximalists fundamentally have no answer to the question of "what happens to everyone else?" > Like, okay, if Bitcoin is the global currency and only a few thousand people own it, what happens to everyone else? > If MSTR controls 14% of Bitcoin, what happens to all the other countries with guns and infrastructure? The simple answer is that bitcoin doesn't need to be the global currency to be successful. And IF bitcoin were to become the global currency, it certainly isn't going to happen on any quick timeframe. A fast track to global currency would most likely lead to extreme hardship for most people. Sort of like someone in the 1800s saying "The USD will become so powerful in the future that other countries will run their economy on the dollar!" Yeah that happened, but it took decades, even over a century for it to happen. So while that person sounded like a crazy person at the time, they were technically right. It all depends on timeframe. Someone saying bitcoin will become the global currency soon is making a dumb claim. I'm as pro bitcoin as you can get and I think IF it happens (which I don't think is really possible to even talk about) it would be 50-100 years from now and a slow growth. Your comment is a great example of what's wrong today with bitcoin skepticism. I'm not trying to specifically call you out, but point out that when you look into what people say to criticize bitcoin, they are often just criticizing what someone else said bitcoin will do instead of bitcoin itself. > What happens to the people who tangibly grow things and don't want to deal with some weird 27 word USB stick? The future of bitcoin for the basic person is through 3rd party custody. The benefit is that unlike fiat currency it can't be inflated forever. But the average person won't be holding it themselves. Just like the average person today doesn't hold all their money in cash at home. This has been discussed in the bitcoin space since the beginning.

KanishkT123

Bitcoin and crypto maximalists fundamentally have no answer to the question of "what happens to everyone else?" Like, okay, if Bitcoin is the global currency and only a few thousand people own it, what happens to everyone else? If MSTR controls 14% of Bitcoin, what happens to all the other countries with guns and infrastructure? What happens to the people who tangibly grow things and don't want to deal with some weird 27 word USB stick?

trlocos

You guys don't understand it. They just download old unused RAM from the internet just like I did back in the day. Probably put in a USB stick or something. I just hope they don't get a virus, which happened to me.

New-IncognitoWindow

I can get AI on a USB for free

BoxesOfSemen

The steering has no internet connection whatsoever. At most you can get a virus to get the electronic charts to go down when they plug in the USB to update them, but even then, I'm pretty sure they'll just stay far away from land. In the worst case, you flip a switch and a dude stays next to the hydraulic pumps and activates them manually. Also, that ship continues underwater for like 10 more meters, it would have gotten stuck way out, unless these guys are vacationing next to an underwater ravine.

Lucky-Ambassador8285

The world will be run by USB sticks.

GrizzlyP33

Hey I’m not saying I’d buy at these levels, just that it has nothing to do with USB and their drives are pretty good. Doesn’t mean the valuation isn’t insane today. Question is how much more insanity the AI race can bring before the drop.

cxr_cxr2

**Basically, the kind of gains it took Apple 30 years of innovation and leadership to achieve, NVIDIA 10 years as the undisputed AI leader, Amazon 20 years, and Microsoft 25 years… SanDisk pulled off in just six months with its shitty USB flash drives (and it only has a 10% market share in flash drives, which is basically nothing).**

TreGet234

Down 9% 😒.... USB sticks might be dead.

drkgla

Why are you overcomplicating it? You buy Microsoft and SpaceX. All you ever needed was RAM chips and USB drives.

Marko343

Last year in order to watch F1 in HDR I bought an Apple TV 4K(also because it had a gigabit Ethernet port) and it's been amazing. Everything is so snappy, the remote is great and USB c rechargeable. I'm not an apple person and have always had Android but if you're in the ecosystem can be even better. I've been using various versions of Fire TV over the years and the 4K one was pretty good but the blatant ads everywhere and auto populating suggestions on my home page was annoying. Mine was behind my TV and could never get Bluetooth headphones to work without cut outs. While not cheap I plan on finding some used ones on FB marketplace for my family.

TreGet234

USB sticks are now a high margin high moat product.

kinisonkhan

Mostly Android TV. You can find Kodi for AppleTV, but you have to sideload it and its maybe a 30 step process. For Android TV, its in the Play Store, takes less than a minute to install. If you've never owned an Android media player, get an ONN Pro, which is a $50 Walmart media player thats easy to hack (google "onn pro remove bloatware"), you just need a USB Type A to A cable.

bunky_bunk

almost all hardware flown to space is flown there without humans on board. Cables come lose and USB stick become unrecognized in places where no money was spent to make such things virtually impossible.

D1rtyH1ppy

Not an astronaut, but data centers need a human to go do stuff every now and then to the racks. A cable comes lose, a USB stick no longer gets recognized, lots of other stuff. Are we going to have people stationed at these space data centers?

taplar

According to the USB global wealth report from 2025, the average wealth of a Switzerland citizen is 620k USD.

RegardEngineer

CEOs and the board of directors are grateful for USB regards pump.

Fragrant-Frog-9290

most corporate laptops have all local storage encrypted now days and USB locked down

ValarOrome

Bro, I have under inventory the crappies piece of shit USB/mic headset.... Like the one in the call centers? 😆 My company is listed in the NASDAQ and makes billions every quarter.... You are now telling me they are gonna give everyone DGXs 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

Jaded_Drink8872

"FGT NAND" refers to a **Floating-Gate Transistor** used within a **NAND flash memory** architecture. It is the fundamental component that allows non-volatile data storage in everyday electronics like SSDs, smartphones, and USB drives ☝️🤓

Initial-Magazine2169

Brother, what? It's up 25% on the week with USB and Susquehannah publishing 1600+ price targets.

Matt6453

Also shitty laptops with keys that wear through and USB-C ports that break after 6 months.

JE3146

Also a T1D. I’ve had 2 rounds of the X2. Still using USB micro to charge in 2026 is criminal. They’ve completely dropped the ball with future proofing their own ecosystem. I invested in 2017. Watched it climb to like $150 a share, stupidly didn’t sell my massive gains and watched it get reduced to the pittance it sits at. I truly think their main talent and leadership cashed out as millionaires and left.

_Clit-Commander_

My stupid Corsair Keyboard is so dumb I can’t turn of the lights even when the computer is shut down, I have to disconnect the USB every day

eloc49

Don’t forget he brought us the MacBook pros with only 4 USB C ports (way before that could have been realistic like now) and the freaking TOUCH BAR 😂

Watson_365

Cut to the future of me whipping my AI trading bot with a USB-C cable because it maxed my credit card on Only Clankers

tika_dengu

he should launch Nvidia branded USB sticks at Computex and the markets will go crazy

Due-Programmernot

Father in law works for a big tech company. He’s sold his stock as he went. If he hadn’t sold his stock he’d be somewhere between a 8-10 millionaire by now. And I had like 10 btc somewhere on a USB from back when I was in college and BTC was a novelty. The truth is you just wouldn’t have kept the stock this long. You would have sold it at 10,000 or 100,000.

LazyDazyFazy

Lmao reminds me.of those 1 TB USB drives from AliExpress

Ggelasha

Switched to one laptop + dock about a year ago and haven't looked back. Running dual monitors off a Thunderbolt 4 dock — sit down, one cable, both screens light up with all peripherals ready. When I travel I just unplug and go. The key for trading is making sure the dock actually handles dual monitors at the resolution you need without any lag or flickering. Cheap USB-C hubs will technically output to two screens but you'll notice input lag on charts and sometimes dropped frames — not what you want when you're watching price action. Things to check before buying: * **Your laptop's port** — Thunderbolt 4 or USB-C with DisplayPort Alt Mode. This decides which docks will actually work. * **Power delivery** — get a dock that charges your laptop too, otherwise you're back to two cables. * **Ethernet** — if you're trading on WiFi you're braver than me. Most good docks have gigabit built in. One device is simpler to maintain, easier to keep synced, and modern laptops have enough power that you're not sacrificing performance anymore. The dock makes it feel like a desktop when you're home. [This covers the main differences between dock types](https://byrdpilot.com/usb-c-docking-station/) if you want to make sure you pick the right one — a lot of people buy a dock that doesn't match their laptop's port and wonder why it doesn't work.

Parking-Mirror3283

Good artists copy, great artists steal. Why spend the billions and decades researching it yourself when you can pay 1 dude $5mil to mail over a USB with all the data instead?

WaitformeBumblebee

Seagate isn't in the memory business, it's in storage, and they don't even produce NAND, only spinning rust (HDD). Investing in new HDD factories now is like investing in floppy disk factories when USB became standard. They should invest in NAND, if they don't China sure will.

OwnObject8163

I bought 2 sandisc USB drives today, only about 10 left and the 16 gb 32gb and 128gb sold out only 64gb left. Real problem happening to consumer data storage, not just AI

Popular_Tomorrow_204

No. Since AIs need no space the graves will just be glorified USB Sticks. So long MU and SNDK

ComplexLook7

In the same way cars have breathalysers, trading accounts should have USB pp measurement dongles ... if your under 7 inches NO TRADES.

Axwe8

# I used to have a **SANDISK** USB long time ago LOL 🤡

makmanos

I mean at least I have been an NVDIA fan since ever for their GFX cards and last PC build I did during Covid I said man I should invest in what I like yet I never did but SNDK? who made USB sticks and Flash rams for cameras? WTF!

Fragrant-Data6554

i haven't followed stonks for 1 year. Just came back this week and i can't believe a USB company like SanDisk is actually becoming yuge

Axwe8

#### I used to have a **SANDISK** USB long time ago LOL 🤡

Paul_Robert_

Wait, a minute. USA. USB! Holy fuck.

Professional_Con_007

For sale two vintage high quality more rare than memory is to get nowadays SNDK 2mb USB sticks with might be some old shots of my own usb stick.  Everything is functional.  Starting bid $10000 per

VeryRareHuman

Something you are doing wrong. No issues around 5000 laptops in company.  Sure random driver issues because users use all kinds is USB devices. Otherwise mostly it's very low maintenance.

ZealousidealSector19

Should I start stockpiling USB drives?

Beautiful_Proof586

Micron Technology, Inc. is a global American technology company engaged in the development, production, sale and distribution of computer memory and computer data storage solutions, including dynamic random-access memory, flash memory, USB flash drives and other memory technologies

rioferdy838

Funny story about how I got to know Sandisk. Back in school, we used to pretend those retractable USB sticks were penises and have sword fights with them. Who knew they were worth so much.

perceptive_AI

I wouldn't have guess the company that made my $10 USB stick would go on to 40x in a year

Weak_Ostrich459

USB Mini AB producers must be rolling in dough with the amount of TI-84 calculators take their obscure charging cable, legitimately lost mine and my exam is tomorrow and I needed this calculator but its fucking dead and I have like a million other USB charging cables but the one I fucking need. Actually infuriating...

Juntaur

It's a USB stick with a bunch of long strings of characters that are worth what the next chump is willing to pay for them. This is practically the entire company.