The TechCrunch AI glossary | TechCrunch

The TechCrunch AI glossary | TechCrunch

Artificial intelligence is a deep and convoluted world. The scientists who work in this field often rely on jargon and lingo to explain what they’re working on. As a result, we frequently have to use those technical terms in our coverage of the artificial intelligence industry. That’s why we thought it would be helpful to … Read more

Is the OnePlus Watch 3 waterproof?

Is the OnePlus Watch 3 waterproof?

Is the OnePlus Watch 3 waterproof? Best answer: The OnePlus Watch 3 is water-resistant, just like most other premium smartwatches. It isn’t technically fully waterproof though you can swim with it, run in the rain, even take a shower and wash dishes with it on. It has the same IP68 and 5ATM rating that you’ll … Read more

Watch ‘Blue Ghost’ Attempt Its Landing on the Moon

Watch ‘Blue Ghost’ Attempt Its Landing on the Moon

Watch the “Blue Ghost” lunar lander attempt its moon landing. The actual landing is scheduled to happen at 3:34 a.m. Eastern time, according to CNN, while “The first images from the mission should be delivered about a half hour after…” Success is not guaranteed… [B]roadly speaking, about half of all lunar landing attempts have ended … Read more

New AI text diffusion models break speed barriers by pulling words from noise

New AI text diffusion models break speed barriers by pulling words from noise

These diffusion models maintain performance faster than or comparable to similarly sized conventional models. LLaDA’s researchers report their 8 billion parameter model performs similarly to LLaMA3 8B across various benchmarks, with competitive results on tasks like MMLU, ARC, and GSM8K. However, Mercury claims dramatic speed improvements. Their Mercury Coder Mini scores 88.0 percent on HumanEval … Read more

iOS 19 Rumored to Include These New Features for Your iPhone

iOS 19 Rumored to Include These New Features for Your iPhone

iOS 19 is still around three months away from being unveiled, but there are plenty of rumors about the upcoming update. Below, we recap iOS 19 rumors so far. Redesigned Camera App A leak earlier this year allegedly revealed a redesigned Camera app coming with iOS 19. On his YouTube channel Front Page Tech in … Read more

Your Comfort Show Isn’t Worth a Subscription

Your Comfort Show Isn’t Worth a Subscription

There are certain TV shows I always return to. I must have watched Futurama, Parks & Recreation, or Seinfeld from start to finish dozens of times. But I could have saved myself a pretty penny—and had a better experience—if I’d just bought them instead. Most of My Streaming Is Comfort Shows I love having access … Read more

IEEE President Kathleen Kramer on Fostering One IEEE

IEEE President Kathleen Kramer on Fostering One IEEE

Transformational leadership for a better IEEE is how I describe my vision for 2025. Working for “One IEEE” encapsulates the idea of this larger aspiration. Together we have the opportunity to foster meaningful collaborations that enable us to be much more than the sum of our individual parts. While the organization’s focused technical and publishing … Read more

Lloyds Bank says app issues fixed after payday IT issue

Lloyds Bank says app issues fixed after payday IT issue

Banking apps have once again been hit by IT issues on payday in the UK. Lloyds Bank and Halifax apps went down on Friday morning, according to thousands of user reports to platform outage monitor Downdetector. Users also reported technical issues affecting access to the TSB and Bank of Scotland apps. The number of reports … Read more