6 place 0

991 Western Digital doubles the performance of hard drives with dual-actuator High-Bandwidth, with path to 8X performance increase — Power-Optimized HDDs will reduce power by 20 percent

Tom's Hardware
Tom's Hardware · 02/03/2026 09:36 EDT

Western Digital doubles the performance of hard drives with dual-actuator High-Bandwidth, with path to 8X performance increase — Power-Optimized HDDs will reduce power by 20 percent

Western Digital reveals hard disk drives tailored for higher performance and lower power consumption, targeting QLC NAND-based solid-state storage.

To see detailed statistics for the news please log in »

Read the original

Add your comment
You must be logged in with Facebook to read and write comments.

A newsletter a day!

You may get 10 most important news around midday in daily newsletter. Press the button and we will send you the most important news only, no spam attached.

or register

LIKE us on Facebook so you won't miss the most important news of the day!

News from the same source
Tom's Hardware Tom's Hardware
Business Insider
Lauren Crosby Medlicott @ Business Insider 1 place · today 15:08 EDT

I've spent the last 10 winters in Puerto Vallarta. I've always felt safer in Mexico than I do in the US.

Branden James has spent the last 10 years flying to Puerto Vallarta for the winter with his husband. He says he is not afraid with what is happening. Read more

3,229 fresh

🔮
23.02.2026 ♒︎ Dear Aquarius, today you can expect a busy and multifaceted day filled with opportunities and... Read more ›
Gizmodo
Matt Novak @ Gizmodo 1 place · today 15:40 EDT

Trump’s So-Called ‘Board of Peace’ Wants to Put Gaza on the Blockchain

Gazans have been restricted to 2G networks. Now planners are talking about a stablecoin. Read more

1,460 fresh

Business Insider
Chris Panella @ Business Insider 2 place · today 16:53 EDT

A US Air Force F-22 Raptor just showed off how it might work with a loyal wingman-type drone in a future air war

The Air Force has been looking into what's possible with autonomous drones and how they can fight alongside advanced crewed aircraft. Read more

1,385 fresh

Gizmodo
Bruce Gil @ Gizmodo 2 place · today 12:45 EDT

AI Added ‘Basically Zero’ to US Economic Growth Last Year, Goldman Sachs Says

Imported chips and hardware mean the AI investemtns are translating into US GDP growth. Read more

1,180 fresh

Slashdot
msmash @ Slashdot 1 place · today 16:10 EDT

IBM Shares Crater 13% After Anthropic Says Claude Code Can Tackle COBOL Modernization

IBM shares plunged nearly 13% on Monday after Anthropic published a blog post arguing that its Claude Code tool could automate much of the complex analysis work involved in modernizing COBOL, the decades-old programming language that still underpins an estimated 95% of ATM transactions in the United States and runs on the kind of mainframe systems IBM has sold for generations. Anthropic said the shrinking pool of developers who understand... Read more

1,074 fresh

Tom's Hardware
Tom's Hardware 2 place · today 06:00 EDT

User accidentally gains control of over 6,700 robot vacuums while tinkering with their own device to enable control with a PlayStation controller — security flaw reveals floor plans and live video feeds

An AI strategist used Claude Code to reverse engineer his robot vacuum and control it with a PlayStation controller, but it accidentally gave him control of thousands of similar devices spread all across the world. Read more

496

Tom's Hardware
Tom's Hardware 3 place · today 13:24 EDT

Linux 7.0 launches with enablement for Intel Nova Lake, AMD Zen 6 — major kernel update expected in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Fedora 44 first

A major kernel update, Linux 7.0, has been officially released. Although it'll take some time to show up in various Linux distros, the kernel comes with preliminary support for AMD's upcoming Zen 6 and Intel's Nova Lake. Read more

420 fresh

Business Insider
Sarah E. Needleman,Tim Paradis @ Business Insider · today 16:24 EDT

Poor judgment or a principled stand? Susan Rice's spat with Trump dissected

Governance watchers say Susan Rice's critique of Donald Trump is complicating Netflix's bid for Warner Bros., while others call her stance principled. Read more

400 fresh

Vox
Ian Millhiser @ Vox 1 place · today 06:45 EDT

The Supreme Court will decide if marijuana users may be barred from owning guns

On March 2, the justices will hear their second major Second Amendment case of the Supreme Court’s current term. United States v. Hemani asks whether Congress may make it a crime for an “unlawful user” of marijuana to possess a gun. If you are a lawyer trying to guess how the Court will rule in […] Read more

394

Business Insider
Jake Epstein @ Business Insider · today 14:28 EDT

Satellite images show fires, roadblocks, and cars burning in a Costco parking lot after cartel violence in Mexico

Violence gripped Mexico on Sunday after its forces carried out an operation that killed the notorious leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Read more

316 fresh

Wired
Jane Ruffino @ Wired 1 place · today 06:00 EDT

Say Goodbye to the Undersea Cable That Made the Global Internet Possible

History was unmade last year, as engineers began the massive project of ripping the first-ever transoceanic fiber-optic cable from the ocean floor. Just don’t mention sharks. Read more

303

Slashdot
msmash @ Slashdot 2 place · today 14:36 EDT

Linus Torvalds: Someone 'More Competent Who Isn't Afraid of Numbers Past the Teens' Will Take Over Linux One Day

Linus Torvalds has pondered his professional mortality in a self-deprecating post to mark the release of the first release candidate for version 7.0 of the Linux kernel. From a report: "You all know the drill by now: two weeks have passed, and the kernel merge window is closed," he wrote in the post announcing Linux 7.0 rc1. "We have a new major number purely because I'm easily confused and not... Read more

293 fresh

Wired
Molly Taft @ Wired 2 place · today 11:35 EDT

The US Had a Big Battery Boom Last Year

Despite Donald Trump's unrelenting attacks on renewable energy, there's a quiet revolution happening on US grids. Read more

284 fresh

Gizmodo
Cheryl Eddy @ Gizmodo 3 place · today 15:45 EDT

Ryan Coogler’s ‘X-Files’ Reboot Has Found Its Star

Danielle Deadwyler will star in the Hulu pilot, which will be written and directed by Coogler and showrun by Jennifer Yale. Read more

274 fresh

Slashdot
msmash @ Slashdot 3 place · today 13:10 EDT

Anthropic Accuses Chinese Companies of Siphoning Data From Claude

U.S. artificial-intelligence startup Anthropic said three Chinese AI companies set up more than 24,000 fraudulent accounts with its Claude AI model to help their own systems catch up. From a report: The three companies -- DeepSeek, Moonshot AI and MiniMax -- prompted Claude more than 16 million times, siphoning information from Anthropic's system to train and improve their own products, Anthropic said in a blog post Monday. Earlier this month,... Read more

238 fresh

Gizmodo
Gayoung Lee @ Gizmodo · today 15:15 EDT

Flat Molecules Aren’t Actually Flat. Blame Quantum Physics

In chemistry, molecules with a "flat" geometry are often stable enough to support a wide range of reactions. But in the quantum world, that's not technically true. Read more

234 fresh

The Verge
Andrew J. Hawkins @ The Verge 1 place · today 10:54 EDT

Yep, it’s fast: Donut Lab’s solid-state battery gets its first test result

Since announcing earlier this year that it was on the cusp of a major battery breakthrough, Finnish startup Donut Lab has faced a lot of questions, and plenty of skepticism, about its production-ready, solid-state battery. Could the company really make a fast-charging battery at scale while avoiding some of the theoretical production headaches that have […] Read more

223 fresh

The most popular news from the same source for the last week
Tom's Hardware Tom's Hardware
Tom's Hardware
Tom's Hardware · 02/18/2026 10:12 EDT

Over 80% of companies report no productivity gains from AI so far despite billions in investment, survey suggests — 6,000 executives also reveal 1/3 of leaders use AI, but only for 90 minutes a week

A survey of 6,000 executives reveals a significant productivity disconnect, where 80% of firms report no measurable improvement to operations with the use of AI, while a third of senior leaders only use the technology themselves for just 1.5 hours per week. Read more

626

Tom's Hardware
Tom's Hardware · 02/20/2026 10:29 EDT

Multiple AWS outages caused by AI coding bot blunder, report claims — Amazon says both incidents were 'user error'

Amazon suffered from a couple of small outages driven by actions of AI agents. The company insists that these are user errors because it accidentally gave the AI permission to execute actions without approval from another user. Read more

229

Tom's Hardware
Tom's Hardware 3 place · 02/21/2026 06:00 EDT

27 years after launch, Apple's decades-old iBook lineup can still get legacy updates from the company's servers — 21-year-old iBook G4 seamlessly connects to Wi-Fi, downloads updates with no mods

A Redditor has passionately shown off their 21-year-old iBook G4 on the r/MacOS subreddit, arguing that Apple's extensive software support goes against the planned obsolescence accusations they get. In the post, OP's vintage iBook can be seen ready to download updates after connecting to the internet, even today. Read more

193

Tom's Hardware
Tom's Hardware · 02/19/2026 12:27 EDT

Microsoft's new Windows 11 speed test is just a link to Ookla's Speedtest via Bing —  button housed in the taskbar in latest Insider Preview build

Amidst endless complaints over the instability and bloating nature of Windows 11, Microsoft's latest insider builds add new emojis and a taskbar feature for its beta testers. Now, you can check your internet speed by right-clicking the network icon or opening network quick settings, where you'll be taken to a simplified Ookla Speedtest inside Bing. Read more

191

Tom's Hardware
Tom's Hardware · 02/22/2026 06:00 EDT

Colorado could ban 3D printers not under its surveillance to prevent creating gun parts — fourth state to propose new bans is expanding firearms laws to regulate digital files

Colorado is joining the growing list of states attempting to crack down on the manufacture of 3D printed “ghost guns,” joining New York, Washington, and California on a quest to expand firearms laws to regulate digital files and potentially ban 3D printers that are not under its surveillance. Read more

139

Tom's Hardware
Tom's Hardware · 02/19/2026 06:00 EDT

A 16-year-old intern helped Netgear catch scammers in India for $800 — Culprits would pose as Netgear employees & sell fake support packages to customers

After scammers were successfully able to phish their way through Netgear customers for months, the company was forced to adopt a more unconventional cybersecurity measure: a 16-year-old intern named Wyatt. He was able to eventually lead the law firm to the source bank accounts of these scammers back in India. Read more

135

Most popular sources

  • You see 724 news out of 724.
  • Sources 61 out of 61.
Business Insider 24% 21
Tom's Hardware 10% 6
Gizmodo 10% 1
Vox 8% 8
Wired 7% 5
View sources »

LIKE us on Facebook so you won't miss the most important news of the day!

23.02.2026 17:51
Last update: 17:40 EDT.
News rating updated: 00:40.

What is Times42?

Times42 brings you the most popular news from tech news portals in real-time chart.
Read about us in FAQ section.


Times42 © 2026