This is the Daily Tech News for Thursday, February 19th, 2026.

We tell you what we think you need to know.

We give you some important context, and hopefully that's going to help each other understand.

Today, Microsoft has developed a storage alternative that lasts 10,000 years, and it's made

of glass.

But will it help us with Ramageddon? Who knows? I'm Tom Merritt. I'm Windwardow.

Let's start with what you need to know with The Big Story.

All right, well, with hard drive prices rising, you might think it's better to just, you know,

go back to engraving stone tablets. Guess what?

That's actually cutting edge.

Tom sat down with Dr. Nicky to understand how Microsoft has developed its long-term storage.

Dr. Nicky, thank you so much for joining us.

I'm happy to be here and talk about ancient or modern tablets.

Yes.

So should I pull out my stone tablets?

What are we talking about here?

Why are we talking about engraving tablets?

I was hoping so.

But no, we're talking about data storage.

As ancient tablets were also for that, but now we're talking about that on a slightly

larger scale.

You probably generate a lot of data every day just in DTNS recordings.

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