You don't need software to connect this super-fast, pocket-sized USB 3.0 drive to your PC, Mac, or gaming console.

Cable hiding for desktop PC builders has taken another twist with a new approach to graphics-card power delivery. I took a look inside Asus' newest version of its Back to the Future initiative.

An Asus build using the new BTF 2.5 ecosystem, including an Astral RTX 5090 BTF Edition (Credit: John Burek) The one big cable that neither of the solutions could easily eliminate, however ...