Computer data storage

Chuck E. Cheese announced in 2017 that it would be moving away from animatronic shows, in favor of video-based entertainment. Image: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images)Two of the greatest memories of our childhoods—an adolescent casino and an antiquated data storage format—are still colliding to this very day. A Chuck E. Cheese employee gave his TikTok viewers the low-down on how the pizzeria/arcade combo still uses floppy disks to load its animatronic shows.Earlier this year, TikTok user showbizpizzaman—who goes by…

For those whose internet access isn’t reliable enough to stick everything on the cloud, or for those who simply don’t trust their data to live anywhere but on their desk, Western Digital has updated its My Book and My Book Duo external drives with significant storage boosts so users may never have to delete a file again.The 22TB, 3.5-inch hard drives used in each of these products have been available standalone since last year and still sell for $500, so it makes sense that you’re going to be paying a little more for this…

Photo: Brent Rose / GizmodoMemory card tech has advanced more slowly than the explosion of new features we’ve seen in mirrorless cameras in recent years, but it has improved from the early days. New, faster formats perfect for blazing burst rates and large file sizes are here, even if you’ll need pretty deep pockets to buy them. And if the very latest and greatest isn’t in your budget, there are plenty of solid, affordable SD cards from trusted manufacturers to choose from. What to Look For in a Memory CardShopping for…

Image: Epov Dmitry (Shutterstock)Japan, a country known for advancing some of the world’s most innovative and quirky tech, is preparing to launch an all out “war” against the humble floppy disk.Taro Kono, the country’s newly appointed Digital Minister, bellowed out his battle cry on Tuesday, via Twitter. According to Kono, floppy disks—along with other dated tech like CDs and MiniDiscs —are still required for around 1,900 government procedures. Kono’s vow to purge the government of the 50 plus year old floppy tech comes…

Memory and data storage producer Micron have begun production and shipment of the world’s first 232-layer NAND in Singapore, which marks the first time a NAND manufacturer has surpassed 200 layers. This opens the door for the world’s first 200TB SSDs. For comparison, even the flashiest personal computers usually stop at 2TB of storage, and the current largest SSD in the world is Nimbus Data’s 100TB ExaDrive.Prior to the innovation, the company’s NAND topped out at 176-layers. The new NAND is also 50% faster than Micron’s…

Although as inevitable as death and taxes, yesterday Micron revealed that its new industrial-grade i400 microSD will come in capacities ranging from 256GB to 1TB, and for the first time ever, a never-before-seen 1.5TB option that will undoubtedly be devastatingly expensive.Officially announced at the Embedded World 2022 conference currently taking place in Nuremberg, Germany, Micron’s new i400 microSD line is being manufactured using the company’s 176-layer 3D NAND process with a focus on performance and endurance, and is…