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IBM announced the world’s first HDD, the 3.75MB RAMAC 350 disk storage unit, 69 years ago today
By Mark Tyson published
This massive stacked magnetic disk design earned the nickname the ‘baloney slicer.’

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.

Seagate Exos M 30TB HDD review: laser-powered HAMR recording tech revitalizes the enterprise HDD market
By Shane Downing published
The Seagate Exos M sets a new record for single drive capacity with new technology for extra power savings. However, the tech feels like more of the same in performance terms.

Seagate IronWolf Pro 30TB HDD Review: Seagate Drops the HAMR with the Biggest NAS Drive on the Market
By Shane Downing published
The Seagate IronWolf Pro is a massive drive with a good warranty at an okay price.

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.
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