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The Pittsburgh Steelers will nearly have a completely new defensive coaching staff for the 2026 NFL season. But that doesn’t mean the team couldn’t once again explore short-term fixes for the ...

At its recent Innovation Day 2026 event, Western Digital previewed two technologies in development to increase HDD throughput: high bandwidth drive technology (HBDT) and dual pivot technology (DPT).

Western Digital (WDC) surged 63.4% year-to-date after selling out its entire 2026 HDD production capacity to AI data centers. Western Digital generates 89% of revenue from hyperscaler AI cloud versus ...

PC gaming has been off to a rough start in 2026, with both RAM and graphics cards facing massive stock issues, due to demand from AI datacenters. It looks like hard drives are next. Both Seagate and ...

Over the last couple of months, the AI industry’s obsession with building out costly data centers has sent the price of RAM skyrocketing, turning a simple computer upgrade into a costly investment.

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 ...

1.36% overall HDD failure rate reported as one drive maker says it's sold out for 2026. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Hard drive prices will continue to be high for quite some time, as the needs of AI data centers continue to consume storage and raise prices for everyone. One of the major talking points about ...

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 ...

Western Digital is introducing a couple of new technologies, dubbed "High Bandwidth Drive" and "Dual Pivot", that will significantly boost the performance of hard drives. According to Western Digital, ...

Forward-looking: Western Digital is bringing fresh momentum to an aging storage category with two ambitious technologies aimed at redefining mechanical hard drive performance limits. The company's new ...