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The unlikely staying power of the humble floppy disk
The Week via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoThe "floppy" emerged in around 1970 – so named because you could bend the original disks without breaking them. For about three decades, they were the...
State comes down to seconds, inches and the refresh button
The Daily Sentinel· 18 hours agoHopes and dreams obliterated with the simple tap of the refresh button.
Pinellas grads take lessons from a high school life that began with COVID
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoSeminole High senior Emily Nichols has vivid memories of the school’s 2020 drive-by graduation....
Who are John Lennon’s kids? All about Julian and Sean
TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 days agoJohn Lennon left behind a huge musical legacy when he died in 1980, as well as two sons: Julian...
Why writing by hand beats typing for thinking and learning
NPR· 6 days ago"You make the information your own," she says, which helps it stick in the brain. Such connections...
Linksys Velop Pro 7: A high-speed Wi-Fi 7 router at a more competitive price
TechRadar via Yahoo News· 1 day agoMost domestic broadband services just don’t need the sheer speed of Wi-Fi 7, so most of us can stick...
Disney girls
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIt’s one more way The Walt Disney Co. ensures that I hemorrhage my savings while on the property, and it felt like I needed a computer science degree to...
What is Bitcoin halving – and how does it affect the price?
The Telegraph via Yahoo Finance· 16 hours agoThere’s much to learn about cryptocurrency. Many will already have an understanding of how it works,...
From nostalgia to necessity: why floppy disks refuse to fade away
TechSpot· 4 days agoFew things bring a smile to the face of long-time techies over 30 (or thereabouts) quite like the mention of floppy disks. The earliest, 8-inch models (80KB capacity) arrived in the 1970s and ...
Best Lightweight Laptop for 2024
CNET· 1 day agoIn addition to benchmark testing to assess a laptop’s performance, we also perform extensive hands-on tests to assess a laptop’s design and features,...