Periodico101: Dec 9, 2015

Dec 9, 2015

This diamond ring sealed with your DNA is designed to last forever

Diamonds may be forever, but what’s more unique and rare than even the most precious stones on Earth? The code of life, said Swiss chemist Robert Grass, the mastermind behind Identity Inside, a project that aims to create ultrapersonalized jewelry embedded with a loved one’s DNA.

The inspiration behind the custom-made baubles came from Grass’ professional work to develop technology to stabilize and store …

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This diamond ring sealed with your DNA is designed to last forever

The Next Frontier For Wearables: Bendable Batteries, Healthy Tattoos And More

When mass-appeal wearable devices arrived on the scene in 2009 in the form of Fitbit, skeptics wondered whether consumers would feel the need to track their steps and calories. But as technology has gotten more sophisticated and devices more sleek and intuitive, the industry has grown exponentially. Read More

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The Next Frontier For Wearables: Bendable Batteries, Healthy Tattoos And More

Android version distribution over the years, now in animated form

According to Google’s latest report on Android versions, Lollipop is nearly at the 30% mark while Marshmallow has yet to score its first percent. While we watch the monthly pie charts with interest, they omit the story of how we got here.

This animated version of Android releases over the years does a much better job of this. It shows how new versions grow eagerly, while old versions are reluctant to leave. Watch out for the blue segment of the 2.3.x branch – that’s the long-lived Gingerbread, which took years to fade into oblivion.

There’s even an app so that you can watch this on your Android phone if you want to be…

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Android version distribution over the years, now in animated form

Yahoo to Spin Off Core Businesses, Including Yahoo Japan

Yahoo has decided to keep its Alibaba stake and will instead look at transferring its other assets, including Yahoo Japan, into a new company.

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Yahoo to Spin Off Core Businesses, Including Yahoo Japan

Wounded British veteran shares powerful message to those who assume he hates Muslims

LONDON — A British veteran who lost his right leg while serving in Iraq has shared an epic open letter to all the people “expecting racism” from him.

See also: Anti-Muslim hate crimes are happening with frightening regularity

Chris Herbert, who lives in Portsmouth, UK, was injured in a roadside bomb explosion in 2007, …

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Wounded British veteran shares powerful message to those who assume he hates Muslims

Who owns these jumbo jets? This Malaysian airport wants to know

Uh, did someone leave three jumbo jets behind?

Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) wants the owners of three unclaimed Boeing 747-200F planes to come collect them.

The airport operator took out a notice on Monday in the classifieds sections of English daily The Star and Chinese paper Sin Chew, saying that the owners of the planes have 14 days to collect the aircraft. After the two weeks is up, KLIA will dispose of them or sell them to offset the expenses incurred during this period of unauthorised parking, it said in its notice.

Lost & found at Malaysia airport: three Boeing 747s. White with stripes. Not house-trainedhttps://t.co/Bh13GKPgSp pic.twitter.com/7oB8BctVLB

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Who owns these jumbo jets? This Malaysian airport wants to know

Apple releases OS X El Capitan Update 10.11.2

Apple has released a new update to OS X El Capitan, that updates it to version 10.11.2.

The list of changes in this update include:

Improved Wi-Fi reliability

Improved the reliability of Handoff and AirDrop

Fixed an issue that may cause Bluetooth devices to disconnect

Fixed an issue that prevented Mail from deleting messages in an offline Exchange account

Fixed an issue that prevented importing photos from an iPhone to a Mac using a USB cable

Improved iCloud Photo Sharing for Live Photos

The update is around 1.4GB and available for download through the Mac App…

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Apple releases OS X El Capitan Update 10.11.2

10 biggest gaming YouTube videos and most-watched games of 2015

Between trailers, commercials, lets-plays and comedy, gaming had a phenomenal year on YouTube.

The most popular videos of 2015, each of which garnered millions of views, represented some of the biggest trends in gaming this year. Whether it was trailers for highly anticipated titles like Star Wars Battlefront or Five Nights at Freddy’s, or spoofs on Grand Theft Auto V, all sorts of gaming interests were present.

YouTube also released its most popular games list of 2015, based on views and time spent. They are:

1Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
2FIFA 16
3Five Nights at Freddy’s 3
4ARK: Survival Evolved
5Agar.io
6Five Nights at Freddy’s 4
7Fallout 4
8Mortal Kombat X
9Batman: Arkham Knight
10Until Dawn …

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10 biggest gaming YouTube videos and most-watched games of 2015

Yahoo reportedly rules out Alibaba spinoff

Looks like the Yahoo board is more interested in selling the company’s core business. According to a report from CNBC, the board has ruled out the other option – spinning off the company’s investment in Alibaba, which is currently worth over $30 billion.

Although the report said that Yahoo’s assessment of its Internet business as well as the company’s stake in Yahoo Japan could take “a year or more,” it noted that an official announcement on the matter could be made as soon as Wednesday.

This comes just days after Verizon’s CFO Fran Shammo said that they would consider acquiring Yahoo’s Internet business if the deal makes…

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Yahoo reportedly rules out Alibaba spinoff

You may have to wait awhile for that Apple TV service - CNET

Apple has put on hold its plans to offer a service that streams live TV over the Internet, according to CBS CEO Les Moonves.

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You may have to wait awhile for that Apple TV service - CNET

The mysterious creator of Bitcoin could be an Australian businessman

The search for the creator of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin — who goes by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto — has sent the media scampering all over the world, but according to two new reports, they should have just come to Sydney, Australia.

According to Wired and Gizmodo, all signs point to a 44-year-old Australian computer expert and businessman, Craig Steven Wright, as the mysterious Nakamoto

Yet despite what Wired calls “a massive trove of evidence,” neither are able to say they’ve found their guy once and for all.

See also: Chinese researchers are experimenting with a mind-controlled car

Emerging in 2008 after …

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The mysterious creator of Bitcoin could be an Australian businessman

HTC's Vive headset still more virtual than reality - CNET

The phone maker, which partnered with video game company Valve for its virtual reality headset, is delaying the device to next year. It was supposed to launch in time for the holidays.

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HTC's Vive headset still more virtual than reality - CNET

What changes to the U.S. visa waiver program mean for travelers

Don’t say Republicans and Democrats can’t agree on anything.

A bipartisan majority in the U.S. House of Representatives voted Tuesday to make changes to the Visa Waiver Program, which currently makes it possible for citizens from 38 approved countries to travel to the United States for up to 90 days without first applying for a visa. The vote was 407-19.

One of the key features of H.R. 158, or the Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act of 2015, is that it adds “terrorism risk” as a factor for evaluating whether a foreign traveler should be allowed in the country.

Google's OnHub Paper Towel Holder Shells Are Real And Going Live Today For $29-$39, Plus Someone Designed One That Looks Like A Slinky

A couple months ago some Google Opinion Rewards survey-filler-outters received questions about the OnHub that suggested Google had new shells in the works. At least one of the three options provided looked like paper towel holder, and the others could easily pass for trash cans. Google wanted to know which one people would be most willing to buy. Well, all three variants have appeared in the Google Store, where they’re listed as coming soon.

Google’s OnHub Paper Towel Holder Shells Are Real And Going Live Today For $29-$39, Plus Someone Designed One That Looks Like A Slinky was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

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Google's OnHub Paper Towel Holder Shells Are Real And Going Live Today For $29-$39, Plus Someone Designed One That Looks Like A Slinky

Newly released image reveals how dolphins 'see' people

In a scientific first, researchers have just reproduced what a dolphin saw as it encountered a male diver.

This “what the dolphin saw” image of the submerged man reveals that dolphin echolocation results in fairly detailed images. What’s more, it’s now thought that dolphins may share such images with each other as part of a previously unknown marine mammal language.

Original CymaScope image of how a dolphin saw a submerged man (left) and the computer enhanced version of the same image (right).