Hard disk drive (HDD) contract prices rose approximately 4% sequentially following the conclusion of fourth-quarter 2025 negotiations, marking the largest quarterly increase in nearly eight quarters.

SanDisk’s SSD rebrand is starting to show up where it matters most: retail listings. After introducing the “Optimus” name in January as the successor brand for WD_BLACK and WD Blue drives inherited ...

The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom. Thirteen years ago, no ...

Update: YouTube issued an update noting that the homepage was back, but the team was working on a ‘full fix’. YouTube was reportedly down. (Unsplash) “An issue with our recommendations system ...

Western Digital says its all sold out of hard drives for 2026, less than two months into the year. Credit: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg via Getty Images Looking to buy a new hard drive? Get ready to pay even ...

Thanks to data center demands, Western Digital has committed all of its HDDs for at least the rest of the year. Reading time 2 minutes We’ve been taking the humble external hard disk drive for granted ...

TL;DR: Western Digital faces a severe HDD capacity shortage as AI and enterprise demand surge, driving prices to a two-year high. With cloud revenue at 89% and consumer share at 5%, WD's storage focus ...

After Austin auto executive Erik Maund's conviction in a murder-for-hire conspiracy, a judge had ordered a retrial due to procedural errors. Now an appeals court has determined the errors don't ...

Formatting your PC won't always fix SSD issues—here's what to do instead ...

The tumultuous congressional grilling of Attorney General Pam Bondi revealed a lot of the priorities of the Justice Department, former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steel argued, and ...

From ecosystem change and soil quality to hydrology and natural hazards, Earth studies have never been so important. But in a crowded field of concerns, how can researchers prioritise the most ...