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Grab Big Discounts on Samsung, WD Drives for World Backup and Storage Day

It's an unlikely holiday, but celebrate anyways with massive hard drive and SSD deals.

By K. Thor Jensen

Western Digital to Spin Off Flash Business Into New Company

The spin-off flash business will adopt a new business name and Western Digital will focus on hard drive sales.

By Michael Kan

Western Digital Tips Tiny, Fast 2TB SSD for Handheld Gaming PCs

Finding a bigger drive for your Steam Deck or Asus ROG Ally just got a lot easier.

By Matthew Humphries

Western Digital Hit With Class-Action Suit Over Faulty Portable SSDs

The lawsuit cites numerous complaints about Western Digital SSDs wiping saved data or making stored files unreadable, particularly with the Extreme Pro line.

By Michael Kan

Best Prime Day Storage Deals: Save Now on Seagate, SanDisk, and WD

Amazon marks down a wide selection of HDD and SSD drives up to 16TB for Prime Day.

By K. Thor Jensen

Xbox Owners Finally Have Cheaper Storage Expansion Card Options

Seagate gets some much needed competition for Xbox Series X|S storage expansion cards.

By Matthew Humphries

Western Digital Prepping Fix for Faulty SanDisk SSDs

Western Digital will release a firmware update to fix an issue with its SanDisk Extreme and Extreme Pro SSDs that have left some drives unreadable.

By Marco Marcelline

Western Digital Confirms Hackers Stole Customer Data, Including Phone Numbers

Western Digital tells users to be on guard against phishing messages. Meanwhile, the hackers plan on leaking the stolen information on a website belonging to a ransomware group.

By Michael Kan

After 10 Days, Western Digital's My Cloud Finally Restored Following Hack

However, the hackers claim to have stolen customer data, and are threatening to release it publicly if Western Digital doesn't pay a hefty sum.

By Michael Kan

Hackers Hit Memory Supplier Western Digital, My Cloud Service Goes Down

The company is warning the breach might disrupt some of its business operations. The login portal for My Cloud currently says '503 Service Temporarily Unavailable.'

By Michael Kan

SanDisk Professional Pro-G40 SSD Review

4.5
Editors' Choice

The Mac-centric SanDisk Professional Pro-G40 SSD, an external drive with sizzling speeds via Thunderbolt 3, is built to withstand anything the elements can throw at it.

By Tony Hoffman

WD Black SN850X Review

4.5
Editors' Choice

The WD Black SN850X takes the company's flagship PCIe 4.0 gaming SSD and makes it even better, offering higher capacity and improved test results (including a new PC Labs record in the 3DMark Storage benchmark). About all it lacks is hardware-based security.

By Tony Hoffman

Western Digital Offers First Official PlayStation-Licensed SSD for PS5

Guaranteed to work with your PS5 and kept cool by its all-in-one heatsink design.

By Matthew Humphries

SanDisk Professional Pro-Dock 4 Review

3.5

The SanDisk Professional Pro-Dock 4 is a niche desktop card reader for content creators who generate loads of digital media and need the blazing speeds of Thunderbolt 3.

By Jim Fisher

WD announces SanDisk ProBlade Modular SSD Ecosystem, New SD Card Reader

WD is beefing up its SanDisk Professional line with a new storage solution for creatives who need quick access to massive amounts of data, plus a new card reader for its ultra-fast USS-1 SD and microSD cards.

By Tony Hoffman

WD Black SN770 NVMe SSD Review

4.0

The WD Black SN770 is a nice-priced PCIe 4.0 NVMe internal SSD that aced many of our benchmarks, especially for program loading and file copy. Our only quibbles? Hardware-based encryption and a snap-on heat spreader would complete this package.

By Tony Hoffman

Contamination Costs Western Digital at Least 6.5 Exabytes of Flash Storage

Materials contamination has forced two NAND production plants to cease operations.

By Matthew Humphries

WD Black SN850 NVMe SSD Review

4.0

The WD Black SN850 NVMe SSD comes with a heatsink thin enough that the drive will fit a PlayStation 5, and proved to be a whiz at tasks such as launching programs and copying files.

By Tony Hoffman

Black Friday Deal: Save 47% on Western Digital's 14TB Elements Desktop Hard Drive

Amazon has knocked $180 off the price of this absolutely huge external drive.

By Matthew Humphries

Western Digital Drops Support (and Remote Access) for Devices Running My Cloud OS 3

Expect a 20% discount coupon if your My Cloud/Book device is too old to update to OS 5.

By Matthew Humphries