Western Digital's HDD production for 2026 is already sold out


Western Digital has already sold out its entire HDD manufacturing capacity for the year, and it's only February. According to CEO Irving Tan, 2026 is effectively fully booked. AI companies are purchasing storage drives that have yet to be manufactured, and relief for traditional customers is unlikely anytime soon –...

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Apple set to unveil new iPhone, MacBooks, iPads at March 4 event


Most expect to see Apple introduce a handful of new products at the event including the iPhone 17e. The entry-level iPhone will likely be a dialed back variant of the standard iPhone 17, but with enough bells and whistles to drum up consumer interest. The handset is said to be...

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Micron's world-first PCIe Gen 6 SSD doubles data rates for AI data centers


Micron has announced that the 9650 NVMe SSD has finally entered mass production, hailing the new drive as the first PCIe Gen6 storage product in the world. Like everything else these days, the high-end SSD is largely focused on accelerating AI workloads, and generating hefty returns thanks to Big Tech's...

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IBM says it will triple entry-level hiring for roles "we're being told AI can do"


Nickle LaMoreaux, IBM's chief human resources officer, gave hope to entry-level hires who are often the most at risk of losing out to AI when it comes to getting – and holding onto – a job.

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Samsung shows off Galaxy S26 Ultra privacy display in new teaser video


Rumors that Samsung's next-gen Galaxy S26 Ultra could offer a built-in privacy screen protector have been circulating since last August.

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Memory shortages could delay PlayStation 6 launch until 2029, raise Switch 2 price


Multiple analysts and industry insiders have recently claimed that the next-generation PlayStation console could be delayed due to the AI-fueled memory crisis. Bloomberg has now reiterated the rumors, claiming that Sony is unlikely to release the PlayStation 6 next year, even though the next-gen Xbox is still said to be...

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Acer and Asus ordered to halt PC sales in Germany after Nokia wins HEVC patent ruling


At the center of the case is the widely used video compression standard HEVC, also known as H.265. Nokia owns several standard-essential patents tied to the codec and argued that Acer and Asus failed to obtain proper licenses under fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms.

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ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 AI video generator sparks Hollywood outcry after viral clip


ByteDance launched Seedance 2.0 in China earlier this week for users of its Jianying app. Currently able to generate 15-second clips, the company says it will soon be available globally for users of its CapCut app.

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Absurd GPU Pricing Update: Q1 2026 Edition


GPU pricing is broken again - but the real question is how badly . We're putting hard numbers to this situation. How much have graphics card prices increased since memory prices went through the roof?

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Holographic 3D printing breakthrough produces objects in less than a second


The technique is called Digital Incoherent Synthesis of Holographic light fields (DISH). Instead of assembling materials layer by layer, DISH projects a three-dimensional holographic light field directly into a resin volume, solidifying the entire object at once.

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