A California customer has filed a class-action lawsuit against Western Digital, the parent company of SanDisk, alleging the company misrepresented the capabilities of its portable SSD products which have been widely reported to be failing en masse.
Earlier this week, Western Digital confirmed that its network security was breached and some data was obtained. In response, the company shut down some of its systems. Five days later and the network is still down.
Western Digital has confirmed that its network security was breached and some data was obtained. The company shut down access to some of its systems in an attempt to block the attack, though how successful that action was remains to be seen.
Western Digital (WD) has announced that following a series of vulnerabilities and security risks earlier this year, the company will drop support for any device not on its most recent operating system, only allowing them to receive local access.
Western Digital is still reeling from two different major exploits that were used to remotely wipe the hard drives of its My Book Live products, but the headache has not ended. Several other Western Digital NAS drives running its OS 3 also have a vulnerability that the company won't fix.
If you're a content creator in need of professional-grade storage drives, Western Digital's newly unveiled SanDisk Professional line of premium storage solutions is just for you.
Western Digital has unveiled new "next-generation technology" that promises to bring hard disk drive capacity to a whopping 40TB by 2025. That's a leap of about 300% in a span of around 7 years.
Western Digital today unveiled its first portable SSD. The My Passport SSD features blazing-fast data transfer speeds in a pint-sized drive that photographers can easily slip into a small camera bag.
It happened. Seven months after announcing the planned acquisition and one quarter ahead of schedule, Western Digital has officially acquired SanDisk, "creating a global leader in storage technology."
SanDisk just succeeded in its mission to get bought out. Hard drive maker Western Digital announced today that it has agreed to acquire SanDisk in a deal worth about $19 billion in cash and stock. If all goes well, the deal will close in the third quarter or 2016.
As photographers moved from film to digital photography, they gained a new flexibility that changed the entire process. However, what was lost in that transition was a need for a more tangible connection to images that only a printed photo can provide.
Major news website News.com.au made a pretty big mistake yesterday. At the top of an article titled "Bizarre: Man gropes woman's thigh, then photographs her", author Phil Hickey (or whomever was in charge) decided to use a photo of none other than DigitalRev TV's Kai Wong.
Long gone are the days of measuring memory card capacities in megabytes, and perhaps gigabytes aren't long for this world either. Not long after Wise introduced the world's biggest and fastest CFexpress Type B cards, including a 4TB one, Western Digital debuted SanDisk 2TB and 4TB SD cards.
If you've got the post-eclipse blues, maybe some new gear will cheer you up. There are still lots of great deals across most camera brands and categories. It's shorter than we've seen in recent weeks, but there are plenty of discounts to shop for. A new monitor at a steep discount could be just what the doctor ordered. After all, you have to edit your photos on something.
This week marked the end of lots of long-lasting deals with Sony and Fujifilm gear all going back to full-price. But, as of now, there's still plenty of discounts hanging around to help people save some money on high-quality camera gear and accessories.
Unfortunately, World Backup Day fell on a Sunday this year (March 31), so it didn't result in a day off work (nor does it ever). But for those who want to celebrate a day late, there are some superb discounts on all sorts of storage solutions in honor of the day.
With its newly released hard disk drive, storage company Seagate has broken the record for the largest hard drive ever. The Exos X Mozaic 3+ offers a whopping 30TB of space.
The holiday shopping season is in full swing and there are a ton of great deals on cameras, lenses, and the gear photographers need (or merely want).
SanDisk has denied that hardware issues are to blame for the recent widespread issues in its portable SSD lines.
An Austria-based data recovery expert asserts that the issues that currently plague SanDisk portable SSD products are caused by "construction weakness," which includes the solder material used and improperly sized components.
Along with a full line of new solutions, SanDisk announced a microSD card that it claims is the fastest high-capacity option on the market.
Major United States chipmaker Western Digital (WD) is finalizing plans to "spin off its semiconductor memory business" and merge with Japanese company Kioxia Holdings Corporation.
This week, Chris, Jordan, and Jaron tackle the topic of lens breathing and whether or not it is "blown" out of proportion (pun intended) by YouTubers and lens reviewers.
PetaPixel has long been a fan of SanDisk products due to their once-sterling reputation and often excellent performance. However, some of SanDisk's portable SSDs fail so frequently that we can no longer recommend them. So with that in mind, what are the best alternatives?
Due in large part to its abysmal response -- or rather, complete lack thereof -- to widespread reports of the failure of its portable SSD products, the SanDisk brand name is now mud.
It has been a tough year at Western Digital Corporation's San Jose, California headquarters. The well-known storage company, which also operates the SanDisk brand, has been mired by one issue after another. Adding to it, now people are losing their data, the cardinal sin of storage devices.
It is practically Christmas in July with all the fantastic ongoing deals on photography gear. Photographers can save big bucks on equipment from Sony, Tamron, and Panasonic, plus there are savings available on other necessities like computers, software, and accessories.
Sharge Disk is a new super-compact, actively cooled, USB-C connected, M.2 NVMe SSD that is about the size of two bottle caps and promises transfer speeds of up to 1,000 MB/s.
Western Digital drives in a Synology NAS will apparently flash a warning to users to replace them after they sense they have been powered on for three years, even if nothing is actually wrong with the drives.
Sony is one of 135 global organizations that has been recognized as one of the planet's most ethical companies. It is the only camera manufacturer to appear on the list this year.
CFexpress has finally come into its own and multiple companies are now producing a wide variety of capacities at a range of prices. But with so many choices, which one should you buy?
SanDisk has announced the Pro-G40 SSD, a super-fast external storage device that can connect to computers using either USB-C or Thunderbolt 3 through its single port.
Drobo, one of the most popular brands for storage among photographers, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. While this doesn't mean the brand will disappear, it might be time to look for an alternative option just in case.
Synology has announced a new five-bay network-attached storage (NAS) array called the DS1522+. It has a relatively small footprint, can be expanded to up to 15 drives, and supports NVMe SSD caching and 10GbE networking.
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Western Digital says that certain materials at two of its manufacturing centers in Japan were contaminated, resulting in the loss of 6.5 exabytes -- 6.5 billion gigabytes -- of flash storage.
As cameras have rapidly evolved over the last decade, so have the requirements to get the most out of them. Specifically, what a photographer should care about when it comes to a computer has gone from simple, to somewhat complicated and often nuanced.
From photographers to graphic designers to software developers, people are increasingly dependent on their computers to manage their workflow, and any extra lag or load times can lead to increased stress and decreased productivity. Juggling many workload demands, today’s creative professionals need technology that empowers their creativity.
G-Technology has been a mainstay brand for photographers for years, but was recently rebranded under SanDisk Professional. While the products now have a new name, has anything else changed?
Working with large amounts of data can be tough on your computer and your time. If you want to work more productively and efficiently, upgrading your storage can help. For a powerful, reliable, and cost-effective storage upgrade, look no further than Western Digital's WD Blue™ SN550 NVMe™ SSD.