Jokes about the antiquated technology that runs Muni's subway have long made the rounds among riders. But the floppy disk software has passed its expiration date.

Robert Smith created an alternate version of the iconic Whac-A-Mole arcade game for the generation that both remembers arcades and knows why the save icon looks the way it does, as spotted by Hackaday ...

Hoffman's song for DiskFight starts slow and builds to match the rising intensity of the game. The tune in question, called Disk Menace, is an Amiga-generated drum and bass song that does get quite ...

The evolution of the Musical flOPPY controller. Everything* you need to make your own musical floppy drives! The wiki has additional information, instructions for getting started, and some other ...

Zstandard, or zstd as short version, is a fast lossless compression algorithm, targeting real-time compression scenarios at zlib-level and better compression ratios. It's backed by a very fast entropy ...

NAND Flash memories have changed and keep changing our lives. In the past two decades, NAND-based systems, in the form of Flash cards and USB keys, have replaced films and floppy disks. But disruption ...

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 ...

TOKYO (TR) – In the ’80s and ’90s, floppy disks were the norm for storing data. However, they quickly disappeared from homes and offices with the emergence of larger capacity and faster recording ...

Your Money (NewsNation) — Federal aviation officials last week unveiled an ambitious, three-year plan aimed at modernizing the U.S.’s air traffic control system. The plan calls for a new, state-of-the ...

San Francisco's train control system still runs on DOS loaded from 5.25-inch floppy disks, with upgrades not expected until 2030 due to budget constraints.

The FAA isn't alone in clinging to floppy disk technology. San Francisco's train control system still runs on DOS loaded from 5.25-inch floppy disks, with upgrades not expected until 2030 due to ...

The FAA will no longer use Windows 95 for air traffic control. Floppy disks, another tech relic, will also be canned—something that should have happened a long time ago, one would think.