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Stone, parchment or laser-written glass? Scientists find new way to preserve data

Wednesday at 18:00 PM, via The Guardian

Hard disks and magnetic tape have a limited lifespan, but glass storage developed by Microsoft could last millennia

Some cultures used stone, others used parchment. Some even, for a time, used floppy disks. Now scientists have come up with a new way to keep archived data safe that, they say, could endure for millennia: laser-writing in glass.

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Lab-Grown Meat Exists (But Nobody Wants To Eat It)

Wednesday at 17:20 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: In 2013, scientists unveiled the first lab-grown burger at a cost of $330,000. By 2023, the FDA approved cultivated chicken for sale. The price had dropped to around $10-$30 per pound, and over $3 billion in investor money had poured into more than 175 companies developing meat grown from animal cells instead of slaughtered animals. The promise is...

Contour Appoints Rahul Bhargava as Interim Chief Operating Officer

Wednesday at 16:52 PM, via Tech Financials

New York, NY – Contour Network has appointed Rahul Bhargava (Linkedin) as Interim Chief Operating Officer, reinforcing management leadership as the platform enters its next phase of growth following its acquisition by XDC Ventures in Q4 2025. Bhargava’s appointment signals a strategic acceleration phase for Contour as it expands beyond digitising Letters of Credit to […]

FDA Reverses Decision and Agrees To Review Moderna’s Flu Vaccine

Wednesday at 16:40 PM, via Slashdot

The Food and Drug Administration has reversed its decision on Moderna’s flu vaccine and has agreed to review it for possible approval, Moderna announced on Wednesday. From a report: Last week, the agency rejected Moderna’s application for review of a new flu vaccine, saying the company’s research design was flawed. But in subsequent discussions the company said that the agency had relented and...

India Tells University To Leave AI Summit After Presenting Chinese Robot as Its Own

Wednesday at 16:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: An Indian university has been asked to vacate its stall at the country’s flagship AI summit after a staff member was caught presenting a commercially available robotic dog made in China as its own creation, two government sources said. “You need to meet Orion. This has been developed by the Centre of Excellence at Galgotias University,” Neha Singh, a...

Thousands of CEOs Just Admitted AI Had No Impact On Employment Or Productivity

Wednesday at 15:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Fortune: In 1987, economist and Nobel laureate Robert Solow made a stark observation about the stalling evolution of the Information Age: Following the advent of transistors, microprocessors, integrated circuits, and memory chips of the 1960s, economists and companies expected these new technologies to disrupt workplaces and result in a surge of...

Pocket Studio Discipline: Shooting Product Videos on a Phone That Look Premium

Wednesday at 14:04 PM, via Tech Financials

A “small studio look” used to mean a camera body, a couple of lights, and a table that slowly became a permanent set in someone’s apartment. In 2026, a phone can get surprisingly close, as long as the shoot is treated like a tiny production instead of a quick clip. The difference rarely comes from […]

Prop Trading Career in South Africa: An Informational Guide

Wednesday at 13:46 PM, via Tech Financials

In recent years, South Africa has emerged as one of the most active financial markets on the African continent. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) is the largest in Africa, and retail participation in financial markets, including forex, indices, and crypto, has grown significantly. According to data from the South African Reserve Bank, retail investment and […]

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