FAA to finally ditch floppy disks in what it calls "historic" tech upgrade
- Newsrooms
- 5
- Last 3 hours
- 0 reports
- Momentum
- Quiet
0 in the 3 before
Cooling
Reports per hour, last 24 hours
Against the past week
More newsrooms than 85% of the past week’s 3532 stories, and number 24 of 268 in Tech.Part of a bigger story
FAA: 4 developments since Fri 6 Nov.Why it’s moving
- ScoopThe Verge had it 2 hr before anyone else.
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The bigger story: FAA
4 developments since Fri 6 Nov. 3 more since this one.
FAA to finally ditch floppy disks in what it calls "historic" tech upgrade
You’re here5 newsrooms
- US FAA to eliminate floppy disks from air traffic control by 2028
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- 'Floppy disks are out, 21st century tech is in': The FAA is finally ditching 55-year-old storage
1 newsroom. Linked by FAA, floppy, disks, tech, finally, ditch
- FAA administrator’s hearing before House postponed amid air traffic controller issues
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The story so far
5 newsroomsCooling- Reports
- 5
- Newsrooms and sources
- 5
- Last 3 hours
- 0
Cooling: well below its busiest stretch (0 in the last three hours, 0 in the three before).
First with it: The Verge, 2 hr 3 min before anyone else.
Reported by 5 newsrooms.
The numbers behind it
How it spread, where it’s heading and where the coverage is from
Reports a day, last 7 days
| Day | Stories |
|---|---|
| Thu | 0 |
| Fri | 3 |
| Sat | 2 |
| Sun | 0 |
| Mon | 0 |
| Tue | 0 |
| Today | 0 |
How it spread
Newsrooms reporting it, each counted at its first report.
- Newsrooms
- 5
- Over
- 1.1 days
- To three newsrooms
- 4.3 hr
| Time | Newsroom | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 4:13am AEDT | The Verge | 1 |
| 6:16am AEDT | Engadget | 2 |
| 8:30am AEDT | Gizmodo | 3 |
| 10:36pm AEDT | Steam news hub | 4 |
| 6:12am AEDT | Ars Technica | 5 |
Bigger than 98% of Tech stories this week. Reached three newsrooms in 4.3 hr; a typical Tech story that gets there takes 7.1 hr.
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