Lexar Muse claims world's thinnest portable SSD at 3.8mm, it can't fit a USB-C port
The credit-card-sized drive uses a proprietary magnetic SnapLink connector instead
Magnetic tape storage is booming again, thanks to AI's unquenchable hunger for data
New LTO Ultrium LTO-10 tapes can store up to 100TB of compressed data per cartridge
Magnetic Storage Bubble: The Linear Tape-Open (LTO) format was designed back in the 90s as an open-standard alternative to proprietary tape formats. Now, the magnetic storage technology is growing in both relevance and shipment volumes because AI companies can't seem to stop gobbling up digital data for LLM training and inference workloads.
Samsung's new portable SSDs are blazing fast over USB4, but will torch your wallet
High-quality, fast external storage that will cost you an arm and a leg
This enthusiast has been torturing 351 microSD cards for years, and some brands are winning
Endurance test finds PNY, Kingston, Delkin among top performers
New study finds HGST, WD hard drives fail less often than Seagate and Toshiba
Backblaze data was adjusted for drive age, capacity, temperature, form factor, and early retirement
Enterprise SSDs now consume 48% of global NAND flash supply
AI is turning the NAND market upside down, with training making way for inference
Kioxia's new PCIe 6.0 SSDs want to feed GPUs data at a fraction of HBM's price
GP1 SSDs are optimized for direct GPU access through the PCIe interface
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis is getting a rare full physical release on PC
Lara Croft is getting physical, will players accept the offer?
Seagate aims to launch 50TB HAMR hard drives in 2027
Heat-assisted magnetic recording is now a tried and tested storage solution
Samsung launches new SSD 990: reviews praise the performance, question the price
Samsung's new SSD 990 launched today, offering solid PCIe 4.0 performance, improved efficiency over the Evo lineup, and speeds exceeding 7 GB/s. Early reviews agree that the launch price leaves it in an awkward spot however, with the faster 990 Pro and and even some PCIe 5.0 SSDs often costing only slightly more.
Samsung unveils fastest PCIe Gen 6 SSD, capable of transferring 40GB LLMs in just 1.4 sec
The new drives reach speeds up to 28.4 GB/s, double the throughput of their predecessors
Microsoft confirms Windows 11 bug can steal over 500GB of storage – here's how to check and fix it
The bug causes a hidden Windows system file to keep growing, making some SSDs look mysteriously full
Samsung's blazing-fast 9100 Pro 1TB SSD "drops" to $206
With unusually high SSD prices, Samsung's flagship PCIe 5.0 9100 Pro 1TB stands out at $206 on Amazon – its lowest price in months. Delivering up to 14.7 GB/s read speeds, it's a rare chance to grab a cutting-edge Gen5 SSD at a meaningful discount.
Microsoft's own Azure CTO is still annoyed by Windows' "file in use" error
Mark Russinovich is still explaining why Windows blocks file deletion
"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