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Microsoft's new 10,000-year data storage medium: glass

John Timmer / arstechnica - Femtosecond lasers etch data into a very stable medium.

#cloud #innovation #microsoft #science #datacenter #deeptech #technology #durability #memory #research

Microsoft develops storage that lets you backup data that lasts 10,000 years

15 days / digitaltrends

Microsoft Silica stores data for 10,000 years in special kitchen glass

15 days / techzine / Berry Zwets

Laser-etched silica glass offers a potential method for preserving digital data for over 10,000 years, providing durability against temperature, moisture, and electromagnetic interference.

16 days / bsky / @sciencex.bsky.social / sciencex.bsky.social

Microsoft boffins cook up archival storage using Pyrex glass they say can last over 10,000 years

16 days / theregister / Tobias Mann

Laser-etched glass can store data for for 10,000 years, Microsoft says

16 days / techxplore

Etching the world's smallest QR code in ceramic pushes data storage to the nanoscale

16 days / techspot

Microsoft’s Glass Chip Holds Terabytes of Data for 10,000 Years

16 days / gizmodo / Gayoung Lee

Microsoft's new 10,000-year data storage medium: glass

16 days / arstechnica / John Timmer

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World Labs Raises $200M to Power 3D AI

Ekemini / ventureburn - World Labs, the artificial intelligence company co-founded by Fei-Fei Li, focused on developing spatial intelligence, announced a new milestone. A strategic investment of $200 million from Autodesk for World Labs’The post World Labs Raises $200M to Power …

#ai #startups #ar #ml #enterprise #mixedreality #computervision #business #deeptech #spatialcomputing

Fei Fei Li’s World Labs raises $1bn to advance spatial intelligence

15 days / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

AI godmother Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs lands $1B to power AI’s 3D world understanding

15 days / techfundingnews / Vignesh R

Nvidia (NVDA) Stock: Gains Momentum with $1B Spatial AI Funding Round

15 days / parameter / Newton Kitonga

World Labs Raises $1 Billion From Nvidia, AMD, and Autodesk for Spatial AI

16 days / implicator / Maria Garcia

World Labs closes $1B investment backed by Nvidia, AMD and Autodesk

16 days / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

World Labs Raises $1 Billion to Scale Spatial AI

16 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

World Labs Raises $200M to Power 3D AI

16 days / ventureburn / Ekemini

Fei-Fei Li's World Labs raises one billion dollars for "spatial intelligence"

16 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

World Labs lands $200M from Autodesk to bring world models into 3D workflows

16 days / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

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Saudi Arabia’s AI venture Humain invests $3bn in Elon Musk’s xAI

ft - Investment that deepens ties with billionaire is part of country’s goal to diversify economy

#ai #startups #genai #government #business #finance #deeptech #globalism #xai #elonmusk

Saudi Arabia’s Humain Backs Elon Musk’s AI Ambitions With $3 Billion xAI Stake

16 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Saudi Arabia’s AI venture Humain invests $3bn in Elon Musk’s xAI

16 days / ft

Elon Musk’s xAI Gets $3 Billion Investment From Saudi-Backed A.I. Firm

16 days / nytimes / Adam Satariano

Saudi's HUMAIN invests $3B in Elon Musk's xAI

16 days / semafor / Kelsey Warner

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Google Gemini adds Lyria 3, an AI model that can create music with words and photos

digitaltrends - Lyria 3 can take your words, photos, and videos, and turn them into a custom 30-second track with lyrics in tow. It's free to use and available within the Gemini. tool picker. The post Google Gemini adds Lyria 3, an AI model that can create music with wor…


Google launches Lyria 3 in Gemini, generates 30-second songs instantly

Google rolls out AI music generation in Gemini

16 days / betanews / Wayne Williams

Google brings AI music generation to Gemini with Lyria 3

16 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Google Gemini Can Now Generate 30-Second Music Tracks

16 days / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Google Gemini adds Lyria 3, an AI model that can create music with words and photos

16 days / digitaltrends

Google Gemini can now generate music based on photos

16 days / mobilesyrup / Jonathan Lamont

Record scratch—Google's Lyria 3 AI music model is coming to Gemini today

16 days / arstechnica / Ryan Whitwam

Google adds music-generation capabilities to the Gemini app

16 days / techcrunch / Ivan Mehta

Google’s AI music maker is coming to the Gemini app

16 days / theverge / Jess Weatherbed


Hands-on: how Lyria 3 crafts tracks, limits, and watermarks

Gemini can now generate a 30-second approximation of what real music sounds like

16 days / engadget / Ian Carlos Campbell

Gemini Can Now Turn Your Text or Photos into Custom Music: Here’s How

16 days / iphoneincanada / John Quintet


Record labels and stocks wobble as AI music arrives

Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) Stock: Google Adds AI Music Studio to Gemini With Lyria 3 Launch

16 days / parameter / Yasmin Werner

Record labels dip as Google adds AI music generation to its Gemini app

16 days / sherwood / Max Knoblauch


Skeptics label it 'musical slop'; debate over creativity

Google presses play on 30-second Gemini musical slop generator

16 days / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

Google Launches Music Generation Model to Make Songs 30-Seconds at a Time

16 days / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger


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16 days / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

Users will be able to use text, images, and videos as a reference to generate music

16 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

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French VC Quantonation raises €220 million for flagship quantum and deep-physics fund

David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Quantonation Ventures, a Paris-based venture firm for quantum and physics-based technologies, has closed its second flagship fund above target at €220 million. With this close, Quantonation reportedly becomes the largest dedicated quantum investment firm …

#startups #hardware #innovation #quantum #science #privateequity #business #deeptech #europe #technology

Quantonation Ventures Raises €220M Quantum Fund With Toshiba Support

16 days / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Quantonation just closed a €220M fund. Can it match VC’s diversity pace?

16 days / techfundingnews / Sofia Chesnokova

French VC Quantonation raises €220 million for flagship quantum and deep-physics fund

16 days / eu-startups / David Cendon Garcia

Quantonation Ventures closes €220M quantum fund backed by Toshiba

16 days / tech / John Reynolds

Quantonation closes new €220m fund as interest in quantum surges

16 days / sifted

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