Microsoft’s Glass Chip Holds Terabytes of Data for 10,000 Years

For the demonstration in the paper, the team inscribed 301 voxel layers, but the glass chip has the capacity to store 4.8 terabytes of data—equivalent to about 2 million printed books or 5,000 ...

DayZ creator calls to 'normalize delaying games,' that consumers can show Xbox and Sony 'that delays are okay' and, oh, 'Personally: don't preorder games, folks. Commercially ...

Also delayed: Icarus' console version, which he adds is "available on PlayStation and Xbox stores as a preorder" before cheekily adding " (personally: don't preorder games, folks. commercially: please ...
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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 ...

Meta patents AI tool that can keep social media accounts active with posts and video calls after death

Meta has received a patent outlining how AI could simulate users on social platforms after death, allowing posts, messages, ...

8 skiers found dead, 1 still missing after Tahoe avalanche

Mark E. Potts is the senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times. A native of Enid, Okla., Potts graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a master’s degree in broadcast journalism. He has ...