📰 Today's Technology News 📰 📣 Multiple lawsuits have been filed against Western Digital over its SanDisk Extreme series and My Passport portable SSDs. Find out more about the class-action complaints filed against Western Digital on Ars Technica. #WesternDigital #SanDiskExtreme #lawsuit #dataloss 🚨 Glitchy audio in Madden 24? You are not alone! PlayStation 5 and PC Madden 24 players are dealing with popping audio and disappearing sound channels during gameplay. Check out the Madden subreddit for more details. #Madden24 #audioissue #gaming #PS5 💰 Exciting news from Viome! The microbiome startup has raised $86.5 million in Series C funding and secured a distribution deal with CVS. Learn more about Viome's AI assessments and its mission to improve human health on TechCrunch. #Viome #microbiome #funding #healthcare Read the full articles here: 👉 SanDisk Extreme SSDs: [arstechnica.com] 👉 Glitchy Audio in Madden 24: [reddit.com] 👉 Viome Funding and Distribution Deal: [techcrunch.com] #technologynews #SSD #datastorage #gamingtechnology

Today's Technology News

SanDisk Extreme SSDs are "worthless," multiple lawsuits against WD say

On Thursday, two more lawsuits were filed against Western Digital over its SanDisk Extreme series and My Passport portable SSDs. That brings the number of class-action complaints filed against Western Digital to three in two days.

In May, Ars Technica reported about customer complaints that claimed SanDisk Extreme SSDs were abruptly wiping data and becoming unmountable. Ars senior editor Lee Hutchinson also experienced this problem with two Extreme SSDs. Western Digital, which owns SanDisk, released a firmware update in late May, saying that currently shipping products weren't impacted. But the company didn't mention customer complaints of lost data, only that drives could "unexpectedly disconnect from a computer."

Further, last week The Verge claimed a replacement drive it received after the firmware update still wiped its data and became unreadable, and there are some complaints on Reddit pointing to recent problems with Extreme drives.

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If you're seeing glitchy audio in Madden 24, you're not alone

PlayStation 5 and PC Madden 24 players are dealing with annoying popping audio and disappearing sound channels in the game right now. A post on the Madden subreddit says that, during games, the audio is cutting out on half their soundbar, then returning with some static, seemingly happening whenever a play ends and a cutscene shows.

Our own Nilay Patel says he's having the same issue on his PS5 through a Dolby Atmos rig, even when he switches the output to just stereo. Throughout the Reddit post, other users say they hear loud popping sounds every few seconds or when they pause the game. The sound is apparently bad enough that one user is worried it's going to damage their sound system by playing the game. Another says the audio is...

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