Hackaday

Diagnosing A Mysterious Fault With A Commodore 1541 Disk Drive

Recently [TheRetroChannel] came across an interesting failure mode on a Commodore 1541 5.25″ floppy disk drive, in the form of the activity LED blinking just once after power-up with the ...
IGN

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 ...
Futurism

AI Data Centers Are Now Spiking Hard Drive Prices

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.
Gizmodo

AI Companies Bought Out All of Western Digital’s Hard Drives for 2026 Already

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 ...
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.
AppleInsider

Thanks AI: Hard drives aren't going to get cheaper anytime soon

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 ...
Mashable

Thanks a lot, AI: Hard drives are already sold out for the entire year, says Western Digital

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 ...
ConsumerAffairs

How to Remove Hard Inquiries From Credit Reports

Take a Financial Relief Quiz. Get matched with an Authorized Partner. An unauthorized hard inquiry on your credit file can have a negative impact on your ability to access the credit you need. These ...
IGN

Alienware 16X Aurora Review

The Alienware 16X starts at $1,549 and caps out at $2,699. There are two GPU versions, one with an RTX 5060 and the other with an RTX 5070. However, the RTX 5060 comes with an Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX ...
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, ...
TechSpot

Hard drives aren't done yet: Western Digital is pushing HDD performance toward SSD territory

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 ...
Hosted on MSN

Experian 20-minute hard inquiry removal hack

Remove hard inquiries from your Experian credit report in as little as 20 minutes. Boost your FICO score fast by following these credit repair tips. 'Bait and switch': Dems storm out of GOP's 'fake' ...