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HDD Innovation Accelerates With New Testing Facilities and 40TB+ Roadmaps

The hard disk drive industry is advancing on multiple fronts with significant infrastructure investments and technological breakthroughs. Western Digital has opened an expanded testing facility for data center qualification, while Toshiba has demonstrated a 12-disk HDD prototype that could enable 40+TB capacities by 2027, according to industry analyses.

HDD Industry Advances Testing Infrastructure and Capacity Roadmaps

The hard disk drive industry, which reportedly stores over 80% of the world’s data, is making significant strides in both testing infrastructure and future capacity roadmaps. According to industry analyses, HDDs remain a cost-effective solution for data retention and are increasingly deployed as secondary storage behind SSDs for AI and other data-intensive workloads.

by Alvarez Jordan
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Google Play Store Leaks Early Look at Android XR App Ecosystem Ahead of Samsung Launch

Google appears to have accidentally revealed the initial app lineup for Android XR through the Play Store. The listings include Virtual Desktop for PCVR streaming and several immersive games, suggesting robust software support at launch for Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy XR headset.

Android XR App Ecosystem Leaks Through Google Play Store

Google has seemingly revealed the initial application lineup for the upcoming Android XR platform through an early Play Store listing, according to reports. The discovery provides the clearest indication yet of what software will be available when Samsung’s Galaxy XR headset launches later this month.

by Alvarez Jordan