Legacy aircraft like the Boeing 747-400 still rely on floppy disks to update critical navigation data, due to costly and complex certification requirements for ...

Invented back in 1971, the floppy disk is remembered as one of the most iconic and reliable disk storage solutions. Specifically, it was the 3.5-inch floppy that became a literal icon, one we ...

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 contract entails that Hitachi Rail will transition the ATCS from its current 5.25-inch floppy disk system to one that uses Wi-Fi and cell signals to track exact train locations. The deal is ...

Gen Z may not realize it, but there was once a time when personal computer users relied heavily on floppy disk storage for everything from data retention to gaming. The world has moved on to solid ...

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(WKRC) - Although you probably haven't used (or even seen) a floppy disk in a while, some systems still rely on the outdated technology to this day.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

The German Navy is set to modernize its aging floppy disk technology aboard its Brandenburg class F123 frigates. It is a significant step towards bringing the Navy's technology up to current ...

Japan has scrapped more than 1,000 procedures and regulations that required the use of floppy disks. The outdated technology had remained widespread and firmly ingrained in a country reluctant to ...

By John Yoon Hisako Ueno and Kiuko Notoya Hisako Ueno has used floppy disks extensively. Kiuko Notoya and John Yoon never have. July 5, 2024 Japan scrapped every regulation requiring the use of ...

Two years ago, Japan’s Digital Minister Taro Kono turned heads when he declared war on an almost obsolete piece of computer hardware: the floppy disk. In a post on social media, Kono said that ...

Remember Floppy disks? A small black (majorly) square gadget, which was being used to store data in the 90s (as per my memory), was still being used in this country. The Japanese government has ...

The Japanese government is finally doing away with 3.5-inch floppy disks, almost two years after it announced its intention to scrap them. “We have won the war on floppy disks,” Taro Kono ...