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Microsoft's tech for 10,000-year data storage now works with kitchenware glass

For roughly a decade, Microsoft has been perfecting a high-density storage technology that uses glass, lasers, and cameras, ...
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Microsoft team creates ‘revolutionary’ data-storage system that lasts for millennia

Researchers use mini plasma explosions to encode the equivalent of two million books into a coaster-sized device. The method ...

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.
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Storage Sticker Shock: How A.I. Data centers are driving up the cost of hard drives

There's an unconventional, new impact of A.I. data centers that average Americans might take for granted, and tech experts are sounding the alarm.

Is this glass square the long, long future of data storage?

Scientists at Microsoft Research in the United States have demonstrated a system called Silica for writing and reading ...

You Can Finally Back Up Your Android's Local Files

Android will soon back up files found in Downloads to Google Drive, though the feature is disabled by default.

Caplugs installs fourth silo as part of push to use recycled plastic

Preview this article 1 min A Buffalo manufacturer added a fourth silo to its Elmwood Avenue campus to store recycled raw material. How local manufacturers are coping with a plastics shortage © 2026 ...