Alienware updates Area-51 and Aurora laptops with OLED and Arrow Lake-HX Refresh

On the CPU side, Dell is refreshing the lineup with Intel's just-announced Core Ultra 200HX Plus (Arrow Lake Refresh) mobile ...
PCMag

Alienware Beams OLED Back Into Its Laptops, Alongside New Intel 'Arrow Lake' CPUs

The gaming brand's updated 2026 gaming laptops include Intel's refreshed Core Ultra 200HX Plus chips in the 16- and 18-inch ...
Network World

Western Digital wants to ramp-up hard disk drive speeds

At its recent Innovation Day 2026 event, Western Digital previewed two technologies in development to increase HDD throughput: high bandwidth drive technology (HBDT) and dual pivot technology (DPT).
IGN

It Seems Like the AI Apocalypse Has Come for Hard Drives

PC gaming has been off to a rough start in 2026, with both RAM and graphics cards facing massive stock issues, due to demand from AI datacenters. It looks like hard drives are next. Both Seagate and ...
Gizmodo

AI Companies Bought Out All of Western Digital’s Hard Drives for 2026 Already

Thanks to data center demands, Western Digital has committed all of its HDDs for at least the rest of the year. Reading time 2 minutes We’ve been taking the humble external hard disk drive for granted ...
PC Gamer

Old school hard drives are getting more reliable according to a new survey but good luck buying one later this year thanks to AI demand

1.36% overall HDD failure rate reported as one drive maker says it's sold out for 2026. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.
AppleInsider

Thanks AI: Hard drives aren't going to get cheaper anytime soon

Hard drive prices will continue to be high for quite some time, as the needs of AI data centers continue to consume storage and raise prices for everyone. One of the major talking points about ...
Mashable

Thanks a lot, AI: Hard drives are already sold out for the entire year, says Western Digital

Western Digital says its all sold out of hard drives for 2026, less than two months into the year. Credit: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg via Getty Images Looking to buy a new hard drive? Get ready to pay even ...
Yahoo Finance

Western Digital Targets 100TB AI Hard Drives As Hyperscale Demand Grows

Get insights on thousands of stocks from the global community of over 7 million individual investors at Simply Wall St. Western Digital used its recent Innovation Day to unveil AI focused hard drive ...
HotHardware

You've Heard of High Bandwidth Memory, Now Get Ready For High Bandwidth Hard Drives

Western Digital is introducing a couple of new technologies, dubbed "High Bandwidth Drive" and "Dual Pivot", that will significantly boost the performance of hard drives. According to Western Digital, ...
TechSpot

Hard drives aren't done yet: Western Digital is pushing HDD performance toward SSD territory

Forward-looking: Western Digital is bringing fresh momentum to an aging storage category with two ambitious technologies aimed at redefining mechanical hard drive performance limits. The company's new ...
BGR

Don't Toss That Old Hard Drive - You Can Still Use It

Back in the day, waiting five to 10 minutes for your Windows to boot up or your games to load was completely normal, surprising as it may be today. Having hard drives with mechanical components like ...