"The retail SSD market has almost disappeared," Silicon Motion says, as OEMs take what's left
Situation expected to worsen in 2027
SanDisk's massive 8TB SD cards are finally close to launch
A faster 4TB SD card with V30 A2 rating is also coming
TeamGroup built an external SSD that destroys itself when you send it a text message
This external SSD can wipe itself remotely over 4G – no Wi-Fi required
Sandisk is launching new SATA SSDs in 2026 because NVMe prices are out of control
Old-school SATA storage could become appealing again if Sandisk gets the pricing right
TDK and NHK Spring accused of fixing prices on components used in 97% of hard drives for over a decade
The class-action lawsuit covers hard drive purchases made between 2003 and 2016
CrystalDiskInfo update adds fake Samsung SSD detection
CrystalDiskInfo 9.9.0 adds a new feature to help users spot counterfeit Samsung SSDs, an increasingly common problem as fake high-end drives are becoming more convincing. The utility can flag suspicious drives by checking hardware identifiers and firmware data.
Google trials 5GB storage cap for new Gmail sign-ups without phone numbers
A new security feature or a ploy for more private info?
ValiDrive helps detect fake USB drives and storage devices
ValiDrive is a free utility that checks whether USB drives, memory cards, SSDs, and other storage actually provide their advertised capacity. Designed to spot counterfeit or faulty drives with inflated storage claims, it can also identify potential read/write problems and give a quick look at transfer performance.
A single Micron SSD can now store 245TB and use half the power of hard drives
The future of AI infrastructure can also be measured in rack space and power bills
This Early Access pirate game was quietly killing your SSD without you knowing
A misconfigured database cache was driving writes of over 108GB per hour, but a patch is already live
Xbox expansion cards are now cheaper than SSDs, and PC users are repurposing them
A simple adapter lets console storage double as a budget PC upgrade amid rising prices
Memory card and flash drive pricing surges 120%, with some models spiking 260%
Now is not a good time to buy flash-based memory products
Microsoft is removing 32GB size limit for FAT32 volumes, this time for real
FAT: a decades-old file system that stood the test of time
SanDisk's new 2TB SD card costs $2,000, and it's not even the fastest option
UHS-II video recording cards remain far more expensive than even faster microSD Express cards
Toshiba starts shipping SMR MAMR enterprise hard drives offering up to 34TB of storage
Toshiba's newest HDDs are bigger and more efficient at handling data center workloads
Apple store external SSD prices skyrocket as some SanDisk drives jump 200%
No prizes for guessing why
A 1TB MacBook Neo? A modder just made it happen
With no removable SSD, expanding capacity means desoldering and replacing chips at the board level
Seagate is now shipping HAMR disk drives holding up to 44TB of data
A hyperscaler's dream for cheap and plentiful storage technology, with some caveats
Surging NAND costs could hurt Nintendo Switch 2 software sales
Modern games are massive, and storage is expensive
A rewritable hard drive made of DNA? Researchers say it's possible
A highly interdisciplinary approach seeking significant technology breakthroughs
390TB game archive Myrient to shut down as storage costs surge
The site's operator is losing about $6,000 each month
These ultra-budget laptops "include" 1.2TB storage, but most of it is OneDrive trial space
Watch out for borderline fraudulent deals on Amazon
Cutting corners: As the ongoing AI-fueled memory shortages raise hardware prices, options for ultra-budget laptops are becoming limited. Some manufacturers and resellers appear to be taking advantage of the desperation in the sub-$500 segment with deceptive advertising, often including OneDrive trials in their storage specifications. Many also skimp on processors, screen resolution, and RAM when better deals show that this is unnecessary.
UK data hoarder flies to America to buy hard drives, saves $2,000
The buyer came out ahead, even with import taxes
Project Silica breakthrough lets Microsoft store digital data in glass for 10,000 years
The system can work with common materials and faster I/O operations
Etching the world's smallest QR code in ceramic pushes data storage to the nanoscale
Guinness certifies the smallest QR code ever made