Researcher builds bizarre 128-byte USB drive the size of a dinner plate using ancient pre-semiconductor magnetic core memory technology — data disappears once it is read, requiring special handling

Published: 1 week ago (February 1, 2026 at 09:27 AM EST)

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Source: Tom’s Hardware

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