460
This long-term data storage will last 14 billion years (www.theregister.com)
submitted 9 months ago by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
166 comments fedilink hide all child comments

"the medium is silica crystal, similar to optical cable, it's highly durable. It's also capacious: The technology can store up to 360 TB of data on a 5-inch glass platter."

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 9 months ago

You don’t take into account external factors like that. This is like saying “oh your watch battery will last an entire year? What about if I launch it into the sun‽‽”

[-] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Honda won't honor my 10-year powertrain warranty just because I yeeted my 2-year-old Civic off a bridge into salt water!

this post was submitted on 14 Dec 2025
460 points (97.5% liked)

Technology

88607 readers
4419 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
technopagan@lemmy.world
L4s@lemmy.world
L3s@hackingne.ws