Let's face it, most portable SSDs follow a pretty similar recipe: take a standard NVMe m.2 SSD and wrap it in a slick outer housing, then connect via a USB 3.2 Gen 2 interface, or Gen 2x2 if you want ...

The 1996 launch of Universal Serial Bus (commonly USB for short) got the ball rolling on this, but 1998's improved USB 1.1 spec is what really got mass adoption going, thanks in part to Apple ...