The initiative focuses on data center hard drives for the recovery of rare earth elements, which have taken on new ...

Mining old hard drives for rare earth elements could facilitate 'large-scale, domestic recycling,' and ease US reliance on ...

DIY types already love building their own desktops, laptops, keyboards, etc., so it’s no surprise that they also like to ...

A new pilot program from Microsoft and Western Digital has demonstrated a novel method of recycling rare earth elements (REEs ...

A U.S. pilot project led by Western Digital and Microsoft shows how recycled hard drives could secure America's tech future.

"Until then, we'll continue using technologies like OptiNAND and UltraSMR to increase the capacity of existing HDDs up to ...

Western Digital has announced that it plans to launch a 40TB mechanical hard drive featuring HAMR (Thermal-Assisted Magnetic ...

Synology's newer NAS devices will require the use of its own-branded drives to unlock previously standard features.

Western Digital has developed a way to mine old hard drives for rare earth elements, which promises to ease the tech industry’s dependence on carbon-heavy mining. A Western Digital white paper ...

Although solid-state drives have become the standard for personal computers, mechanical hard drives remain the backbone of data centers worldwide. When these drives are retired, they ...