Simply sign up to the Private equity myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Private equity group Clayton Dubilier & Rice is preparing to put industrials company Indicor up for sale aiming ...

Plus a simple tool that makes it better for laptops. Losing something you spent time working on, or photos that you can't replace, is devastating. You might think this is a problem of the past because ...

Optical drives are still practical for many users, whether to play old CDs and DVDs, install software, or create backups—especially with modern laptops, which are usually supplied without a drive.

$102.5 billion: that’s how much revenue Apple generated in its fourth fiscal quarter of 2025. That mind-boggling figure is a September-quarter record and is 8% higher than the same quarter last year ...

Optical drives no longer come pre-installed in most PCs and laptops, yet they’re still indispensable for many users. Whether for playing old DVDs, installing ancient software from CDs, or burning data ...

We use the USB ports on our computers for accessing a variety of useful (and sometimes strange) USB gadgets. Often, these ports serve a temporary purpose, allowing users to plug in a USB stick and ...

The PlayStation 5 turns five years old in November, and talk about the yet-to-be-announced PS6 has begun picking up lately. One idea that the proposed successor console could reportedly adopt from the ...

This new report comes from Insider Gaming, where sources claim that the detachable disc drive will remain a feature for Sony’s next-generation console, the PS6. Similar to the PS5, players will be ...

No matter how conscientious you are about handling your external storage devices with care, it's probably happened to you: you were in a rush and yanked out your USB drive without ejecting it. On the ...

The PS5 disc drive price drop has kicked in after being announced by Sony yesterday, now available for only £69.99 at PlayStation Direct. This came with the news of a surprising price hike of select ...

In Europe and the UK, only the PS5 Digital Edition price is increasing, as the disc drive cost goes down in both regions. It will be €499.99, rather than €399.99. In the UK, it will be £429.99 instead ...

Sony probably won’t go all digital with its next console. It’s a bit wild for some to think we’re already talking about the next generation of console gaming. But here we are with new speculation ...