Apple’s iOS platform has been a walled garden for more than a decade, and only messy Jailbreak hacks could open the door to unapproved apps. iOS app developer Riley Testut has released a new App Store alternative called AltStore that could shake up the iOS ecosystem. Unlike other rogue …

  One of the topics we’ve returned to repeatedly at ExtremeTech is the difficulty of performance scaling in both CPUs and GPUs. Semiconductor manufacturers across the world are grappling with this problem, as are CPU and GPU designers. To date, there have been no miracle cures or easy solutions to …

  The modern office is once again changing, as new curved displays slowly make their way into a cubicle near you. These new displays typically offer high-quality panels with an excellent range of features that make them compelling options for multitaskers and professional image editors. HP’s simply named 34F is …

  We’ve always looked to the stars for answers, but in our modern era, we’re actually able to find some of them.  Learning more about the universe has led us to ask a lot of new questions about the nature of reality, space, time, and our existence.  While the biggest …

  App Annie, a go-to source for mobile app market data and analytics, is expanding its platform with the acquisition of mobile analytics provider Libring. The deal will allow App Annie to present its mobile app market data side by side with advertising analytics data, in order to paint a …

Increasing nut consumption by just half a serving (14 g) a day may help mitigate the gradual weight gain common during adulthood, and beneficially contribute to the prevention of obesity, according to a new study in the journal BMJ Nutrition, Prevention Health. Increasing daily consumption of nuts is associated with …

  Today, Venus and Earth don’t have a lot in common other than being about the same size and orbiting the same star. Venus has crushing atmospheric pressure and a surface temperature hot enough to melt lead. However, Venus might have been more Earth-like in the past. New simulations from …

Archaeologists have actually discovered traces of ruminant milk on ceramic recuperated from Neolithic websites in Europe. Bronze Age child containers. Photo credit report: Enver-Hirsch, Wien Museum.” Possible baby feeding vessels initially show up in Europe in the Neolithic (around 5,000 BCE), ending up being extra typical throughout the Bronze and …

Nova Southeastern University’s Professor Jose Lopez and his colleagues from the University of California Davis and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro propose a major revision in current space exploration philosophy and planetary protection policy, especially regarding microbes in space. Potential trajectory for how terraforming, PIPs and other related …

  Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week Kate and Alex were back at TechCrunch’s San Francisco HQ to huddle over the week’s biggest news story: WeWork’s infamous CEO exiting his role. Adam Neumann is now merely the non-executive chairman of …