CNET

Microsoft Researchers Figure Out How to Store Data Inside Glass Using Lasers

Most of the world's information is stored digitally right now. Every year, we generate more data than we did the year before. Now, with AI in the picture, a technology that relies on a whole lot of ...
Wired

You Can Now Install—and Update—Microsoft Store Apps Using the Command Line

I can't stand opening the Microsoft Store. It's slow to load, confusing to browse, and full of ads for things I don't care about. Luckily, thanks to a new feature, I don't have to open the Microsoft ...
Interesting Engineering

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

Microscoft’s glass storage method can store 4.8 terabytes of data.Microsoft Research Researchers at Microsoft have developed a method to store massive amounts of digital information inside small ...
TechSpot

Project Silica breakthrough lets Microsoft store digital data in glass for 10,000 years

The takeaway: Microsoft and other data center operators are racing to develop new methods for storing massive amounts of data on permanent media. Redmond is pursuing a technology based on glass and ...
Inc

Microsoft Just Found a Way to Store Data for Millennia by Using a Common Kitchen Item

With so much data stored on ephemeral mediums like hard drives and magnetic tape, what will remain of our civilization in the millennia to come? Thanks to an innovation from Microsoft researchers, the ...
Scientific American

Robot libraries filled with tiny glass ‘books’ could store data for millennia

A team at Microsoft Research combined lasers, machine learning and tiny glass rectangles to demonstrate a new robotic data storage system that could, in theory, still be readable 10,000 years from now ...
SecurityWeek

German Rail Giant Deutsche Bahn Hit by Large-Scale DDoS Attack

Deutsche Bahn, Germany’s national rail operator, has been dealing with a large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that has disrupted some of its IT systems. According to the rail giant, ...
9NEWS

IKEA to open new Colorado store

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — IKEA will open a new store in northern Colorado in 2026, the company announced on Tuesday. The 64,000-square-foot IKEA will be located in Fort Collins at the Front Range Village ...
The Conversation

Using AI responsibly means knowing when not to use it

Sam Illingworth does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
Nature

Microsoft team creates ‘revolutionary’ data-storage system that lasts for millennia

Researchers at Microsoft have created a data-storage system that can remain readable for at least 10,000 years — and probably much longer. In the digital age, the need for data storage is ballooning.
Live Science

Microsoft can now store data for 10,000 years on everyday glass thanks to laser breakthrough

Improvements to data writing and reading techniques, alongside a new way to store data, mean the technology is more accessible than before. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...