The FAA is finally ditching floppy disks

T1Covered by 1 source · first reported by The Verge at 05 Nov, 17:13 UTC

It's the year 2026 and the Federal Aviation Administration is still running critical pieces of American airspace on 3.5-inch magnetic floppy disks. But those technology artifacts could be headed for the dustbin after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced an effort to ditch floppy disks in…