There’s a trick to thoroughly wiping all your data before you junk your old external solid state drive—or even computer.

Selling your old tech can put cash in your pocket, but don’t forget your devices store sensitive data that you don’t want a stranger to access. Your smart speaker, for example, knows your location and ...

If you have a number of devices that you would like to sell but are unsure how to correctly clean the storage from personal data, documents, applications and files. You may be interested in the latest ...

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