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.

We shall have to wait a while longer for the SilverStone FLP02 retro tower case that we saw at Computex. In the meantime we were offered the new FLP01 which is also retro, but is htpc instead of a ...

A floppy disk might seem like a thing of the past, but the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) still uses them to manage flight. Here's why.

“I asked him if I could have it and drove back to London listening to Blue Monday on a cassette but staring at this floppy disk. I knew there was an intrinsic link between the disk and their new ...

If you need to, it's entirely possible to read and write to floppy disks with a modern PC or laptop. Here's everything you need to know.

The Muni Metro in San Francisco was recently approved for an update that would transition it from a control system using floppy disks to a more modern system.

The 1990s were an important transition era, when electronics were getting small enough to be portable but were often still too bulky to be truly useful.

Although you probably haven't used (or even seen) a floppy disk in a while, some systems still rely on the outdated technology to this day.

Japan's government finally eliminates the use of floppy disks in all its systems, two decades after the technology's heyday.

Farewell to Floppy disk: Japan pulls the plug on a tech relic unknown to Gen-Z Floppy disks were used in the Japanese government system, and now it is officially getting off the shelf. Japan made ...

In honour of the floppy disk, MailOnline reveals the retro tech that older generations still have trouble saying goodbye to - while baffling the kids of today.

It’s easy to see why floppy disk requirements became emblematic of this struggle: for a start, it’s a challenge just laying your hand on one in 2024.