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It may seem incredible, but the giant Boeing 747 is still using the old-fashioned floppy disk to update its software. And it's unlikely to change. Here's why.
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 ...
If you're like most people, you probably haven't thought about the humble floppy disk in decades. But they're not totally dead yet; here's the story.
First, you need to understand one fact. When you use Windows Explorer, File Manager, or Finder — it's just the tip of the iceberg. Most people don't ...
Sky Sports F1s Martin Brundle delivers his verdict on a wild 52 laps of wet-weather racing through the field at Silverstone, ...
The ARPANET was a project started by the Defense Department’s Advanced Research Project Agency in 1969 to network different mainframe computers together across the country. Later, it evolved into the ...
In a candid podcast conversation, NYU psychologist Jonathan Haidt warns that constant tech exposure is fragmenting children's ...
A man has shared the contents of a time capsule he and his brother put together in the year 2000 - and it's full of ...
Interacting with the physical world stimulates curiosity and creativity; that’s why land-based education is such an effective ...
I can do math in my head (a skill honed, in particular, by the need to calculate file sizes limited by the capacity of a floppy disk), and I still have pretty ... about high schoolers who cannot count ...
See how smartphones, GPS, and social media would derail classics like Home Alone, Die Hard, Jurassic Park, and The Breakfast ...
Nestled on Court Street in Medina, Ohio, there’s a sunshine-yellow brick building that from the outside looks like it could be someone’s grandma’s house converted into a casual eatery.