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The Floppy Disk patent was granted today in 1972

By Mark Tyson Published

The patent application for the floppy disk was granted to two IBM engineers on this day in 1972.

Storage
Huawei
Huawei develops 122TB SSD with new packaging tech to sidestep US sanctions on 3D NAND chips

By Jowi Morales Published

Necessity is the mother of invention.

SSDs
Samsung DRAM
Laser-driven spintronic memory device switches 1,000 times faster than DRAM

By Etiido Uko Published

Device achieves picosecond-scale speeds without heat.

Storage
Fans secretly mapped 24 terabytes of Minecraft’s infamous 2b2t server, million‑square‑block archive to be shared via torrent

By Mark Tyson Published

A digital gaming archaeology project has archived 24TB of data, preserving a million squared block of Minecraft’s infamous 2b2t server.

Video Games
Samsung 9100 Pro 8TB SSD
SSD prices skyrocket by 300% in Japan, bringing 8TB Samsung 9100 drive to an eye-watering $3,500

By Jowi Morales Published

Samsung SSDs saw massive price hikes across multiple Japanese PC retailers, with prices going up to $3,500 for 8TB drives.

SSDs
Backblaze silently redefines 'unlimited' backups and users discover it's not backing up Dropbox and OneDrive

By Bruno Ferreira last updated

Backblaze redefines "unlimited" while users discover it's not backing up Dropbox, OneDrive, et al

Cloud Storage
the Lexar office Zhongshan, China
30 years of Lexar: What a look inside its R&D labs and factory reveals about its plans for an AI-ready future

By Jowi Morales Published

Lexar toured us around its R&D labs and production facilities to see how it's building storage solutions for today and tomorrow.

Storage
MacBook Neo costs more in Portugal due to copyright levy for piracy compensation taxes

By Bruno Ferreira Published

Macbook Neo Portuguese copyright levy fee highlights draconian piracy compensation laws

Storage
City has roads named Tape Drive and Disk Drive from bygone HDD-making era

By Mark Tyson Published

Tape Drive and Disk Drive rods in the Louisville/Broomfield area are a relic of the STK diskmaker's time in the city.

Tech Industry
Enthusiast reverse engineers world’s smallest HDD to access data with help from an old Nokia N91 and OpenClaw

By Mark Tyson Published

Maker Will Whang designed the MK4001MTD USB Bridge to facilitate the use of the world’s smallest (0.85-inch) mechanical hard drives, originally released by Toshiba in 2004.

External HDDs
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