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What is informatics?

Informatics sits at the intersection of technology, people, and society. The dean of the UW Information School (iSchool), ...
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End of data decay? Microsoft’s ‘glass plates’ can store data for 10,000 years

Researchers at Microsoft have developed a method to store massive amounts of digital information ...
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Laser-etched glass can store data for 10,000 years, Microsoft says

Thousands of years from now, what will remain of our digital era? The ever-growing vastness of human knowledge is no longer ...

Project Silica breakthrough lets Microsoft store digital data in glass for 10,000 years

Microsoft has been developing Project Silica for years, transforming glass into permanent storage media capable of retaining digital data for up to 10,000 years. The company ...
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9 University of Toronto jobs that pay up to $139,000 a year and $42 an hour

Just because it's a university doesn't mean you need a university degree to get hired.

Microsoft says its glass-based storage project now works with 'the same material found in kitchen cookware and oven doors' and can hold data for 10,000 years

Long-term data storage is a tricky one. As I look at my personal hard drives, full of photos, screenshots, and ancient drafts ...