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

Floppy disks get second life in a digital age — here’s which businesses still use them By . Reuters. Published Oct. 20, 2022. Updated Oct. 20, 2022, 3:03 p.m. ET. Explore More ...

Kono’s war on floppy disks brings to mind another episode in 2018 when, a month after being appointed as Japan’s cyber-security minister, Yoshitaka Sakurada openly admitted that he’d never ...

In 1987, the American artist Keith Haring, known for his signature bright, cartoonish style, created five digital drawings on a chunky personal computer. Since then, these images have been stored ...

When Taylor Smith talks about the future of her floppy disk paintings, she points to the boxes stored at her northeast-side studio. Together, they hold more than 50,000 of the square-shaped ...

Japan's newly appointed Minister of Digital Affairs, Taro Kono, has declared war on the floppy disk and other forms of obsolete media, which the government still requires as a submission medium ...

Time is almost up for magnetic storage from the 80s and 90s. Various physical limitations in storage methods from this era are conspiring to slowly degrade the data stored on things like tape, flop… ...

There are about 1900 government procedures that requires business community to use discs, i. e. floppy disc, CD, MD, etc to submit applications and other forms. Digital Agency is to change those ...

While it may be surprising that floppy disks are still used in some major industries, don't expect them to be around forever. The Boeing 747s were built when the floppy reigned supreme and are now ...

Image: Getty Images / Saturno Dona' / EyeEm. Japan's digital minister has vowed to remove laws requiring that data sent to the government is shipped on floppy disks and other physical media.

Digital Minister declares a war on floppy discs. There are about 1900 government procedures that requires business community to use discs, i. e. floppy disc, CD, MD, etc to submit applications and ...

Digital Minister Taro Kono declared in a statement to the news agency, “We have won the war on floppy disks on June 28!” Presumably, the statement wasn’t printed on that annoying dot matrix ...