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Amazon lists the unannounced WD Black SN8100 with 14.9 GB/s reads for $225 (1TB)

Amazon (Germany) is accepting pre-orders for the unannounced WD Black SN8100 SSD, promising 14.9 GB/s read speeds, set for launch on May 30.

Tom’s Hardware

Western Digital: Is the Storage Sector Set for a Rebound?

Western Digital’s strong guidance outlook and new dividend signal confidence and suggest a potential upswing in the data storage market.

MarketBeat

Microsoft teams up with Western Digital to extract rare earth oxides from decommissioned datacenter hard drives

This innovative recycling pilot recovers 90% rare earth metals from old HDDs, cutting emissions by 95%

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Western Digital plans to launch 40TB HDD next year using HAMR technology and a pinch of flash memory

Western Digital plans to launch a 40TB HDD in 2026 using HAMR technology, and is targeting even larger drives in the coming years.

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Synology DiskStation DS925+ review: A terrific NAS ruined by baffling limitations

Synology launched the DiskStation DS925+, and the NAS has considerable upgrades, notably 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet. But limitations with hard drive use makes the NAS a non-starter.

Android Central

WD launches HDD recycling process that reclaims rare earth elements, cuts out China

Western Digital claims it’s saved 47,000 pounds of hard drives from becoming e-waste, creating a system that could help both the planet and U.S. businesses that need to depend less on China.

Tom’s Hardware

U.S. tariffs to heavily impact HDD and SSD manufacturers, increasing costs

U.S. tariffs are reshaping the global storage industry, hitting HDD and SSD makers the hardest due to their complex supply chain.

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Backing up data is so annoying that most would rather…scrub toilets!

Digital photos are at risk as people hate backing up digital films

Digital Camera World

This 1 Unlikely Small-Cap Is an S&P Standout in 2025, But Is It a Buy Right Now?

With Western Digital’s spinoff complete, SanDisk makes its mark in the S&P SmallCap 600. So, is this a wise time to pay attention?

Barchart

Is Western Digital Stock Underperforming the S&P 500?

Despite Western Digital’s underperformance relative to the S&P 500 Index over the past year, analysts are bullish about the stock’s prospects.

Barchart

Western Digital introduces 26TB WD Red Pro HDDs for RAID and NAS systems at a surprisingly low price

Western Digital introduces a surprisingly affordable 26TB WD Red Pro HDDs for RAID and NAS systems.

TechRadar

Testing the new SanDisk Extreme PRO with USB4 SSD proved both challenging and revealing

The SanDisk Extreme PRO with USB4 delivers internal SSD speeds externally

TechRadar

It's the end of an era for PS5 SSDs as the best in the business withdraws

Western Digital will no longer make SSDs, putting big question mark over its WD_Black brand.

WD Red Pro 26TB hits the market for $569 — new capacity enables portable 208TB RAID solution for $8,299

Western Digital reveals ultimate hard drive-based storage solutions for creative professionals and 26TB hard drives for NAS.

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Looks like we won't be seeing Western Digital SSDs in our gaming PCs as the company hands the reins back over to SanDisk

The reins have officially been handed over to SanDisk.

TechRadar

Sandisk quietly introduced an 8TB version of its popular portable SSD, and I just hope they solved its previous big data corruption issue

The new SanDisk E61 8TB Portable SSD features 1050 MB/s read speeds, 1000 MB/s write speeds, IP45 rating, and 256-bit AES encryption for security.

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Fraudsters seem to target Seagate hard drives in order to pass old, used HDDs as new ones using intricate techniques

Fraudsters exploit Seagate hard drives, resetting SMART data to pass off heavily used HDDs as brand new.

TechRadar

Race to 100TB HDD heats up as Seagate pulls rug under Western Digital, Toshiba feet by acquiring HAMR-specialist

Seagate is set to buy a specialist in HAMR HDD production, a move which will be bad news for rivals Western Digital and Toshiba.

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Beyond 100TB, here's how Western Digital is betting on heat dot magnetic recording to reach the storage skies

Western Digital is betting on heat dot magnetic recording to take its HDDs to 100TB and beyond.

TechRadar

Sandisk's revolutionary new memory promises DRAM-like performance, 4X capacity at half the price

Sandisk's upcoming 3D Matrix Memory promises DRAM-like performance at four times the capacity and half the cost.

TechRadar

Sandisk plans 256TB SSD in 2026 and 512TB SSD in 2027 and no, you won't be able to install it in your desktop computer

Sandisk plans a 256TB SSD in 2026 and a 512TB SSD in 2027, with a 1PB model on the roadmap.

GamesRadar

WD Blue SN5000 4TB review: “A cheat code for gamers who want 4TB of extra space without breaking the bank"

The WD Blue SN5000 is the first content creation drive I’ve found that I would actually buy for myself versus the gaming competition in the same capacity.

Tom’s Hardware

Sandisk puts petabyte SSDs on the roadmap, has yet to reveal release date

Sandisk talks UltraQLC-based 1PB (1 petabyte) solid-state drives and 3D DRAM during its investor day.

Tom’s Hardware

Sandisk's upcoming PCIe 5.0 SSD fights throttling with 7W power

Sandisk, freshly spun off from Western Digital, has announced a new SSD maxing out PCIe 5.0 speeds at only 7W power draw. The drive will be released in Q2 2025.

Tom’s Hardware

WD's new HDMR tech to enable record-breaking 100TB+ drives

Western Digital unveils HDD technology roadmap: expects 100TB HAMR HDDs in 2030, then 100TB+ hard drives featuring HDMR later in the decade.

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