As products, tape dispensers are about as simple as they come, though some offer extra benefits like added safety, multiple roll loading or aesthetic features.

The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) plans to install more tape storage to support its scientific research. The US Department of Energy research lab in Batavia, Illinois, specializes ...

Indifferent to our money problems, magnetic tapes will molder. Tape was designed to be cheap, not to outlast the pyramids.

DOGE recently announced that it has replaced 14,000 magnetic storage tapes used by the US General Services Administration (USGSA) with unspecified "modern" digital formats. The move, which ...

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has claimed that the US government has saved a million dollars per year “by converting 14,000 magnetic tapes (70-year-old technology for information ...

College hoops’ top showcase irritated fans by dragging out games as officials stop the action to review every close play The post Roll the Tape: NCAA Basketball Falls Victim to TV Sports ...

OVER FIFTY years ago, the existence of government records on magnetic tape brought down a president. In 1971 the Secret Service installed Sony open-reel tape recorders throughout the White House ...

Experts at the University of Leeds have created a penny-sized rolling robot that can non-invasively capture ultrasound scans of the gut to look for signs of cancer.

If you have ever used a tape measure, you may have noticed a little hole or slot on the end of it. We'll tell you what that is and what it's for.

Inspired by Spud Hilton, I’ve replaced my duct tape with gaffer tape because it's residue-free, non-reflective and easy to tear.

Magnetic tape recordings used in videotapes and cassette tapes, which were popular up to the 2000s, are at risk of being lost as the tapes deteriorate and replay equipment are no longer produced.