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In the news | ZDNet
Microsoft’s DNA storage breakthrough could pave way for exabyte drives
The prospect of storing vast amounts of data on DNA has come closer to reality thanks to a new technique for retrieving data.
In the news | Microsoft Accessibility Blog
Microsoft joins Be My Eyes app to provide tech support to Blind and Low Vision customers
For 900,000 people across 150 countries, the Be My Eyes app and its hundreds of thousands of sighted volunteers help people who are Blind or Low Vision do tasks, like cooking, or helping them find something they lost, reading a…
In the news | Phys.org
Researchers achieve random access in large-scale DNA data storage
University of Washington and Microsoft researchers revealed today that they have taken a significant step forward in their quest to develop a DNA-based storage system for digital data.
In the news | GeekWire
DNA data storage system rises past 400 megabytes – find out how to store yours
Text files as well audio, images and a high-definition music video featuring the band OK Go were first digitally encoded, and then converted into chemical coding—that is, adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine, which make up the ATCG alphabet for DNA…
In the news | Ars Technica
Inching closer to a DNA-based file system
Researchers have figured out how to add something like a filesystem to DNA storage, allowing random access to specific data within a large collection of DNA. While doing this, the team also tested a recently developed method for sequencing DNA…
Code in the Classroom with Dr. Peli de Halleux
Episode 12, February 15th, 2018 – If you’ve ever wondered if you could find the perfect combination of computer scientist… and Macgyver, look no further than Dr. Peli de Halleux, principal Research Software Design Engineer at Microsoft Research. A key…
The women who inspire women to pursue careers in STEM
| Anne Loomis Thompson
Halfway through college, I had an identity crisis. Spring was in the air in Hanover, New Hampshire, and my classmates were gearing up for Dartmouth’s famed Sophomore Summer term. Most of them would spend much of this term tubing down…
Improving AI Systems with Human Feedback and no Heartburn
| Tobias Schnabel, Paul Bennett, and Susan Dumais
Humans play an indispensable role in many modern AI-enabled services – not just as consumers of the service, but as the actual intelligence behind the artificial intelligence. From news portals to e-commerce websites, it is people’s ratings, clicks, and other…
New institute explores the future of Cortana
| Roy Zimmermann
Today marks the establishment of the Cortana Intelligence Institute – a new, co-funded collaboration between Microsoft Research, Cortana Research and RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, to work on next-generation capabilities for Microsoft’s digital assistant Cortana. At Microsoft, we are constantly…