February 27, 2024
The San Francisco subway system still uses 5.25-inch floppy disks, which were popular in the 1980s, to control their train traffic.
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6 Signs It’s Already the Future
Sometimes—when watching a good sci-fi movie or stuck in traffic or failing to brew a perfect cup of coffee—we lament the fact that we don’t have futuristic technology now. But future tech may be closer than you think. It’s possible some of the things you wish for, like the following, have already
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