It's official-Congress has approved a fund of $12.5 billion in Air Traffic Control-related upgrades, which President Donald Trump is expected to sign and approve. That's right. The now-famous Big, ...

Back in the early years of the personal computer, “FloppyData” may not have been recognizable by itself. But looking back on ...

It may seem incredible, but the giant Boeing 747 is still using the old-fashioned floppy disk to update its software. And it's unlikely to change. Here's why.

Rather than use an optical process for storage, this drive used magnetic tape to store its data. To this day, HDDs as well as the seemingly dead floppy disk use magnets to store data.

They sell 50-packs of recycled 3.5-inch floppy disks for $20 each or 10-packs of brand-new 3.5-inch floppy disks for $13 each. Alternatively, you can get a 10-pack of new disks on Amazon for $19.

Floppy disks, once the pinnacle of portable data storage, have been obsolete for decades. When I first began writing about hardware and software for PC Home magazine in the UK, I used to hand my ...

Over the past decade, word of Smith's floppy disk paintings has spread, landing the pieces at galleries in Boston, New York, South Florida, Utah and British Columbia.

The time has come to bid farewell to one of the PC's more stalwart friends - the floppy disk. Computing superstore PC World said it will no longer sell the storage devices, affectionately known as ...

Per the BAAINBw's tender, the replacement of the floppy disks is expected to start on October 1 and end July 31, 2025. F123 frigates are supposed to stay in service until F126s are available ...

Japan began moving away from the 1900s storage devices, magnetic disks encased in plastic, just two years ago, when Taro Kono, the country’s digital minister, declared a “war on floppy disks”.

The floppy disk, invented in the 1970s, was once a ubiquitous part of computing. Other forms of memory like flash drives and internet cloud storage have since taken over.

Bye-Bye Floppies: Japan Bids Adieu To Anachronistic Floppy Disks Until the second quarter of 2024, people were expected to submit documents to the government using anachronistic storage devices.