A Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) social media post boasts of the elimination of tape data storage facilities at ...

What seems at first like a logical move to modernize the government's archives may in fact be an ill-advised decision.

The first electronic storage medium, magnetic tape is made of flexible plastic with one side coated with a ferromagnetic material. The data are recorded as binary digits (bits) in the form of ...

This was a rather unusual continuous-loop mini-tape cartridge that could store around 100 kB and load it at lightning speed, all at a much lower price point than a floppy drive. The low price came ...