Lucas Mearian
Senior Reporter
Senior Reporter Lucas Mearian covers AI in the enterprise, Future of Work issues, healthcare IT and FinTech.
Microsoft commits to running datacenters off 50% renewable energy by 2018
Microsoft will up its renewable energy use in datacenters to 60 percent by early in the next decade
Samsung releases the world’s fastest gumstick SSD
The SSDs can withstand up to 1.2 petabytes of writes
WD preparing to ship flash chips with half a terabit of capacity
Western Digital is now manufacturing 3D-stacked NAND flash chips that have 64 layers, 16 stories higher than its previous 48-layer technology -- meaning its 33 percent more dense
Google's DeepMind AI can slash data center power use 40%
Google now plans to direct DeepMind’s machine learning algorithm at other data center challenges
Google says government requests for user data at all-time high
In the second half of 2015, U.S. government agencies made more than 40,000 requests for access to user data
Samsung unveils the world’s highest capacity consumer SSD
The 4TB SSD represents a doubling of capacity over Samsung’s previous flash drive
Hacker puts 9.3M U.S. patient records up for sale
The hacker who stole databases from three U.S. healthcare organizations claims to have already sold $100,000 worth of records
Why you'll never buy a 3D printer
The consumer 3D printer market, which has even tried to connect itself to video gaming, still seeks 'killer app'
Intel lets slip roadmap for Optane SSDs with 1,000X performance
Intel let slips the timeline for its upcoming Optane line of SSDs that will blur the line between storage and memory by offering performance that has 1,000 times the endurance of NAND flash and is in some cases up to 1,000 times...
Samsung now producing world's smallest 512GB SSD; it's half the weight of a dime
The new PM971 can transfer a 5GB-equivalent HD movie in about 3 seconds
Apple expected to double base storage on iPhone 7 to 32GB
Apple is planning to finally catch up with other smartphone makers by upping the base storage on its next iPhone to 32GB, according to an IHS analyst
HP begins selling Jet Fusion 3D printer; says it's is 50% cheaper, 10X faster than others
HP’s Jet Fusion technology could revolutionize manufacturing by increasing the speed of parts manufacturing
Everspin ships high-density MRAM to safeguard data in flight
The 256Mbit and 1Gbit MRAM chips will allow hot data on servers to be stored safely even in a power failure
Sales of desktop 3D printers explode, growing nearly 70%
The 3D printing industry topped $5.1 billion in sales last year, a 26% uptick over the previous year
Stratasys' new 3D printer can make virtually any shelf-ready product in a single process
The J750 3D printer's new slicer software can import objects straight from CAD designs
These technologies will blow the lid off data storage
Hard disk drive and SSD makers are about to wow the storage market again
Seagate reveals world's fastest SSD
Seagate will show off at an industry event a 10GBps SSD, 4GBps faster than any previous drive