Optical media is still an amazing technology that has many uses today.

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

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

Microsoft is expanding data loss prevention (DLP) controls to block the Microsoft 365 Copilot AI assistant from processing ...

DNA, the genetic blueprints in every living organism, is nature's most efficient storage mechanism, capable of storing about 215 million gigabytes of data per gram. That storage capacity, if applied ...

For roughly a decade, Microsoft has been perfecting a high-density storage technology that uses glass, lasers, and cameras, ...

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 says glass data storage can preserve data for 10,000 years, using lasers to write voxels inside silica plates. It’s ...

In a new study, scientists at Microsoft Research have shown that they can write information into a lump of borosilicate glass. Their calculations suggest the data trapped inside would be stable for at ...

The breakthrough comes from Microsoft researchers and could enable the preservation of terabytes of data for a very long time ...

A thorough look at the technical reality of modern consoles, and the need—or lack thereof—to install video games on internal ...