Samsung Electronics narrowly avoided what would have been the largest strike in its 56-year history. On the night of May 20, just 90 minutes before an 18-day walkout was scheduled to begin, management and the company’s two main unions reached a tentative wage agreement.

Samsung Electronics is facing the biggest and longest strike in its 56-year history. The National Samsung Electronics Union has announced that a total strike lasting 18 days will begin on May 21, 2026, and continue until June 7.

MTBF stands for “Mean Time Between Failures” and is measured in hours. It is a statistical metric that describes, for a large population of identical SSDs, the average time elapsed between one failure and the next.

Recent reports from tech media and industry sources suggest that Lexar intends to increase prices by up to 25% on its entire memory card lineup, including SD, microSD and CFexpress cards, with a global effective date of June 1, 2026.

A USB memory, as called as a USB flash drive, is a small, portable storage device that connects to a computer or other devices through a USB port. It uses flash memory technology to store data, so it does not need extra power cables or a bulky case. All its electronic parts are packed inside a tiny shell.