Although floppy disks are still used by different industries, including some music labels with unique marketing campaigns, the days of this antiquated technology are numbered. Some industries are ...

In brief: It's 2025, and the FAA has decided it's time to stop using floppy disks and Windows 95 for air traffic control. The head of the agency, Chris Rocheleau, wants to replace the archaic ...

In an era of cloud storage, AI copilots, and real-time GPS updates on your phone, it sounds absurd that some commercial airplanes still rely on floppy disks—yes, those 3.5-inch plastic squares ...

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.

The Alchemist has been known to use floppy disks when making beats. Now, he has a new song out called “Floppy Disks,” an ode of sorts to the format. “Dustin’ off floppy disks I’m keeping ...

San Francisco transit officials have approved a $212 million overhaul of its aging train control system — which for decades has run on data stored by floppy disks. The Municipal Transportation ...

The current ATCS floppy disk system has been in use since 1998 and utilizes a mix of automatic mode functioning when the trains are running in the subway and manual operations when they are moving ...

According to Tom’s Hardware, the Navy is only now nearing replacement solutions for the floppy disks that help manage its Brandenburg-class F123 frigates (warships) that monitor submarine activity.

GERMANY (WKRC) - Although you probably haven't used (or even seen) a floppy disk in a while, some systems still rely on the outdated technology to this day. They can't just remove the readers ...

Modernizing Critical Systems on Germany's F123 Frigates Since their commissioning in the 1990s, these vessels have relied on 8-inch floppy disks to manage critical systems like airflow and power ...

Sony introduced the ubiquitous 3.5-inch floppy disk in 1981 and was their last manufacturer until they ended sales in 2011, as floppy disks were replaced by more efficient storage technology.

Japan began moving away from the 20th-century storage devices, magnetic disks encased in plastic, just two years ago, when Taro Kono, the country’s digital minister, declared a “war on floppy ...