Researchers in China have created a cassette tape capable of storing enough data to hold every song ever recorded. The team from the Southern University of Science and Technology in Guangdong made the ...

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Retro cassette tapes may be making a comeback, with a DNA twist. While DNA has been used as an information storage medium before, researchers have now combined this with the convenience and look of a ...

When Taylor Swift’s releases her new album, “Life of a Showgirl,” in October, it can be heard on the usual places, including streaming, vinyl and…cassette tape? The cassette tape was once one of the ...

Cassettes were my gateway into hi-fi. In my early years, this was my format of choice. Cheap, portable and robust, cassettes were way more accessible to eight-year-old me than vinyl records. I write ...

Last month Maxell introduced a new portable cassette player for the Japanese market that combines retro features (it’s… a portable tape cassette player) with modern touches (like a rechargeable ...

There was a time when cassette tapes were essential. You would rewind them with a pencil and record songs straight off the radio. Then came CDs, MP3s, and streaming, and tapes were tossed in drawers, ...

If you think of a 1960s mainframe computer, it’s likely that your mental image includes alongside the cabinets with the blinkenlights, a row of reel-to-reel tape drives. These refrigerator-sized units ...

Cassette and VHS tapes once ruled the world of entertainment — but, just a half-century after they came on the scene, they’ve largely gone the way of the dodo. In 2025, digital media is king. Online ...