Auckland University of Technology provides funding as a member of The Conversation NZ. Auckland University of Technology provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. For a supposedly obsolete ...

A Singaporean designer has found an unexpected use for a once-ubiquitous piece of technology: the cassette tape. Jessica “J.J.” Chuan is the founder of Singapore-based upcycling social enterprise ...

DNA is known to keep its form for centuries, and the researchers found that their tape could store data for more than 345 years at room temperature, or about 20,000 years at 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 ...

When Philip Weintraub recorded a message for his son to listen to on prom night, he could've never known that years later, ...

While cassette tapes are mostly a thing of the past, these are some of the most sold music cassette tapes of all time.

For a supposedly obsolete music format, audio cassette sales seem to be set on fast forward at the moment. Cassettes are fragile, inconvenient and relatively low-quality in the sound they produce – ...

Cassette tapes may seem like relics of the past, but the nostalgia boom and rise in physical media collecting have transformed certain tapes into valuable collectibles. Some are rare because they were ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Cassette tapes and CDs are joining the vinyl-led retro audio boom, driven by listener desire for physical media as well as the stronger ...

John Coltrane’s ‘A Love Supreme’ is set to be reissued as a cassette on March 27 as part of its 60th anniversary.

Much of America’s musical heritage is stored on artists’ studio tapes. But as they age, many of those reels are slowly deteriorating … … putting work by 20th ...

Mariah Carey's original 1989 demo tape, once handed off at a Christmas party, just sold for $54,050 in a landmark auction.