Most of us may have gratefully abandoned the floppy disk a decade or more since, but even today many PCs and their operating systems retain the ability to deal with these data storage relics. The P… ...

Ahh, floppy disks. Few things carry nostalgia quite like a floppy — either 3 1⁄2 or 5 1⁄4, depending on which generation of hacker you happen to be. (And yes, we hear you grey-beards, 8-inch ...

Dell's decision to phase out 3.5 inch floppy drives signals the beginning of the end for the venerable drive. How should you prepare?

A report from the Government Accountability Office has revealed that operational functions for the U.S. nuclear armament are still controlled by 8-inch floppy disks, while other departments are ...

The Air Force finally replaced 8-inch floppy disks, used since the 1970s. The floppies were used to help broadcast emergency action messages issued to nuclear forces. As comically obsolete as the ...

One piece of '90s tech that has seemingly been forgotten and never returned, though, is the floppy disk. Although it still holds on as the standard icon for the "Save" function in computers and apps, ...

REUTERS The warehouse also holds 8-inch floppy disks — an even older storage medium — including one labeled as containing the 1960 John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon US presidential debate.

It’s unclear whether they still use floppy disks, too, but the US military employed the even-older 8-inch floppy disks in its nuclear arsenal until 2019.

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

The German Navy is seeking a new storage system to replace its old 8-inch floppy disks on its Brandenburg class F123 frigates. These frigates, vital for anti-submarine warfare, still use floppy ...

A surprising number of industries, from embroidery to aviation, still use floppy disks. But the supply is finally running out.