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
IT worker tried to destroy an SSD with a drill and failed spectacularly
A cautionary tale in data destruction
Facepalm: A viral post on Reddit highlights the importance of proper data disposal practices. According to the story, a company's "IT guy" used a drill to destroy a solid-state drive before salvaging it. The problem? He drilled a single hole through the center of the casing, piercing the shell but never touching the small PCB inside – effectively making the attempt at data destruction useless.
Western Digital's HDD production for 2026 is already sold out
Some customers have already bought up capacity through 2028
In context: Western Digital is one of the few remaining hard disk drive manufacturers in the world. According to its latest earnings call, the company now does most of its business with AI data center providers – and they are purchasing as many HDDs as possible, years ahead of schedule.
Micron's world-first PCIe Gen 6 SSD doubles data rates for AI data centers
Liquid-cooled drives and PCIe Gen 6 mark a new era for AI storage
UCLA scientists modernize Edison's nickel-iron battery, use it to store solar power
Nature-inspired nanoclusters point to longer-lasting, faster-charging energy storage
John Carmack proposes fiber-optic loops as high-speed AI cache
The legendary developer's tweet sparks renewed interest in delay-line memory ideas for AI
Enthusiast makes NVMe SSD work on a Pentium III system through a PCI slot
This NVMe SSD is stuck in the 1990s
New website helps you find the cheapest storage by cost per gigabyte
Compare SSDs and HDDs by cost per gigabyte, not brand
Fake Samsung 990 Pro SSDs are becoming harder to detect as storage prices soar
Counterfeit drive fooled Windows until Samsung's own tool caught it
How heavy was the first ever 1 GB hard drive?
Real hard drives have handles – two handles. And no, that's not the BFG.
Kioxia warns 1TB SSDs under $50 are a thing of the past
AI demand will keep memory prices high through 2027
The AI crunch is making high-capacity SSDs worth their weight in gold
The 8TB model of the popular SN8100 blows past its gold value by weight
What was the size of the first-generation floppy disk?
Were they always 3.5-inch? Also, do you remember the Zip drive?
SanDisk is replacing WD Blue and Black SSDs with new Optimus models
The long WD-SanDisk merger is officially unraveling
Microsoft wants to fix BitLocker's slowdown with hardware acceleration
Speeding up BitLocker, but only on new hardware
The Modern SD Card Buying Guide: Sizes, Speeds, and Storage Classes
Expandable storage may be disappearing from phones, but SD cards still power consoles, cameras, and more. This guide explains the specs, speeds, and formats that actually matter, so you can buy the right card with confidence.
Nvidia and SK hynix are building an AI SSD that could be 10x faster
Partnership expands beyond HBM as SK hynix targets 100 million IOPS
Global DRAM shortage squeezes OEMs, but PC retail prices remain stable for now
Acer and Asus warn that higher costs will eventually reach consumers
Samsung denies ending SATA SSD production amid NAND squeeze
Memory giant addresses speculation as NAND flash prices surge and fabs shift toward DRAM
Which was the first breakthrough SSD available to consumers?
Storage would never be the same again
This 5D "memory crystal" glass storage could preserve data for 13.8 billion years
For archives designed to survive on cosmic timescales