Mastodawn

Microsoft's new 10,000-year data storage medium: glass
Femtosecond lasers etch data into a very stable medium.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/microsofts-new-10000-year-data-storage-medium-glass/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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Urzl

@arstechnica Are they going to reserve it explicitly for cloud and AI providers?

They're aiming for a new dark ages where we don't have local storage or backup under our own control. It'll all be subject to their inspection and plagiarism.