San Francisco Will Pay $212 Million for Its Train System to Ditch Floppy Disks

The city’s light-rail system has used 5¼-inch floppy disks for nearly 40 years. Getting off them won’t come cheap.

 

Source https://www.wired.com/story/san-francisco-floppy-disks-muni-upgrade/

Ars Technica, public transportation, Mass Transit, storage, data, San Francisco

The Secret Electrostatic World of Insects

Invisibly to us, insects and other tiny creatures use static electricity to travel, avoid predators, collect pollen, and more. New experiments explore how evolution may have influenced this phenomenon.

 

Source https://www.wired.com/story/the-secret-electrostatic-world-of-insects/

Quanta Magazine, animals, electricity, Insects, Ecology

Microsoft Envisions Every Screen as an Xbox. How’s That Going So Far?

My journey to play games like Starfield on anything except an Xbox accidentally proved the console still has its place.

 

Source https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-envisions-every-screen-as-an-xbox-hows-that-going-so-far/

video games, Console Games, xbox, PC Games, Microsoft, Shopping