Microsoft Unveils Glass Storage That Could Preserve Data for 10,000 Years

Microsoft’s Project Silica can store 5TB of data on glass for 10,000 years, offering a durable, energy-free solution to prevent data rot.

Institutions need not be gung-ho, use AI if it is tested: MoSPI official

Institutions need not be gung-ho about the use of AI-based solutions until they are tested and trustworthy, a government official said on Friday.
Interesting Engineering

End of data decay? Microsoft’s ‘glass plates’ can store data for 10,000 years

Microsoft’s Project Silica uses ultrafast lasers to store 4.84TB of data in small glass plates, preserving digital history for up to 10,000 years.

Microsoft says its glass-based storage project now works with 'the same material found in kitchen cookware and oven doors' and can hold data for 10,000 years

Long-term data storage is a tricky one. As I look at my personal hard drives, full of photos, screenshots, and ancient drafts ...

Data stored in glass could last over 10,000 years, Microsoft says

Borosilicate glass, the same material used in lab equipment and kitchen cookware, can encode data using femtosecond lasers at densities and lifespans no existing archival medium can match, according ...
PCMag

RAM Reality Check: How Much Memory Do You Really Need in Your Next PC?

The AI gold rush has sent demand—and prices—for computer memory shooting skyward. Here’s how to size your PC’s RAM the smart way for real-world use, whether you're scoping out a new system or just ...
Tech Xplore

Laser-etched glass can store data for 10,000 years, Microsoft says

Thousands of years from now, what will remain of our digital era? The ever-growing vastness of human knowledge is no longer ...

Microsoft develops storage that lets you backup data that lasts 10,000 years

Microsoft says glass data storage can preserve data for 10,000 years, using lasers to write voxels inside silica plates. It’s built for archives, but scaling write speed and reader access remain big ...

AI’s workhorse: What is a GPU? How does it work? | Explained

When a videogame wants to show a scene, it sends the GPU a list of objects described using triangles (most 3D models are broken down into triangles). The GPU then runs a sequence called a rendering ...

Microsoft’s Glass Chip Holds Terabytes of Data for 10,000 Years

For the demonstration in the paper, the team inscribed 301 voxel layers, but the glass chip has the capacity to store 4.8 ...

Netherlands: Police accidentally grant data access to man, then arrest him

In South Holland, police accidentally sent a man a download link instead of an upload link. When he used it, he was arrested.
Tech Times

How to Back Up Your Computer Automatically: Easy Methods to Protect Your Data

Learn how to back up your computer automatically with Windows, OneDrive, and third-party tools while keeping data secure, organized, and easy to restore.