Data storage Guinness World Record broken by QR code pixels measuring just 49nm — 1.98 sq micrometer size is smaller than bacteria, can only be read with an electron microscope

A collaboration between TU Wien and Cerabyte has established a new Guinness World Record for creating and reading the smallest ever QR codes.

SATA SSD cheated death from failed attempt at data destruction with a drill — drive emerges victorious in face-off against IT worker

An IT employee reportedly attempted to destroy sensitive company data by drilling a hole through a SATA SSD before disposing of it.

Save up to $40 on Samsung’s 800MB/s P9 Express microSD card this Presidents’ Day — super-speedy storage for your Nintendo Switch 2

Samsung’s P9 Express microSD card delivers up to 800MB/s speeds using PCIe and NVMe, and it’s now significantly cheaper on Amazon.

Western Digital is already sold out of hard drives for all of 2026 — chief says some long-term agreements for 2027 and 2028 already in place

Western Digital’s production for 2026 is completely earmarked for its top seven customers, with a few long-term agreements already in place for the next couple of years.

Cloud storage company releases its 2025 hard drive reliability report — overall Annualized Failure Rate drops to 1.36%, 21 percentage points lower than last year

Backblaze just released its annual drive reliability report, with the company getting a 1.36% annualized failure rate for 2025. It says that this is its best result since 2022.

First PCIe 6.0 SSD enters mass production with 28GB/s speeds, 5.5 million IOPS, and liquid cooling — Micron 9650 Series SSDs support air and liquid cooling

Micron is the first SSD maker to introduce the world’s first mass-produced PCIe 6.0 datacenter SSD. The Micron 9650 series is capable of speeds of up to 28 GB/s.

WD Green SN3000 1TB SSD Review: A diamond in the rough

The WD Green SN3000 repudiates the reputation of its drive line by delivering surprisingly good performance.