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).

Hi, everyone. Welcome back to Drive Stats. Today, it's our special edition once a year where we get to talk about the full year of 2025. So as a reminder, I'm Stephanie Doyle. I'm a technical ...

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 ...

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 ...

With Western Digital and Seagate, two of the three remaining hard drive manufacturers worldwide have confirmed that they have already sold their production quotas for 2026 completely or almost ...

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, ...

We need to handle hard drives carefully. Even the slightest fall can damage them internally and stop working. If you see your hard drive spinning but can’t see it on your Windows 11/10 PC, use the ...

If you have hard drives that no longer serve you, maybe due to limited storage or finicky operation, it might be time to finally get rid of them. First, if it does still work, consider ways you can ...

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The Big Ten says USC’s fake punt against Northwestern should have led to a 15-yard penalty later in the game. The Trojans pulled off a fake by switching backup QB Sam Huard’s number from No. 7 to No.

The Buffalo Bills started out of the gates hot, winning their first four games and appearing to be situated to run through the AFC. But two consecutive losses, combined with a recent show of life from ...