A new technology – heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) – allows conventional hard drives to remain relevant and to reach 50 terabytes of capacity by 2026.
By the mid-21st century, severe climate change gripped much of the world. Underground habitats are one form of refuge becoming relatively commonplace in the late 2060s.
On 13th April 2029, the asteroid Apophis passes within 31,000 km of Earth – 10 times closer than the Moon, and even closer than some man-made satellites.
