Toshiba has officially released its Mx11 family of helium-sealed enterprise drives, headlined by a new 28TB model that pushes storage density to new extremes.  According to reporting from Yahoo Tech, the series includes the MG11, offering up to 24TB...

A developer’s simple request to clear a cache resulted in the total loss of a hard drive partition after Google’s experimental Antigravity AI agent executed the wrong command.  The incident, which is currently going semi-viral on Reddit, has an important...

In an earlier article, we discussed a novel scam utilizing Seagate hard drives: Sellers were marketing used Exos hard drives as brand-new units, in some cases modifying the S.M.A.R.T. parameters to display lower runtime hours. The scam has spread,...

Southern California is experiencing record-breaking wildfires, with total losses expected to be $50 billion or more. At least five people have died, and thousands have been displaced.At Datarecovery.com, we’ve provided services to businesses, consumers, nonprofits, and state agencies following...

Researchers at the University of Sydney have theorized a new architecture that could manage data errors in quantum computers, potentially solving a major roadblock in the technology’s development.  Dominic Williamson and Nouédyn Baspin, researchers at the University’s Nano Institute, introduced...

Hurricane Helene made landfall on September 26, 2024, has caused significant damage and killed at least 41 people across Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas.At Datarecovery.com, we anticipate an influx of water-damaged hard drives, solid-state drives (SSDs), and servers over...

Microsoft is using automation to reduce electronic waste (e-waste) — by disassembling hard drives onsite at data centers.  “We believe that we can improve our current waste reduction efforts and take an innovative approach inspired by the concept of circularity,”...

From a consumer storage standpoint, hard disk drives (HDDs) aren’t as popular as they used to be. Solid-state drives (SSD) are significantly faster and more capable of performing in a variety of conditions — which is why Microsoft is pushing ...

Patelco Credit Union, a Sacramento-based credit union with 37 local branches, has confirmed that its recent security breach occurred due to a ransomware attack.  In an email sent to the members of the credit union, Patelco CEO Erin Mendez said...

An analysis from Trendforce predicts that global prices for hard disk drives (HDD) will rise significantly in the near future, spurred in part by rising demand created by artificial intelligence (AI).  The analysis is fairly barebones; Trendforce quotes reports from...