Why the floppy disk just won’t die
A surprising number of industries, from embroidery to aviation, still use floppies. Enlarge / Photo taken in Florence, Italy (credit: Daniele Ciabatti/EyeEm via Getty) When Mark Necaise got down to his last four floppy d.....»»
The best disk clone apps for Mac in 2023
A handful of macOS apps let you make near-exact copies of your Mac's storage devices, which can be handy for backing up in case of a data emergency.Sometimes it's handy to make a full, complete, exact copy of one of your Mac's drives - especially the.....»»
Hubble observes ram pressure stripping in galaxy JW100
The galaxy JW100 (lower right) features prominently in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The streams of star-forming gas dripping from the disk of the galaxy like streaks of fresh paint are formed by a process called ram pressure s.....»»
Best disk space analyzer apps for monitoring your Mac"s storage in macOS
If you're feeling the pinch of limited storage capacity on your Mac, these disk space analyzer apps could help you see how it has been consumed, and potentially free some space up too.Modern Mac storage uses chips, but we still think of spinning disk.....»»
HDD average life span misses 3-year mark in study of 2,007 defective drives
Data recovery firm blames SMR and size. Enlarge (credit: Getty) An analysis of 2,007 damaged or defective hard disk drives (HDDs) has led a data recovery firm to conclude that "in general, old drives seem more durable a.....»»
Newbie firm plans $2,800 add-in card that holds up to 21 PCIe 4.0 SSDs, 168TB
Apex Storage claims consumer shipments begin this year. Enlarge / SSDs not included, of course. (credit: Apex Storage) For high-capacity storage needs, the average consumer turns to hard disk drives (HDDs). They're gen.....»»
Tracing the history of water in planet formation back to the interstellar medium
Scientists studying a nearby protostar have detected the presence of water in its circumstellar disk. The new observations made with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) mark the first detection of water being inherited into a prot.....»»
Astronomers detect what may be a baby planet carving out a home for itself
Astronomers have detected a small, compact source embedded in a gap in the disk surrounding a young star. They believe it is a baby planet in the process of growing......»»
Why the floppy disk just won’t die
A surprising number of industries, from embroidery to aviation, still use floppies. Enlarge / Photo taken in Florence, Italy (credit: Daniele Ciabatti/EyeEm via Getty) When Mark Necaise got down to his last four floppy d.....»»
How to delete macOS logs and crash reports
By using Console and Finder, you can clear your Mac Startup Disk of old logs and crash reports to save space. Here's how to do it.In macOS, the operating system stores logs and crash report files in a variety of locations. Third-party logs are also s.....»»
New research provides fresh insight on planet formation
The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA)—an astronomical interferometer of 66 telescopes in northern Chile, captured an exquisite image of the protoplanetary disk surrounding the young star known as Elias 2-24—but scientists noticed a mysterious.....»»
New data illustrates time’s effect on hard drive failure rates
Backblaze examines 230,921 HDDs across 29 models from Seagate, Toshiba, and more. Enlarge (credit: Getty) SSDs have usurped hard disk drives (HDDs) when it comes to performance, but whether building a NAS or having high.....»»
Viewpoint: In the Year of the Rabbit, spare a thought for all these wonderful endangered bunny species
What do you think when you hear the word "rabbit?" Does your mind conjure images of cartoon bunnies eating carrots? Or the fluffy tails and floppy ears of pet bunnies? Maybe you think about their incredible ability to reproduce......»»
The chaotic cores of Perseus protostars
The formation of a star has a simple tale. A region of interstellar gas collapses under its own weight, eventually forming a dense protostar surrounded by a disk of gas and dust. The protostar and the disk rotate in the same plane, and often jets of.....»»
Chuck E. Cheese still uses floppy disks in 2023, but not for long
Employee TikTok reveals a floor show upgrade from floppy and DVD—possibly for the last time. Enlarge / Stewart Coonrod holds up an official 2023 Chuck E. Cheese floppy disk in a TikTok video. It contains dance moves for in-stor.....»»
New Webb image reveals dusty disk like never seen before
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has imaged the inner workings of a dusty disk surrounding a nearby red dwarf star. These observations represent the first time the previously known disk has been imaged at these infrared wavelengths of light. They al.....»»
Hydrogen masers reveal new secrets of a massive star
While using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to study the masers around oddball star MWC 349A scientists discovered something unexpected: a previously unseen jet of material launching from the star's gas disk at impossibly high.....»»
How to open a Mac DMG file in Windows
Although .dmg is a macOS disk format, there are a number reasons of why you'd want open them on Windows computers. Here's how to get started.The .dmg (Disk Image) suffix is associated with Apple's Disk Utility archive file format. Disk Image files fi.....»»
MiniTool releases Power Data Recovery 11.4
In MiniTool Power Data Recovery 11.4 update, MiniTool Software added a new Search box in the scan results interface, improved the disk scanning speed, and fixed the bug that the status displayed is incorrect when selecting files. Added a new search b.....»»
NASA"s IXPE helps solve black hole jet mystery
Some of the brightest objects in the sky are called blazars. They consist of a supermassive black hole feeding off material swirling around it in a disk, which can create two powerful jets perpendicular to the disk on each side. A blazar is especiall.....»»
The tilt in our stars: The shape of the Milky Way"s halo of stars is realized
A new study has revealed the true shape of the diffuse cloud of stars surrounding the disk of our galaxy. For decades, astronomers have thought that this cloud of stars—called the stellar halo—was largely spherical, like a beach ball. Now a new m.....»»