Data gets written inside a small glass plate with ultra fast lasers, then imaging and decoding software reconstructs it later. Microsoft has also pointed to a peer reviewed Nature paper as evidence it can reliably write, read, and decode what it stores. This is aimed at archives, not your personal photo drive. Still, it’s early. Access depends on purpose built read equipment, and the system needs to prove it can raise write throughput and scale manufacturing beyond...

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