FierceBiotech

Disc lays off 20% of employees to steady ship after FDA rejection of rare disease drug

Disc Medicine is laying off a fifth of its workforce as the biotech reels from the FDA’s rejection of its rare blood disease candidate. Last month, the agency knocked back an approval application for ...
Popular Science

The archivist preserving decaying floppy disks

🛍️ Amazon Big Spring Sale: 100+ editor-approved deals worth buying right now 🛍️ By Mack DeGeurin Published Feb 24, 2026 8:01 AM EST Add Popular Science (opens in a new tab) Adding us as a Preferred ...
Euronews

From floppy disks to forever: scientists find new way to preserve data that outlasts civilisations

Scientists have found a way to store all of humanity's most important data inside a piece of glass — and it could last longer than civilisation itself. From floppy disks to USBs, keeping important ...
techtimes

Free Up Disk Space on Windows: Clear Storage and Fix Low Disk Space Without Losing Important Files

Learn how to free up disk space Windows safely, clear storage Windows with built‑in tools, and apply a low disk space fix without deleting important personal files. Pixabay, AnonymAT Low storage on a ...
BGR

Airplanes Still Use Floppy Disks For Their Software - Here's Why

The floppy disk: An archaic software storage medium that you might associate with playing "Oregon Trail" in the 80s, doing schoolwork in a 90s computer lab, and, as it turns out, even some of today's ...
PC World

Fix disk errors and speed up your PC with this handy tip

If your PC is running slowly or has disk errors you need to address the problem. Rather than trying to uninstall programs you could run a scan on your hard drive to fix any errors. Here’s how to do ...
Reuters

US FDA declines to approve Disc Medicine's rare disease drug

Feb 13 (Reuters) - Disc Medicine (IRON.O), opens new tab said on Friday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined to approve its drug to treat a rare genetic disorder. The drug, bitopertin, was ...
FierceBiotech

FDA rejects Disc's rare disease drug despite commissioner's voucher

The FDA has rejected a rare blood disease candidate from Disc Medicine, a compound that had been granted expedited review through a newly launched priority voucher program. While the agency agreed ...
STAT

FDA rejects rare disease therapy from Disc Medicine, early recipient of commissioner’s voucher

Lizzy Lawrence leads STAT’s coverage of the Food and Drug Administration. She was previously a medical devices reporter. You can reach Lizzy on Signal at lizzylaw.53. Adam Feuerstein is a senior ...
Ars Technica

How to encrypt your PC’s disk without giving the keys to Microsoft

In early 2025, Forbes reports, investigators at the FBI served Microsoft with a warrant seeking the BitLocker encryption recovery keys for several laptops it believed held evidence of fraud in Guam’s ...
Space.com

This is the sharpest view ever seen of a black hole's dusty disk

"Instead of Webb's 6.5-meter diameter, it's like we are observing this region with a 13-meter space telescope." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...