{
  "id": 1118163,
  "title": "Hard drives quietly changed how they write data, and it's why some of them are awful in your NAS",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/hard-drives-quietly-changed-how-they-write-data-and-its-why-some-of",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-15T20:30:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "XDA Developers",
    "slug": "xda-developers",
    "url": "https://www.xda-developers.com/hard-drives-changed-data-writes-why-some-are-awful-in-nas/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "You should stay away from cheaper SMR drives for your NAS",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}