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Synology DS723+ 2-bay Diskstation NAS Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNETThere's nothing like a sad tale of data loss to make me check all my backups are up-to-date and fresh. Over the past few weeks, I've been helping out a friend with a serious and painful data loss issue. Long story short, a MacBook died, important data was on it, there were no backups, that data has thankfully been recovered, a new MacBook has been purchased, there's a massive squeeze on storage space, and it's now up to me to put in place an effective…

It doesn’t seem that long ago that Game sniped at Jay-Z with the line: “You 38 and still rappin’? Ugh!” from his 2006 track “It’s Okay (One Blood).” Yet some of this era’s biggest rap heroes are nearing — and above — forty. A “Tale Of The Tape” scene in the music video for Drake and J. Cole’s recent collaboration “First Person Shooter” displayed them at 37 and 38 years old, respectively. There was a time when rappers wouldn’t be so forthcoming about pushing 40, but rap’s “too old” stigma has largely dissipated as…

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Nas is back yet again. The rap icon recently took to Instagram to announce Magic 2 is dropping on Friday. Last week, he stirred anticipation for new music with an ominous purge of his page and a video of a thunderstorm. And now, we know for sure that his 16th solo studio album is imminent.  There’s not much known about the album yet, but it’s likely that it will once again be helmed by his frequent collaborator Hit-Boy. 50 Cent revealed that he’ll be on a song called “Office Hours,” making for their first…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Nas and Hennessy have seemingly been intertwined since the legendary rapper’s career’s took off in the Nineties. Now, the two giants in their respective industries are teaming up for an homage to hip-hop and the power of collaboration. Hennessy has dropped a limited-edition bottle of its V.S. cognac with Nas to celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. The 750ml…

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At a glanceExpert's Rating Pros6 NVMe drive slotsDual 2.5GbE LAN portRAM ExpandableSMB MultichannelConsWe need more bandwidthOddly shaped enclosureNo M.2 2230 supportsOur VerdictA very easy-to-configure and use NAS from Asustor, made practical by the recent drops in NVMe drives. If those price drops continue and NVMe drives get bigger, this could soon be one of the best NAS drives to own. Best Prices Today: Asustor Flashstor 6 FS6706T Have you noticed the dramatic drop in the price of flash drives…

Last updated: June 22nd, 2023 at 11:31 UTC+02:00 Samsung stole the spotlight at InfoComm 2023 and won seven awards. InfoComm 2023 is the largest audiovisual trade show in North America, and this year’s event took place in Orlando, Florida, for two days starting June 14. Samsung won over the crowd and earned seven awards across different categories for both products and its policies. Highlights include The Wall series, the company’s outdoor LED signages, and Samsung’s efforts toward sustainability. But mostly, the…

All eyes are on celebrities’ appearances as the 2023 Met Gala starts. For this year’s theme, the guests were asked to wear outfits that would pay tribute to the late German fashion designer “Karl Lagerfeld”. The event is known for its controversial red carpet, where artists go all out to achieve the perfect look, so their looks should be remembered throughout the year. This year, rapper Lil Nas X was hard to spot at the red carpet-event. The 24-year-old singer showed up to the 2023 Met Gala on Monday night in a fully…

An international array of trendsetting celebrities from the worlds of fashion, entertainment and business will honor controversial fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld at the Met Gala in New York on Monday, heralding the May 5 opening of the exhibition “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. The annual gala helps fund the Costume Institute and highlight significant issues in fashion and culture. The gala has also become a kind of celebrity haute couture show, where…