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FAA Begins Replacing Floppy Disks in Air Traffic Control Systems

The Federal Aviation Administration is moving to replace four legacy information-display systems that still rely on 3.5-inch floppy disks with the Enterprise Information Display System, or E-IDS.

The rollout covers more than 400 air traffic control facilities across the United States. According to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, the transition is intended to modernize critical airspace operations and remove aging magnetic media from these systems.

E-IDS will combine several types of operational information in a digital format, including:

Real-time weather alerts
Equipment outages
Restricted-airspace changes
Pilot reports

The announcement marks a long-awaited infrastructure upgrade for aviation systems, where information must remain current and available across a large network of control facilities.

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Kimi and Mistral Bring Open Models Closer to the Frontier

Open AI models continue to close the performance gap with leading proprietary systems. Results associated with Kimi and Mistral indicate that both have reached parity with frontier models, bringing more competitive options to the open-model ecosystem. This development suggests that advances in model capability are no longer limited to

Salon to cease publication after 31 years

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Bose Recalls More Than 670,000 S1 Pro Battery Packs Over Fire and Overheating Risks

Bose has recalled more than 670,000 S1 Pro battery packs in the United States and Canada. The recall covers battery packs that may present a risk of fire or overheating. Sources * Engadget

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