February 2026

Seagate and Western Digital dominate reliability rankings on huge real-world data sets Annualized failure rate drops to 1.36% on 344,196 drives Vibration emerges as suspected cause of sudden reliability collapse Backblaze has released its drive reliability data for 2025, providing one of the clearest large-scale snapshots of hard drive performance in active data centers. The […]

Oracle outlines ‘three-pronged strategy’ to refocus attention on MySQL There is a clear emphasis on community engagement and building trust. The MySQL roadmap should also be available for viewing Frédéric Descamps, Oracle MySQL community manager, has promised a “decisive new approach” to MySQL in response to concerns raised by the open source community. Users have

Battlefield 6 producer Phil Girette says the new Battlefield 1 style gas will not damage players but instead offer new tactical ways to play He adds that the team has changed how the gas works and wants players to “be a little more technical and strategic.” Associate producer Kit Eklof said the team wanted to

Physical letters replace emails to launch phishing campaigns on hardware wallets QR codes in envelopes direct victims to fake credential collection websites Trezor and Ledger owners receive urgent notices demanding authentication checks Experts have warned that physical letters are being used in cryptocurrency theft campaigns that rely on QR codes and urgent warnings to fool