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 ...

Floppy disks still fly—literally. Here’s why some airplanes in 2025 still rely on 1990s tech for navigation updates.

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.

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The only thing that ages worse than integral computer technology is milk. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency board approved a $212 million contract earlier this month to develop a ...

The frigates were built in the mid 1990s, so its reasonable that they were fitted with floppy disk readers. Unfortunately three decades have passed and the German Brandenburg-Klasse F123 still ...

German Navy Moves to Retire Outdated Floppy Disks on Frigates, Seeks Modernization The German Navy is moving away from these outdated floppy disks. By Inno Flores Updated: Jul 12 2024, 06:09 AM EDT ...

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 1900s storage devices, magnetic disks encased in plastic, just two years ago, when Taro Kono, the country’s digital minister, declared a “war on floppy disks”.

Japan won its ‘war’ on floppy disks, but its love of archaic tech lingers Japan has long been known for innovation, but experts say the nation’s lasting embrace of outdated hardware may have ...

Around 1,900 of Japan’s government procedures used floppy disks and other outdated technology such as fax machines, CDs and MiniDiscs. He famously declared “a war on floppy discs [sic]” to ...

When Sony stopped manufacturing new floppy disks in 2011, most assumed the outdated storage medium – of which there is only a finite, decreasing number left – would die off.