Extinct Giant Panda Lineage Discovered Thanks to DNA From 22,000-Year-Old Skull

After sequencing DNA from the skull and comparing it to the genomes of modern-day giant pandas and 32 other ancient bears, researchers found this bear shared a common ancestor with today’s giant pandas around 183,000 years ago.

from gizmodo http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2018/06/extinct-giant-panda-lineage-discovered-thanks-to-dna-from-22000-year-old-skull/

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Emoji Movie Star Dropbox Files for IPO

Dropbox, the company best known for nearly rescuing a ragtag group of emoji from a teenager’s phone, has filed for an initial public offering. from gizmodo http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2018/02/emoji-movie-star-dropbox-files-for-ipo/

Who is NetApp?

At Cloud Field Day 9 Netapp presented some of its cloud solutions. This comes on the heels of NetApp Insight , the annual corporate event that should give its user base not just new products but also a general overview of the company strategy for the future. NetApp presented a lot of interesting news and projects around multi-cloud data and system management. The Transition to Data Fabric This is not the first time that NetApp radically changed its strategy. Do you remember when NetApp was the boring ONTAP-only company? Not that there is anything wrong with ONTAP of course (the storage OS originally designed by NetApp is still at the core of many of its storage appliances). It just can’t be the solution for everything, even if it does work pretty well. When ONTAP was the only answer to every question (even with StorageGrid and EF systems already part of the portfolio), the company started to look boring and, honestly, not very credible. The day the Data Fabric vision was announced

This Cassette Tape Simulator Makes Your MP3s Sound Like You're Listening to a Retro Walkman

WebCassette will load and degrade your digital music files so their sound quality hearkens back to a time before compact discs hit the market. from gizmodo http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2018/04/this-cassette-tape-simulator-makes-your-mp3s-sound-like-youre-listening-to-a-retro-walkman/

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