Two manufacturers commit to keep Blu-ray alive after others quit manufacturing — Verbatim and I-O Data extend Blu-ray supply pledge as manufacturers exit the market

Verbatim Japan and I-O Data have widened their joint commitment to keep recordable Blu-ray products on shelves in Japan, this time covering drive hardware as well as media.

Vdura hikes its enterprise SSD pricing, now costs 22.6x more than hard drives — the price of a 30TB SSD has climbed 472%

Vdura has materially revised the enterprise SSD pricing figures in its Flash Volatility Index, telling customers in an April 8 update that the cost of a 30TB TLC enterprise drive climbed 472%.

30 years of Lexar: What a look inside its R&D labs and factory reveals about its plans for an AI-ready future

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

Engineer installs 3.5-inch floppy drive in a Tesla — modern EV recognizes and runs ancient storage device, even plays an MP3 file from diskette

An engineer and software developer was able to make a 3.5-inch floppy drive work seamlessly with the Tesla with just a USB-to-FDD converter.

2TB SanDisk memory card card surfaces for eye-watering $2,000 — top-tier Extreme Pro UHS-II SD promises more than 300 MB/s sequential read and write performance

The 2TB SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-II SD card costs $2,000, bringing its price per GB to nearly $1, making it more than four times more expensive than much faster microSD Express cards.

WD Innovation Day 2026 press Q&A transcript: roadmap plans to reach 60TB with ePMR and 100TB via HAMR by 2029 — ‘at some point, the laws of physics will require us to transition to HAMR’

WD’s leadership, now fully split from Sandisk, talks about its expectations for the future with industry analysts. We cover the full transcript of the press-only session right here.

Sharge Disk Pro 2TB review: Great sustained writes, active cooling, and a built-in hub

Sharge’s Disk Pro pairs a snappy 10 Gbps SSD with a handy port hub and active cooling, all in a compact, eye-catching shell with a magnetic back. It’s an impressive package for gamers and road warriors, but you’ll pay a hi…

GameStop NVMe SSD 2TB SSD Review: A surprisingly capable budget drive for the PS5

The GameStop NVMe SSD is a decent gamer-oriented drive with good performance and a nice heatsink at a reasonable price. SMI and Samsung hardware come together for a compelling package.

Kioxia discontinues 2D NAND products, last shipments to be made in 2028 — 1980s planar NAND memory reaches end of life

After nearly four decades in production, Kioxia is set to discontinue its final 2D NAND devices by late 2028.