PCWorld examines Microsoft’s Project Silica breakthrough, which now uses common borosilicate glass like Pyrex for ultra-long-term data storage lasting over 10,000 years. This technology addresses ...

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 ...

Researchers have made DNA storage rewritable, overcoming one of its biggest limitations. The breakthrough could turn DNA into a practical alternative to today’s energy-hungry data centers. The post ...

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 ...

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.

Online users claimed the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who died in 2019, was referred to in the present tense in a 2023 email.

Hard disks and magnetic tape have a limited lifespan, but glass storage developed by Microsoft could last millennia The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy ...

A rectangular piece of translucent blue glass has several vertical sections of varying blue shades. This piece of glass has a copy of Microsoft flight simulator map data written into it using ...

NEW DELHI, Feb 19 (Reuters) - OpenAI will become the first customer of India's Tata Consultancy Services' data centre business, beginning with 100 megawatts of capacity, part of the global AI ...

Adani to invest $100 bln to build AI-ready data centres by 2035 Investment expected to create $250 bln India AI infrastructure Adani to invest $55 bln to expand renewable energy portfolio Feb 17 ...

Writing a full 4.8TB glass disc takes more than 18 days — far too slow for daily operations Cheaper borosilicate glass reduces costs but cannot fix practical limitations Microsoft’s statement signals ...

The EU general data protection regulation (GDPR) is the strongest privacy and security law in the world. This regulation updated and modernised the principles of the 1995 data protection directive. It ...