San Francisco OKs $212M revamp of train system run by floppy disks
San Francisco's transit authority has approved a $212 million overhaul of its aging train control system, which for decades has operated on data stored on floppy disks. The City Transportation Authority Board, which oversees the city's light rail network, has approved a new contract with Hitachi Railway to upgrade the existing train control system, which […]
Japan, a Longtime U.S. Cybersecurity Concern, Just Stopped Using Floppy Disks
Japan’s “Digital Minister” Taro Kono announced on Wednesday that the government will no longer use floppy disks to store data. Japan’s reliance on outdated technology has long been a major concern for allied cybersecurity experts. “We won the floppy disk war on June 28th!” Kono Declared He noted that Wednesday marked the day the final […]
Some San Francisco trains using 80s era floppy disks for operations
Kevin O’Leary, chairman of O’Leary Ventures, responded on “Varney & Co.” to a California Senate candidate’s effort to raise the minimum wage to up to $50. San Francisco It may be in Silicon Valley, but parts of its rail system are still operating using technology that hasn’t been cutting edge since the Reagan administration. San […]