IEEE

PRIV-DRIVE: Privacy-Ensured Federated Learning using Homomorphic Encryption for Driver Fatigue Detection

Abstract: Context: Detecting fatigue in drivers has become increasingly important for safe driving, especially with the use of more smart devices and Internet-connected vehicles. While sharing data ...
PC World

Western Digital is out of hard drives, because AI (of course)

Western Digital is completely sold out of hard drive production capacity through 2026 due to massive demand from AI data centers. PCWorld reports that hard drive prices have surged nearly 50% in just ...
Gizmodo

AI Companies Bought Out All of Western Digital’s Hard Drives for 2026 Already

Thanks to data center demands, Western Digital has committed all of its HDDs for at least the rest of the year. Reading time 2 minutes We’ve been taking the humble external hard disk drive for granted ...
Mashable

Thanks a lot, AI: Hard drives are already sold out for the entire year, says Western Digital

Western Digital says its all sold out of hard drives for 2026, less than two months into the year. Credit: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg via Getty Images Looking to buy a new hard drive? Get ready to pay even ...