Many government agencies, U.S. and international alike, have a reputation for sometimes using tools that are horribly out of date. But according to a report from a congressional watchdog agency, a ...

Floppy disks, if you’re older than 30, you likely remember these from school. In the days before CD-Rs, thumb drives, […] ...

If you remember a time when using floppy disks didn't seem weird, you're probably at least 30 years old. Floppy disks or diskettes emerged around 1970 and, for a good three decades or so, they were ...

A new program at the University of Cambridge library in the UK is asking people to bring in their floppy disks so that any digital artifacts on them can be extracted. Among rediscovered files are ...

The golden days of the floppy disk have long gone by. In fact, most computer users these days no longer use and even see one. For youngsters, floppy disks were used to store data way before the era of ...

University of Hull provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. In the old days a “legacy” was something valuable that you might be left when a great aunt passed away. In the world of ...

Floppy disks are a rare sight these days, having been superseded by much more efficient data storage media. Still, they enjoyed a long life, becoming commercially available in 1971 and still being ...

After more than 50 years since the first one was made, Japan has officially killed off the iconic floppy disk. According to reports, the Japanese government has scrapped all 1,034 regulations ...

Each year, the United States spends more on its military than the next 10 nations do on defense spending combined. With such a massive investment, one would imagine that U.S. technology is the latest ...

Gen Z may not realize it, but there was once a time when personal computer users relied heavily on floppy disk storage for everything from data retention to gaming. The world has moved on to solid ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. In August 1991, Astronauts Shannon Lucid and James C. Adamson sent the ...