Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's net worth fell by about $20 billion on Monday.Huang lost nearly 20% of his net worth after Chinese AI startup DeepSeek triggered a tech sell-off.DeepSeek is an "excellent AI advancement," Nvidia told Business Insider.Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang lost nearly 20% of his net worth after Chinese AI upstart DeepSeek sparked a sell-off in AI-related stocks on Monday.Huang's net worth fell from $121 billion to around $100 billion, per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.Nvidia shares plunged by nearly 17% when markets closed on Monday, shedding nearly $600 billion in market value. The shares have since gone up by 1.51% in after-hour trading.Huang wasn't the only tech billionaire who saw his net worth decline. Oracle co-founder and CTO Larry Ellison lost $22.6 billion, or 12% of his net worth, per Bloomberg. The outlet said that the world's 500 richest people lost a combined $108 billion on Monday.When approached for comment, a spokesperson for Nvidia told Business Insider that DeepSeek is an "excellent AI advancement" and a "perfect example" of test-time scaling.Test-time scaling refers to techniques that can improve a model's performance by adjusting how it processes information, instead of retraining it on more data."DeepSeek's work illustrates how new models can be created using that technique, leveraging widely-available models and compute that is fully export control compliant," the spokesperson said, adding that the company's products would still be needed to run AI models."Inference requires significant numbers of Nvidia GPUs and high-performance networking," the spokesperson continued.DeepSeek spooked investors this week after its free chatbot app hit the top spot on Apple's US App Store's ranking on Monday. The startup's high-performing but relatively cheaper models have raised concerns that demand for AI hardware like Nvidia's chips may drop.On Monday, President Donald Trump told GOP lawmakers at their annual policy retreat that DeepSeek's cheaper models are both a "positive" and a "wake-up call" for American tech companies."That's good, because you don't have to spend as much money. I view that as a positive, as an asset," Trump said."The release of DeepSeek, AI from a Chinese company, should be a wake-up call for our industries that we need to be laser-focused on competing to win," he added.Last week, Trump announced Stargate, a new AI joint venture between OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle and Emirati investor, MGX. Trump said Stargate will invest up to $500 billion on AI infrastructure over the next four years.

There were rumors floating around last week that The Expansethe outstanding adaptation of the James S.A. Corey sci-fi book serieswould be fleeing Prime Video, the platform that saved the show from an early cancellation back in 2018, like a rogue ship through a Ring gate across alien worlds. io9 was unable to corroborate those rumors at the time, but now it seems the news is true or at least, half-true. It is apparently confirmed that the first three seasons of The Expanse will be leaving Prime Video in 11 days. If you have a Prime Video subscription, you can see for yourself; this message appears on the season one and season three screens (although not the season two screen for some reason). Screenshot: Prime Video Nerdist tweeted out a PSA that seasons 1-3 are departing the streamer February 7. io9 has further reached out to Prime Video for clarification or comment, and will update if theres a response. The Expanse concluded in 2022 after a truncated sixth season; seasons 4-6 do not have that ominous message attached to their Prime Video landing pages. That makes a certain amount of sense because, as mentioned above, seasons 1-3 aired on the Syfy Channel before the show was cancelledthen revived by Prime Video with the same cast and production company. Perhaps theres a behind-the-scenes deal in place to keep the Prime Video-released seasons available to watch, even if rights issues mean the first three are going away. If youre an Expanse fan whos not sworn off physical media, you can still pick up all the seasons on Blu-ray, with a complete set released in late 2023. If you have sworn of physical media but you cant stand the thought of not having the early days of the protomolecule intrigue at your fingertips, might be time to reconsider. Remember the Cant! Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, whats next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.

Li Eaves, a Flower and Plants Shop / Raw Architecure StudioSave this picture! Bo ZhouRetail InteriorsNanjing, ChinaArchitects: Raw Architecure StudioAreaArea of this architecture projectArea:10 mYearCompletion year of this architecture project Year: 2024 PhotographsPhotographs:Bo Zhou, Raw Architecure Studio Lead Architects: Wu Shufan, Li Yawei More SpecsLess SpecsSave this picture!Li Eaves: The ancients built a pavilion shaped like a bamboo hat on a rural road every ten miles that shelter pedestrians from wind and rain, and shade from cold and hot. So "Li" reminds people of its function of providing shelter from rain and sun. Eave is the main architectural construction style for this design. "Li Eaves" was named by our friend Zhou Bo for this project. We have been invited by our friend Yuan Hua who has newly taken over a Flower and plant shop. The storefront left by the previous owner already possesses a certain visual quality. The main demand for a new storefront is to provide shade for the flowers and plants placed outside, protecting them from the intense direct sunlight in summer. At the same time, it is also hoped that a small corner for rest can be created under the enclosure wall next to the shop.Save this picture!Save this picture!The shop is located in Ji'e Lane on the south side of Zhujiang road, the central area of Nanjing's main city. Ji'e Lane is a traditional street space in Nanjing, with shops lining the ground floor of residential buildings on both sides. In recent years, with the popularity of trendy shops, the stores at both ends near Hongmiao and Taiping North road have been constantly upgraded and renovated. While, the shops in the middle of the lane are mostly hardware stores, and groceries, which are of low quality and outdated in terms of business. However, they are mostly run by the house owners who are very familiar with each other. The lane is filled with a relaxed and vivid daily life ambiance. Reading City is a part of our team's daily work. Also, we do some design practices in small-scale urban renewal. In this case, we attempt to renew the storefront within 3 days in a DIY way, which would be an interesting renovating construction practice.Save this picture!Save this picture!Directly facing the Present (about the Choice of Construction Form) - The residential building where "Li Eaves" belongs was built in the 1980s and 1990s, with the typical appearance of that erasimple and unremarkable in design. It also has traces of residents' additions, repairs, and government renovations in different periods, presenting a visual state of randomness and disorder. The most direct response to the construction is to avoid touching the original building too much. Meanwhile, in terms of visual presentation, we aim to create a warm ambiance with a certain affinity and crafted look to respond to the spatial scale and visual density of the traditional lane environment.Save this picture!Save this picture!The concept of the form originates from its functional requirements: overhanging and shading. The flower and plants shop was originally built using the enclosing wall and the courtyard of the residence building. Its roof and facade do not have the structural capacity to support direct attachment. The direct response to the current situation is to take root from the bottom of the second-floor balcony of the main building over the existing signboard. After the overhanging part is completed on the top of the signboard, the shading elements naturally adopt a way of downward hanging. Thus, the form logic of "Li Eaves" is generated.Save this picture!Save this picture!Industrial Materials and Handcrafting - To achieve the goal of rapid and independent assembly, we chose a timber structure system that is easy to manually build. All structural timber components have the same cross-section, which is commonly available in the market. The components are pre-cut by the manufacturer according to the drawings and assembled on-site using bolt connections.Save this picture!The production of the sunshade panels also benefits from industrial manufactures. Each sunshade panel consists of a main and a secondary frame, with the secondary frame wrapped in bamboo weaving fabric and then fixed to the main frame. The main and secondary frames are custom-made at an oil painting frame manufacturer, with accurate size and shape, and reliable joints, which effectively reduces the difficulty of on-site assembly, saves time, and keeps the cost under control.Save this picture!Joints Density and Visual Perception - The warm texture conveyed by the wood complements the natural ambiance of the flower and plant shop. We chose small cross-section short components to increase the number of joints, hoping that pedestrians can fully perceive the texture and granularity of the components at a close distance. Enhancing visual retention helps to convey a warm and relaxed ambiance more vividly. The overlapping timber beams stick out layer by layer for the end joints of the cantilever beams, which are reminiscent of the unique charm of traditional Chinese wooden structures. After the completion of "Li eaves", it gained the favor of the neighboring residents, attracting many passersby to stop and take photos. To some extent, the new construction adds vitality and improves the original environmental quality of the lane.Save this picture!This is a spontaneous attempt at street interface renewal, and it is also a positive environmental renovation of urban micro-public spaces. At the same time, we also hope that through the method of using industrial materials and handcrafted production, we can provide a certain professional demonstration for some self-renewal construction activities.Save this picture!Project gallerySee allShow lessAbout this officePublished on January 28, 2025Cite: "Li Eaves, a Flower and Plants Shop / Raw Architecure Studio" 28 Jan 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1026095/li-eaves-a-flower-and-plants-shop-raw-architecure-studio&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save? / You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! 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Few natural sights are revered as much as the aurora borealis, and scientists at NASA are hoping that two new rocket missions will help illuminate the processes that lead to such a magnificent light display. The two missions, with launch windows that opened January 21, 2025, are aiming for the Alaskan night sky, where auroras shine regularly during the winter.Auroras are byproducts of the interaction between solar wind and the Earths magnetosphere, containing its magnetic field. Following a solar flare or a coronal mass ejection, plasma from the Sun is propelled through space. When this burst of energy reaches the Earths magnetic field, electrons start colliding with gasses like oxygen and nitrogen, causing them to give off a vibrant glow that generates auroras. With the new missions, NASA scientists want to know exactly why these collisions happen in the first place. The missions are part of NASAs Sounding Rockets program, which launches small rockets containing scientific instruments into space. These rockets usually spend a brief period of time in space (5 to 20 minutes) and travel at lower speeds, making them suitable for some experiments that satellites can't conduct.The Role of Electron AccelerationOne mission, codenamed GIRAFF (Ground Imaging to Rocket investigation of Auroral Fast Features), will send two rockets. Each one will fly into a different type of aurora: one is intended for fast-pulsating auroras, which flash on and off a few times a second, and the other for flickering auroras, which flash up to 15 times a second.The variation between fast-pulsating and flickering auroras may lie in the different ways electrons accelerate. To better understand this concept, both rockets will measure key factors in the electron acceleration process, including the energy, quantity, and relative arrival times of electron populations that form the auroras.Pursuing Black AurorasThe other mission, Black and Diffuse Aurora Science Surveyor, will study black auroras, also known as anti-auroras. These contradictory-sounding phenomena appear to lack light in certain regions, leaving gaps of dark space in an otherwise colorful aurora.The European Space Agencys Cluster mission, featuring four satellites examining the Earths magnetosphere, has previously observed black auroras. Astronomers believe their creation involves a process that deviates from the normal trajectory taken by electrons that arrive from solar storms; rather than proceed further into the Earths ionosphere (the ionized upper atmosphere where charged particles reside), the electrons likely reverse direction and slip back into space.The rocket for this mission will head for black aurora regions to survey electron populations, which researchers hope will provide insight on the reason behind the reversal of electrons.A Busy Year For AurorasThe aurora borealis moves in a somewhat unpredictable manner, making it tricky to target them precisely. To prepare, NASA researchers will track the auroras with ground-based cameras, looking to determine the right path that the rockets should take. They plan to aim the rockets not at the exact location of the auroras, but where they predict the auroras could appear. These missions come at a time when the sun is very active, leading to higher frequency and intensity of solar storms. Last year, the Sun reached its solar maximum as its magnetic field flipped, representing the peak of activity during its 11-year solar cycle. The effects of the solar maximum will continue to be visible here on Earth for much of 2025, explaining why this year's auroras are expected to put on a strong show.Read More: The Dazzling Sun of 2024Article SourcesOur writers at Discovermagazine.com use peer-reviewed studies and high-quality sources for our articles, and our editors review for scientific accuracy and editorial standards. Review the sources used below for this article:Center for Science Education. Auroras: The Northern and Southern Lights NASA. Sounding RocketsThe European Space Agency. Black Auroras Jack Knudson is an assistant editor at Discover with a strong interest in environmental science and history. Before joining Discover in 2023, he studied journalism at the Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University and previously interned at Recycling Today magazine.

A new Stalker 2 update is out now, and according to the patch notes, it prevents prevents game crashes, shader compilation issues, and memory leaks. Developer GSC Game World claims the patch fixes the most critical problems based on player feedback.In brief, the patch stops freezes and crashes related to shader compilation issues. It fixes a memory leak problem in the Rostok location, prevents save loss on Xbox, and corrects UI animations that caused other crashes. Additionally, saves with long playtimes will no longer have performance drops when players aim and fire weapons.Hello, stalkers! We are finally back with another update patch 1.1.4 is already available for your PCs and consoles. We took time to evaluate the situation and prioritize our upcoming steps. This update is the first of the year, and we will be releasing another major update pic.twitter.com/dtvo3ux3qJ S.T.A.L.K.E.R. OFFICIAL (@stalker_thegame) January 27, 2025 GSC Game World stated that the shader compilation crashes were the hardest problem to solve. It is encouraging players to reach out via its help page if they continue to run into shader compilation issues (or any other glitches). The developer also emphasized that another major update is on the way soon.Continue Reading at GameSpot

WWE 2K25 is on the way, and tonight during WWE Raw on Netflix, the official cover star was revealed. If you've followed the teases, you may have already figured it out, but now it's official: Roman Reigns will be featured on the cover of WWE 2K25.Reigns had one of the biggest years of his career in 2024. After 1,316 days as WWE Champion, he finally dropped the title to Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 40. For months, he was off-screen, as his cousin Solo Sikoa had disowned him post-defeat from their familial faction, The Bloodline, and claimed the role of leader for himself.Roman Reigns is the cover athlete of WWE 2K25[image or embed] Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful (@seanrosssapp.bsky.social) January 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM Reigns returned at SummerSlam to reclaim his spot as the "Tribal Chief" to a chorus of massive cheers from the crowd. Turning face but still keeping a harder edge to his character than Rhodes' purer Face That Runs The Place role, Reigns has re-emerged as the fan-favorite good guy the company once spent years failing to create.Continue Reading at GameSpot

Horizon Forbidden West surpasses its predecessor, Horizon Zero Dawn, in almost every aspect of the game, including its status effects. While the previous entry only offered a handful of status effects, the acclaimed sequel significantly expands on this feature.

Every streaming service has amassed a library of shows along with their movies and video game selection, and some of these famous shows have been on for years and have passed the one-hundred-episode mark. Disney+ is one of many services that have a similar choice of shows, in part thanks to the long history of the studio.

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