Pinpoint releases dashboard to bring visibility to software engineering operations As companies look for better ways to understand how different departments work at a granular level, engineering has traditionally been a black box of siloed data. Pinpoint, an Austin-based startup, has been working on a platform to bring this information …

Big Amazon affiliate commission rate cuts among latest program changes Starting April 21, Amazon affiliates, which include publishers and influencers, will see lower commissions from their affiliate link sales across several product categories. The Amazon Associates program is set to cut commission rates for furniture and home improvement products from …

Apple Unveils $399 iPhone SE With 4.7-inch Display, A13 Bionic SoC Lovers of small phones have cause to celebrate today — after years of rumors and speculation, Apple has unveiled a second-gen iPhone SE. The display is just 4.7 inches, making it much more comfortable than other modern smartphones, and …

The Formation of the Moon May Have Stretched the Earth Into a Potato The question of how the Moon formed has fascinated astronomers and geologists for decades. Currently, the prevailing theory is that the Earth was struck by an approximately Mars-sized impactor very early in its life. This impact catastrophically …

Google Play adds a ‘Teacher Approved’ section to its app store Google today is making it easier for families to find quality educational apps with the addition of a new “Teacher Approved” section to Google Play. All apps found in this section are vetted by a panel of reviewers, including …

Windows 10 Will Add Instant File Transfer for Samsung Phones Microsoft’s “Your Phone” app can help you get data and features from your phone on Windows, but the software maker has an exclusive partnership with Samsung to enhance this connection. Samsung owners already had semi-exclusive notification and call synchronization, and …

Meet the Zhaoxin KX-U6780A: China’s First Homegrown x86 CPU For the past few years, we’ve lightly covered the work of Zhaoxin, China’s first homegrown x86 CPU company. Zhaoxin is the result of a joint agreement between the Shanghai Municipal Government and the Taiwanese company VIA Technologies, which owns Centaur, which …

Archaeologists Solve Mystery of Ancient Decorated Ostrich Eggs Engraved, painted and embellished with ivory, precious metals and faience fittings, decorated ostrich eggs were traded and exchanged as luxury items around the Mediterranean during the Bronze and Iron Ages. As ostriches are not indigenous to Europe, decorated eggs must have been …

Scientists Restore Mobility and Sensation of Touch in Stroke-Injured Rats In a new experiment on rats, a team of researchers at Lund University has shown that by transplanting human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell-derived neurons into rat brains, it is possible to restore mobility and sensation of touch in the …

5 steps to get your team up and running remotely in 48 hours with a cloud-based DAM With the majority of people now working from home, organizations are challenged to provide quick, reliable and secure access to files located on local servers. A cloud-based enterprise digital asset management solution solves …