Hard drives still matter where capacity, cost efficiency and durability outweigh raw speed Most modern hard drives are built for data centers, servers and specialized storage roles Consumer hard ...

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 ...

Solid-state drives (SSDs) use flash memory versus the physical storage technologies found in a traditional hard drive (HDD). They have no moving parts and that affords unique properties like faster ...

macOS Tahoe quietly retires the old Mac drive icon in favor of a sleeker, SSD-inspired design. Tuesday's developer beta release of macOS Tahoe 26 brought a bit of sad news. The old Macintosh HD icon ...

GM’s BrightDrop electric commercial vans have had an eventful history in their brief time in production. They were introduced under the new brand in 2022 and rolled into Chevy for the 2025 model year.

It’s always a strange moment saying goodbye to a technology you’ve used forever, and I now find myself waving farewell to another one: the humble spinning-platter hard drive. Sure, I’ve been using ...

Forward-looking: Western Digital remains one of the world's largest hard drive manufacturers, although it trails Seagate in adopting the latest recording technologies. However, the company has ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Just as you need a cabinet to store your physical files, a storage device is essential for keeping your digital ones, such as photos, videos, ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. “Obviously” is a dangerous word, even in scenarios that seem simple. Suppose, for instance, you need to do an important computation. You ...

A man is raising the stakes in his years-long battle to get back a hard drive that contains a discarded bitcoin key worth somewhere around $800 million by offering to purchase a landfill in Great ...