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Seagate spins up a raid on a counterfeit hard drive workshop — authorities read criminals' writes while they spill the beans
By Zhiye Liu published
Seagate's security team from Singapore and Malaysia and local Malaysian authorities have raided a counterfeiting hard drive warehouse located outside Kuala Lumpur.

Seagate's monstrous BarraCuda 24TB hard drive on sale for only one cent per gigabyte
By Hassam Nasir published
Deals Maximum storage, minimum price.

Seagate unveils 30TB HAMR HDDs for the masses — laser-powered IronWolf Pro and Exos drives are now widely available
By Anton Shilov last updated
Seagate has released its first mass-market HAMR hard drives — the Exos M and IronWolf Pro up to 30TB — marking a milestone in storage density for such HDDs.

Lucky data hoarder pays $360 for six 8TB WD external hard drives, lands five more for free
By Zhiye Liu published
A Redditor bought six WD Easystore 8TB external hard drives for $60 each and ended up getting five more for free.

Best Hard Drives 2025: Our top HDD picks for desktop PCs, NAS, and more
By Paul Alcorn last updated
We recommend the best hard drives for every need and budget based on our extensive lab tests.

$28 hard drive from Amazon turns out to be legit despite the price
By Jowi Morales published
The UnionSine DataPocket 500GB external drive interestingly works as expected, despite its low price.

Western Digital still plans to start shipping 36TB HAMR hard drives in 2027
By Anton Shilov published
At Computex 2025, Western Digital confirmed plans to begin mass production of HAMR-based hard drives in 2027, starting with 36TB, 40TB, and 44TB models.

HDD Benchmarks Hierarchy 2025: Here's all the hard disks we've tested over the past couple of years ranked by performance.
By Jarred Walton last updated
Price per TB is another factor to consider.
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