From InfoWorld: Hard disk drive (HDD) and solid-state drive (SSD) makers are about to wow the storage market again.

This year, Intel and Micron will introduce 3D XPoint memory, also known as Optane, which will increase performance and durability 1,000-fold over today's NAND flash.

Don't count NAND...

From CNET: If your tech company doesn't have a virtual-reality team in 2016 it's seriously behind the times -- at least that's what the social networks and phone makers of the world have led us to believe.

Amazon is the latest company to jump on the virtual-reality bandwagon, a fact we know thanks...

From PC World: The latest big-budget gamestravaganza (Ubisoft’s The Division) released late last night, which normally means it’s time for everyone’s favorite PC gaming activity: Driver updates. But wait! Don’t touch GeForce Experience!

After the drivers went live, threads quickly started cropping...

From ComputerWorld: The U.S. Department of Justice has appealed an order by a court in New York that turned down its request that Apple should be compelled to extract data from the iPhone 5s of an alleged drug dealer.

The case in New York is seen as having a bearing on another high-profile case in...

From InfoWorld: Seagate today announced what it's calling the world's fastest enterprise-class, solid-state drive (SSD), one that can transfer data at rates up to 10 gigabytes per second (GBps), some 6GBps faster than its previously fastest SSD.

While there were no specifics with regard to the SSD...

From CNET: Google is busier than ever putting the kibosh on search results that link to material that allegedly infringes copyright.

The company reported Monday that over the past month it received more than 76 million requests to remove from search results URLs that point to such content. That's...

From InfoWorld: PC enthusiasts prefer either AMD or Intel chips -- there's often no middle ground. But AMD believes its upcoming Zen chips will have crossover appeal for even the Intel faithful.

AMD is betting its future on the upcoming Zen chips, which are based on a new architecture built from...

From PC World: With the help of security researchers, Apple over the weekend quickly blocked a cyberattack aimed at infecting Mac users with file-encrypting malware known as ransomware.

The incident is believed to be the first Apple-focused attack using ransomware, which typically targets...

From CNET: Ride-hailing app maker Uber has hit back at claims that thousands of its customers have filed complaints about sexual assaults.

In a blog post Sunday, Uber addressed a Buzzfeed article from earlier in the day that claimed to offer a "glimpse" into sexual assault complaints fielded by the...