Backblaze releases billion-hour hard drive reliability report; IBM researchers announce major breakthrough in phase change memory; MIT creates origami robot you can swallow; and More

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May 19, 2016

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		Backblaze releases billion-hour hard drive reliability report Backblaze has released new data from its hard drive reliability survey. Seagate has recovered dramatically since Backblaze pulled their 3TB drives, but HGST leads the pack in minimum failure rates.

		IBM researchers announce major breakthrough in phase change memory Researchers from IBM have unveiled a breakthrough in phase-change memory. Their work could lead to dramatic density improvements for the proposed next-gen memory standard and make it far more competitive compared with NAND flash and DRAM.

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		MIT creates origami robot you can swallow With the aid of a magnetic field, the origami robot can crawl around in your stomach for science.

		Nvidia's GTX 1080 redefines high-end gaming performance Nvidia's GTX 1080 is here, with huge performance improvements over the GTX 980 and a respectable improvement over and above the GTX 980 Ti. DirectX 12 performance is also much-improved.

		Scientists directly write flexible circuits with high-conductivity graphene inks Researchers from China have come up with a way to print high-conductivity graphene traces, an attractive component in flexible circuits.

		Google will start blocking Flash content in Chrome this year It's finally time to start moving beyond Flash, but you'll still be able to load it in Chrome even after the default block goes into effect.

		Car tech comparison: Driver assists prop up the static compact sedan segment How to keep small cars selling in the era of compact crossovers: more technology, quieter cockpits. Here's how the top 10 manage.

	Jamie Lendino Managing Editor, ExtremeTech.com Follow me on Twitter: @jlendino

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