The shift from annotations to CRDs in Kubernetes: What you need to know

Kubernetes is evolving fast, and one of the biggest changes in recent years has been the move from annotations to Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) for configuration and extensibility.
MUO on MSN

This built-in Windows feature tells you how much life your hard drive has left

Your hard drive is silently monitoring its own health.
HotHardware

Seagate Unveils Massive 44TB Mozaic Hard Drive, Eyes 100TB Next

As the buildout of AI infrastructure continues, the availability of everything from DRAM to hard drives has been affected, but Seagate may have an answer. As data-intensive AI generated video becomes ...
Forbes

Seagate Ships Highest Capacity Hard Drives To Leading Data Center Companies

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Exploded view of a hard disk drive Hard disk drives, HDDs, have been the go-to digital ...
ZME Science

Hard Drive Prices Have Surged 60% in Just Four Months as Data Centers Snap Up Every Available Unit

In recent months, the cost of digital storage has surged. Hard drives, memory, and solid-state storage are all growing more expensive, squeezed by a surge in demand from companies racing to build ...
Network World

Western Digital wants to ramp-up hard disk drive speeds

At its recent Innovation Day 2026 event, Western Digital previewed two technologies in development to increase HDD throughput: high bandwidth drive technology (HBDT) and dual pivot technology (DPT).
Rock Paper Shotgun

SSD prices in yet more trouble as two of the biggest hard drive makers have already sold out their 2026 stock

Amid soaring SSD prices, slower-but-cheaper mechanical hard drives may have offered an attractive reprieve for anyone wanting to embiggen their PC storage on a – and I know it’s increasingly difficult ...
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.
PC Magazine

AI Demand Clears Out Western Digital's Hard Drive Supply for 2026

AI demand has pushed RAM prices higher since last year, leading to supply shortages. The same trend appears to be hitting hard disk drives now, with leading HDD manufacturer Western Digital confirming ...