8 Uses For Your Old External Hard Drives (Other Than Storage)

External hard drives can be moved between systems, reformatted at will, and repurposed without risking the data or stability ...
PC World

Western Digital is out of hard drives, because AI (of course)

Western Digital is completely sold out of hard drive production capacity through 2026 due to massive demand from AI data centers. PCWorld reports that hard drive prices have surged nearly 50% in just ...
HotHardware

You've Heard of High Bandwidth Memory, Now Get Ready For High Bandwidth Hard Drives

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, ...
PC Gamer

Old school hard drives are getting more reliable according to a new survey but good luck buying one later this year thanks to AI demand

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.
PC World

Steam beta lets you add your PC specs to game reviews

Steam’s latest beta update introduces an optional feature allowing users to attach their PC hardware specifications to game reviews, providing valuable performance context for other players. PCWorld ...
How-To Geek on MSN

SSDs killed the dual-actuator HDD: Why two mechanical arms couldn't save the hard drive

Why doubling a hard drive's IOPS still can't beat cheap NVMe ...
Hosted on MSN

It seems like the AI apocalypse has come for hard drives

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 ...
Engadget

Valve's latest Steam beta lets you add your PC's specs to game reviews

An upcoming update to Steam includes a helpful improvement to game reviews. As part of the Steam Client Beta update Valve released on February 12, users will now be able to attach information about ...
IGN

Alienware Currently Has the Lowest Price on an RTX 5080 Equipped Prebuilt Gaming PC

2026 has already seen surges in the cost of RAM and GPUs. Unfortunately, this also affects the price of gaming PCs. Obviously this isn't an ideal time to be buying a new PC, but fortunately, there are ...
KSAT

Hard hats and dummy plates: Reports of ICE ruses add to fears in Minnesota

Visit our RSS Feed page (opens in a new tab) At KSAT, we are committed to informing and delighting our audience. In our commitment to covering our communities with innovation and excellence, we ...
NJ.com

Hard Rock to spend $50M on major renovation of N.J. hotel, add new restaurants

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City plans to spend $50 million in a major renovation project and addition of new restaurant options this year. The project will transform more than 700 standard ...
PC Gamer

Highguard is adding a new hero who turns into wolf, and a new wolf mount that everyone else can ride around on (but no, they're not the same guy)

RPG The best parts of my favorite World of Warcraft classes are being turned into new heroes for Fellowship's pre-season 2 update this week Third Person Shooter Arc Raiders' next update adds ...