is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. When I was a kid growing up in rural Yorkshire, one of the regular attractions at local fairs was a huge steam ...

[GloriousCow] has started working on a series of investigations into the various historical floppy disk copy protection schemes used in the early days of the IBM PC and is here with the first of these ...

PC music has come to mean a lot nowadays, from the soundtracks of some of the greatest games (Doom, for example) to the record label celebrated for its high-energy hyperpop sound (see: PC Music). But ...

From the screech of dial-up modems to the whirring of floppy disks, these iconic computer sounds take us on a journey back in time.

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 still ...