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.

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.

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 ...

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

Abstract: Practical quantum computers are still in the nascent stages of development, which makes simulation tools essential for advancing quantum algorithms. Since such a simulation involves massive ...

Restoring a citizenship question to the U.S. Census would help rectify imbalances in congressional representation. The census is more than a constitutionally required population count. It determines ...

In these politically divisive times, there’s one thing we all agree on—we don’t want a giant data center in our backyard. Behold, the hyperscale data center! Massive structures, with thousands of ...

Q: How can I tell what’s causing my Windows computer to bog down? A: When a computer starts crawling, most people assume it’s old, broken or infected. In reality, it’s often just overwhelmed. One ...

Hardware accessory giant Logitech has confirmed it suffered a data breach in a cyberattack claimed by the Clop extortion gang, which conducted Oracle E-Business Suite data theft attacks in July.

A proposed 4.4-gigawatt natural gas-fired power plant south of Homer City, intended to power a nearby data processing center, is drawing scrutiny over its possible massive water demands on a local ...

The statutory public inquiry into the Post Office scandal cost less to run than the money paid by the Post Office to one company for legal representation during the four-year process. In its latest ...

Q: What should I do with my older computer that can’t run Windows 11? A: Now that the Oct. 14 deadline has passed, Windows 10 is officially retired, meaning Microsoft will no longer provide free ...