Our Experts Written by Russell Holly Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may get a commission. Reviews ethics statement Why You Can Trust CNET 16171819202122232425+ Years of Experience 14151617181920212223 Hands-on Product Reviewers 6,0007,0008,0009,00010,00011,00012,00013,00014,00015,000 Sq. Feet of Lab Space How we test CNETs expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. What to consider Build quality and size The design, weight and shape of the bike all play a role in your exercise bike's safety, ease of use and durability. Workout quality Software and features A good exercise bike should be compatible with some type of cycling app even if it doesn't come with its own display. Table of Contents Our Picks Best exercise bike overall BowFlex Velocore View details $999 at BowFlex View details Best exercise bike for classes Peloton Bike View details $1,445 at Peloton View details Best exercise bike with full-body workout BODi Bike View details $349 at BODi View details Best budget exercise bike BowFlex C6 View details $799 at Bowflex View details Best exercise bike for hardcore cyclists Wahoo Kickr Bike View details $2,659 at Amazon View details Best add-on for your outdoor bike Saris H3 Indoor Trainer View details $510 at Amazon View details Table of Contents If you want to get in more exercise this year, you can't really go wrong with a stationary bike. For one thing, stationary bikes are great tools for aerobic exercise, and they make a great addition to your home exercise equipment if you have a gym. Whether you're looking for a smart exercise bike or on-demand classes, there are plenty of exercise bike options out there. With indoor cycling, you can work toward achieving your fitness goals even during winter weather.The best thing about a stationary bike though? They are pretty quiet and can be used in apartments, regardless of what level you're on. Weve tried out a bunch of bikes from popular brands like Peloton and Bowflex, so check out our top favorites below!Editor's note Jan. 6: We will be updating this page later this year. New machines are currently in the testing stages and will be updated accordingly.What is the best exercise bike overall?I have more than five years of experience testing indoor exercise bikes, and not just because I moved to a place where it gets too cold to enjoy my road bike all year long. Exercise bikes have many benefits, no matter what your skill level is as a cyclist. Right now the best overall fitness bike is the BowFlex Velocore series. It's easily one of the most versatile exercise bikes that doesn't take up a massive amount of space, the included display offers a massive amount of training and entertainment options, and it comes in a budget-friendly version with a smaller display.Editor's note, June 10: BowFlex filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this year and the brand is now owned by Johnson Health Tech, which also owns Horizon Fitness and Matrix. You can still buy BowFlex products through its website and via retailers such as Amazon and Dick's Sporting Goods.Best exercise bikes of 2025 Photo Gallery 1/1 $999 at BowFlex $1,260 at Best Buy Pros Sturdy design without being loud Great display and speakers Versatile software package Cons Not enough training courses for full-body workouts Screen doesn't turn left or right 8.8 $999 at BowFlex $1,260 at Best Buy BowFlex has worked hard to make its Velocore series something anyone can enjoy. The upright exercise bike is surprisingly modular, and its magnetic resistance system allows you to get a whole-body workout without making excessive noise. The big front wheels make it easy to move around offering a smooth ride, and while you can use the big speakers on the front of the display, it also works great with headphones over Bluetooth. The truly unique part of this design is the ability to lean into your rides, thanks to a locked hinge offering a core workout while you ride. What makes this exercise bike stand out is its extremely flexible software. If you want a growing set of classes to give you a clear set of instructions for working out, BowFlex has quite a bitto offer through its subscription service. If that's not your thing, there are loads of other options, including watching Netflix, Hulu or even Max while you ride. Very few other bikes do this unless you bring your own screen, and BowFlex does it with ease. CNET Score Breakdown 8.8 /10 SCORE Software Ease of Use 8 Functionality 10 Warranty 6 Features 10 8.4

January 27, 20253 min readWhy DeepSeeks AI Model Just Became the Top-Rated App in the U.S.A Chinese start-up has stunned the technology industryand financial marketswith a cheaper, lower-tech AI assistant that matches the state of the artBy Stephanie Pappas edited by Jeanna Bryner Weiquan Lin/Getty ImagesDeepSeeks artificial intelligence assistant made big waves Monday, becoming the top-rated app in the Apple Store and sending tech stocks into a downward tumble. Whats all the fuss about?The Chinese start-up, DeepSeek, surprised the tech industry with a new model that rivals the abilities of OpenAIs most recent modelwith far less investment and using reduced-capacity chips. The U.S. bans exports of state-of-the-art computer chips to China and limits sales of chipmaking equipment. DeepSeek, based in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, reportedly had a stockpile of high-performance Nvidia A100 chips from times prior to the banso its engineers could have used those to develop the model. But in a key breakthrough, the start-up says it instead used much lower-powered Nvidia H800 chips to train the new model, dubbed DeepSeek-R1.Weve seen up to now that the success of large tech companies working in AI was measured in how much money they raised, not necessarily in what the technology actually was, says Ashlesha Nesarikar, the CEO of AI company Plano Intelligence, Inc. I think well be paying a lot more attention to what tech is underpinning these companies different products.On supporting science journalismIf you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas shaping our world today.On common AI tests in mathematics and coding, DeepSeek-R1 matched the scores of Open AIs o1 model, according to VentureBeat. U.S. companies dont disclose the cost of training their own large language models (LLMs), the systems that undergird popular chatbots such as ChatGPT. But OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told an audience at MIT in 2023 that training ChatGPT-4 cost over $100 million. DeepSeek-R1 is free for users to download, while the comparable version of ChatGPT costs $200 a month.DeepSeeks $6 million number doesnt necessarily reflect the cost of building a LLM from scratch, Nesarikar says; that cost may represent a fine-tuning of this latest version. Nevertheless, she says, the models improved energy efficiency would make AI more accessible to more people in more industries. The increase in efficiency could be good news when it comes to AIs environmental impact, as the computation cost of generating new data with an LLM is four to five times higher than a typical search engine query.Because it requires less computational power, the cost of running DeepSeek-R1 is a tenth of the cost of similar competitors, says Hanchang Cao, an incoming assistant professor in Information Systems and Operations Management at Emory University. For academic researchers or start-ups, this difference in the cost really means a lot, Cao says.DeepSeek achieved its efficiency in several ways, says Anil Ananthaswamy, author of Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI. The model has 670 billion parameters, or variables it learns from during training, making it the largest open-source large language model yet, Ananthaswamy explains. But the model uses an architecture called mixture of experts so that only a relevant fraction of these parameterstens of billions instead of hundreds of billionsare activated for any given query. This cuts down on computing costs. The DeepSeek LLM also uses a method called multi-head latent attention; instead of predicting an answer word-by-word, it generates multiple words at once.The model further differs from others like o1 in how it reinforces learning during training. While many LLMs have an external critic model that runs alongside them, correcting errors and nudging the LLM toward verified answers, DeepSeek-R1 uses a set of rules internal to the model to teach it which of the possible answers it generates is best. DeepSeek has streamlined that process, Anasthaswamy says.Another important aspect of DeepSeek-R1 is that the company has made the code behind the product open-source, Anasthaswamy says. (The training data remains proprietary.) This means that the companys claims can be checked. If the model is as computationally efficient as DeepSeek claims, he says, it will probably open up new avenues for researchers who use AI in their work to do so more quickly and cheaply. It will also enable more research into the inner workings of LLMs themselves.One of the big things has been this divide that has opened up between academia and industry because academia has been unable to work with these really large models or do research in any meaningful way, Anasthaswamy says. But something like this, its within the reach of academia now, because you have the code.

Dauntless and Fae Farm studio Phoenix Labs lays off "majority" of employeesAs part of "unfortunate but necessary changes to our operations".Image credit: Phoenix Labs/Eurogamer News by Matt Wales News Reporter Published on Jan. 28, 2025 Dauntless and Fae Farm developer Phoenix Labs has announced another round of layoffs - its fourth since May 2023 - this time affecting the "majority" of staff at the studio.Phoenix Labs enjoyed early success with its first game, free-to-play Monster-Hunter-like Dauntless, and the studio released its second title, Fae Farm, in 2023. However, the developer has faced multiple rounds of layoffs since its acquisition by blockchain company Forte Labs in 2023, starting with job cuts impacting 9 percent of its workforce in May that year. A further 34 layoffs followed seven months later, with an additional 140 jobs being cut last May. And, unfortunately for employees, layoffs have continued into 2025."Today is another difficult day at Phoenix Labs," the developer wrote in a message posted to LinkedIn on Monday. "We have made the tough decision to part ways with the majority of the studio as part of unfortunate but necessary changes to our operations."To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Newscast: Four promising Xbox games also coming to PlayStation.Watch on YouTubeWe recognise and deeply appreciate the contributions of every individual impacted," it continued. "Their talent, dedication, and creativity have left an indelible mark on our company and our games... To our industry peers, we encourage you to reach out to these exceptional individuals - they are some of the best in the business."As for Dauntless and Fae Farm, the studio says it'll share more on their fate "in the coming weeks", but notes its current focus is on "supporting those affected through this transition."Phoenix Labs' announcement follows a devastating 2024 for the games industry - in which around 13000 employees are believed to have lost their jobs - and continues a January dogged by further layoffs and studio closures. Ubisoft, for instance, announced it was cutting 185 jobs this week, while Jar of Sparks - the studio founded by Halo Infinite head of design Jerry Hook - confirmed it had laid off "all" its team earlier this month. Last year, Chris Dring shared his thoughts with Eurogamer on why these layoffs are happening.

Broadband bulk billing FCC chair helps ISPs and landlords make deals that renters cant escape Brendan Carr dumps plan to ban bulk billing deals that lock renters into one ISP. Jon Brodkin Jan 27, 2025 4:13 pm | 7 Credit: Getty Images | Javier Zayas Photography Credit: Getty Images | Javier Zayas Photography Story textSizeSmallStandardLargeWidth *StandardWideLinksStandardOrange* Subscribers only Learn moreFederal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has dropped the previous administration's proposal to ban bulk billing deals that require tenants to pay for a specific provider's Internet service.In March 2024, then-Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel proposed a ban on arrangements in which "tenants are required to pay for broadband, cable, and satellite service provided by a specific communications provider, even if they do not wish to take the service or would prefer to use another provider."Rosenworcel's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was opposed by Internet providers and sat on the FCC's list of items on circulation throughout 2024 without any final vote, despite the commission having a 3-2 Democratic majority at the time. Carr, who was elevated to the chairmanship by President Trump, emptied the list of items under consideration by commissioners on Friday.With bulk billing deals in which a company agrees to provide service to every tenant of a building, residents are billed a prorated share of the total cost. Tenants may be billed by either the landlord or the telco provider. Bulk billing contracts are only banned by the FCC when they give a provider the exclusive right to access and serve a building. But when tenants are forced to pay for one provider's service, other providers aren't likely to see much opportunity in entering the building.Technically, Rosenworcel's plan would have allowed bulk billing arrangements to continue as long as tenants are given the ability to opt out of them. In March, Rosenworcel's office said her plan would "increase competition for communications service in these buildings by making it more profitable for competitive providers to deploy service in buildings where it is currently too expensive to serve consumers because tenants are required to take a certain provider's service.""Too often, tenants living in these households are forced to pay high prices with limited choices for Internet or other services," Rosenworcel's office said in March, arguing that her plan would "lower costs and address the lack of choice for broadband services" in apartments, condos, and public housing.Lobby groups thank new FCC chairHousing industry lobby groups praised Carr in a press release issued by the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC), National Apartment Association (NAA), and Real Estate Technology and Transformation Center (RETTC). "His decision to withdraw the proposal will ensure that millions of consumersrenters, homeowners and condominium ownerswill continue to reap the benefits of bulk billing," the press release said.The industry press release claims that bulk billing agreements negotiated between property owners and Internet service providers "typically secur[e] high-speed Internet for renters at rates up to 50 percent lower than standard retail pricing" and remove "barriers to broadband adoption like credit checks, security deposits, equipment rentals, or installation fees.""Bulk billing arrangements have made high-speed internet more accessible and affordable for millions of Americans, especially for low-income renters and seniors living in affordable housing," NMHC President Sharon Wilson Gno said.While the FCC prohibits deals in which a service provider has the exclusive right to access and serve a building, there are other ways in which competitors can be effectively shut out of buildings. In 2022, the FCC said its existing rules weren't strong enough and added a ban on exclusive revenue-sharing agreements between landlords and ISPs in multi-tenant buildings. The revenue-sharing ban was approved 40, including votes from both Rosenworcel and Carr.Comcast, Charter, Cox, and cable lobby group NCTA opposed Rosenworcel's plan for a bulk billing ban, saying that "interfering with the ability of building owners to offer these arrangements to their tenants will result in higher broadband and video prices and other harms for consumers, with questionable and limited benefits."Carr issued a statement today, saying, "During the Biden-Harris Administration, FCC leadership put forward a 'bulk billing' proposal that could have raised the price of Internet service for Americans living in apartments by as much as 50 percent. This regulatory overreach from Washington would have hit families right in their pocketbooks at a time when they were already hurting from the last administration's inflationary policies. That is why you saw a broad and bipartisan coalition of groups opposing the plan. After all, seniors, students, and low-income individuals would have been hit particularly hard." Carr also said that he plans more actions "to reverse the last administration's costly regulatory overreach."Deals preserve in-building monopoliesConsumer advocacy group Public Knowledge and 30 other groups urged the FCC to approve Rosenworcel's proposal in July. "As they exist now, bulk billing arrangements sacrifice consumer choice to preserve in-building monopolies at the expense of tenants," the groups said in a letter to the commission. "For the many tenants trapped with high-cost or less-capable Internet that does not meet their needs, an opt-out option provides a vital escape. This is especially true for those eligible for low-income plans or Lifeline subsidy, which by definition are not available in a bulk billing arrangement."Because Rosenworcel's plan was in the form of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the FCC would have sought public comments before making a final decision. "The best way to determine whether bulk billing does more harm or more good, whether providers genuinely need 100 percent sign up to make service viable, or other questions as to whether allowing opt out better serves the public by offering more competition, is to move forward with the item," the advocacy groups' letter said.John Bergmayer, legal director at Public Knowledge, told Ars today that a bulk billing ban would have made the commission's rules more effective "by eliminating one of the ways that landlords, HOAs, and telecom and cable companies collaborate to bypass the intended effort of those rules, and require people to pay for Internet service they don't want or need. It's a shame. The arguments on the pro-bulk-billing side were spurious or overblown, and the MTE [multiple tenant environments] access rules have broad, bipartisan support, as well as a lot of industry support."Jon BrodkinSenior IT ReporterJon BrodkinSenior IT Reporter Jon is a Senior IT Reporter for Ars Technica. He covers the telecom industry, Federal Communications Commission rulemakings, broadband consumer affairs, court cases, and government regulation of the tech industry. 7 Comments

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Image: Nintendo, The Pokmon CompanyAhead of the launch of Pokmon Legends: Z-A this year and Pokmon Day next month, Nintendo has this week added the Pokmon Legends: Arceus soundtrack to its music application.This soundtrack comes loaded with a total of 102 tracks and has a whopping runtime of four hours and one minute. This includes songs for all of the different locations in the game, battle encounters and more. Here's the full rundown (warning: possible spoilers):The BeginningTransportedProfessor LaventonA Meeting in HisuiJubilife VillageThunderGalaxy HallBattle! (People of Hisui)To a New LandObsidian Fieldlands 1-1A Prelude to BattleA Prelude to Battle 2A Prelude to Battle 3Battle (Wild Pokmon)Survey Report (Day)Pokmon HealedObsidian Fiendlands 2-1A Prelude to Battle (Alpha Pokmon)Battle! (Alpha Pokmon)Blacking OutAn AudienceA Tense SituationHeartwoodCelestica FluteEvolutionThe Seat of a NobleKleavor, Lord of the WoodsBattle! (Noble Pokmon)ResolutionCase ClosedNew RankTarget PracticeCrimson Mirelands 1-1DistortionSettlementCrimson Mirelands 2-1Lilligant, Lady of the RidgeJubilife Village 2Cobalt Coastlands 1-1The Sound of the FluteFeelingsNightSurvey Report (Night)Cobalt Coastlands 2-1Firepit IslandCourageStrengthArcanine, Lord of the IslesCoronet HighlandsWayward CaveBattle! (People of Hisui 2)Electrode, Lord of the HollowReady to Go!Alabaster Icelands 1-1Deep in the NightDawnAlabaster Icelands 2-1Snowpoint TempleAvalugg, Lord of the TundraSuspicionExiledDisaster LoomingBattle during a Disaster (Prelude)Battle during a Disaster (Alpha Prelude)Battle during a Disaster (Pokmon)Ancient RetreatCave in the LakeStone PortalTemple of SinnohThe Arrival of Dialga/PalkiaBattle (Dialga/PalkiaThe Other Almighty SinnohTemporary RetreatOriginBattle! (Origin Forme Dialga/Palkia)FinaleEnding ThemeJubilife Village 3Mystery GiftObsidian Fieldlands 1-2Obsidian Fieldlands 2-2Crimson Mirelands 1-2Crimson Mirelands 2-2Cobalt Coastlands 1-2Cobalt Coastlands 2-2Alabaster Icelands 1-2Alabaster Icelands 2-2The Clefairy's Moonlit DanceThe LakesBattle! (Azelf / Mesprit / Uxie)Batte! (Remarkable Pokmon)Volo's GoalBattle! (Volo)Giratina AppearsBattle (Giratina)Azure FluteHall of OriginBattle! (Arceus)Battle! (Arceus 2)Battle! (Arceus 3)Battle! (Areceus 4)Title ScreenSubscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube794kWatch on YouTube To be able to use this app and listen to this latest soundtrack, you'll need to have an active Switch Online base tier membership. You can see every other game album added in our full guide: A mobile music app exclusive to Switch Online membersWhat do you think of the latest addition to Nintendo Music? Let us know in the comments.Related GamesSee AlsoShare:00 Liam is a news writer and reviewer for Nintendo Life and Pure Xbox. He's been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of Mario and Master Chief. Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...Related ArticlesNintendo Expands Switch Online's SNES Library With Three More TitlesIncluding a special Super Famicom release...Opinion: My Daughter Made Me Realise That Mario Wonder's Difficulty Options Need WorkYoshi or Nabbit, make your choiceSega Launches Its Own Free Account Service With Unique Member RewardsSign up! Y'know, if you wantXenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition Metal Poster Pre-Order Bonus RevealedAvailable now in the USCeleste Dev Makes "Difficult Decision" To Cancel New Game EarthbladeFollowing "a disagreement about the IP rights of Celeste"

Google will rename the Gulf of Mexico and Alaskas Denali mountain in Google Maps once a federal mapping database reflects changes ordered by the Trump Administration, the company announced Monday.Google is complying with an executive order issued last week by President Donald Trump that changed the names of several American landmarks. The executive order was followed up by a statement from the U.S. Department of the Interior, which said the name changes were now official and Americas geographic naming bodies were working expeditiously to fulfill Trumps order.We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources, Google wrote in a post on X. The Gulf of Mexicos name in Google Maps will soon be the Gulf of America for U.S. users, an entirely new name created by the Trump administration.Denali, which is North Americas highest peak, will soon show up in Google Maps for all global users as its previous name of Mount McKinley. The Alaskan mountain was named Mount McKinley in 1917 to honor Americas 25th president, William McKinley; the peak was renamed Denali during the Obama administration in 2015. The Trump administration is changing it back, despite protests from some Alaskan senators.However, not everyone in the world using Google Maps will see the Gulf of America.Geographic names that are contested between different countries show up in Google Maps under each countrys official name for their citizens, according to a social media post from Google. That means the Gulf of Mexicos name will not change for Mexican users of Google Maps, where the countrys president, Claudia Sheinbaum, mocked Trump for suggesting a new name for the body of water. In other countries, Google Maps will display both America and Mexicos names for the gulf side by side.Google says it will make these changes when the official American naming database, the Geographic Names Information System or GNIS, is updated. Though the Interior Department announced the Gulf of America and Mount McKinleys name changes were official on Friday, GNIS still reflects that both are named the Gulf of Mexico and Denali as of Monday evening.

In BriefPosted:5:19 PM PST January 27, 2025Image Credits:David Paul Morris/Bloomberg / Getty ImagesReid Hoffmans Manas AI raises $24.6M, a fraction of other AI drug discovery startupsLinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and Siddhartha Mukherjee, cancer researcher and author of the book The Emperor of All Maladies, have co-founded an AI-powered drug discovery startup, Manas AI. The company, which will initially focus on breast cancer, prostate cancer, and lymphoma, has raised $24.6 million in seed funding from Hoffman, General Catalyst, and Greylock.Manas AIs capital haul pales compared with some other startups trying to use AI models to develop novel drugs. Last year, Xaira, which claimed that it was ready to start developing drugs, launched with a massive $1 billion in initial funding. Treeline Biosciences is another company that uses AI for drug discovery and raised $422 million last year, Endpts reported.Manas AI claims it will design molecules with AI, then test them in a wet lab, Hoffman reportedly said during the presentation of his new book Superagency. Manas says it will use Microsofts cloud computing platform, Microsoft Azure, and Microsofts deep domain knowledge in AI to develop novel medicines.Hoffman has close ties to Microsoft, which famously acquired his earlier company, LinkedIn, in a blockbuster deal in 2016.Topics

Forget TikTokDeepSeek is the real deal.VCG via Getty ImagesTiming really is everything. A week on from TikToks short-lived ban over fears of Chinese harvesting U.S. data, despite consistent denials from the platform and its parent that its doing anything of the sort, here comes another app that admits to doing exactly that. And if you still think TikTok is bad this is so much worse.DeepSeek has shocked the U.S. in many ways almost overnight. Seemingly beating leading Generative AI platforms with a cut-price, software-led approach that has taken a sledgehammer to their business plans. Seemingly running blatant China-friendly censorship in plain sight, not via a subtle algorithm no-one sees. And seemingly taking worries about AIs privacy and data risks to a whole new level.DeepSeek isnt hiding any of this far from it. The personal information we collect from you may be stored on a server located outside of the country where you live, it tells users. We store the information we collect in secure servers located in the People's Republic of China. As for what that information might be everything.We collect your information in three ways: Information You Provide, Automatically Collected Information, and Information From Other Sources. And that includes personal data when you set up your account, anything you enter into its platform, including your text or audio input, prompt, uploaded files, feedback, chat history, or other content that you provide to our model and Services.MORE FOR YOUBut theres more. We automatically collect certain information from you, DeepSeek says, including internet or other network activity information such as your IP address, unique device identifiers, and cookies We collect certain device and network connection information This information includes your device model, operating system, keystroke patterns or rhythms, IP address, and system language Where you log-in from multiple devices, we use information such as your device ID and user ID to identify your activity across devices to give you a seamless log-in experience and for security purposes.This data is much more powerful than anything ever shared with or harvested by TikTok whatever the reality of where that data is sent. Most of it is not needed for the purpose of the platform. And once its gone, its gone. Just ask yourself what a powerful AI engine in state hands could do with all that personally identifiable data.None of that information is stored in the U.S. Everything goes to China. The same China whose controversial national security laws with their obligation on Chinese firms to share any and all data with government agencies has wrought so much political TikTok hand-wringing around the world. I asked DeepSeek about their adherence to these laws with the data they collect. Nothing from them yet.This month, Harmonic Security warned about the huge enterprise risk from Generative AI platforms, through user prompts and uploads. And they didnt have anything as blatantly high-risk as DeepSeek when they compiled their report.DeepSeek is in some ways a U.S. invention. Funded by a Chinese investment firm, it has set out to deliver ChatGPT outcomes without access to ChatGPT levels of expensive hardware spend, given U.S. restrictions. That means innovation and workarounds. And whatever the realities behind the scenes, given Chinas heavily interlinked and state subsidised tech sector, the results are extraordinary. Has Chinese industry launched a U.S.-beating AI platforms on the U.S. independently of state support. Perhaps. But this is strategic in a way TikTok never was.Privacy PolicyDeepSeekThe worlds top companies typically train their chatbots with supercomputers that use as many as 16,000 chips or more, The New York Times explains. DeepSeeks engineers said they needed only about 2,000 Nvidia chips DeepSeeks research paper raised questions about whether big U.S. companies could maintain a significant lead in A.I. Many experts believe that A.I. technology will become a commodity, with many companies selling much the same product.And now with those U.S. stocks reeling from a surprise DeepSeek hit, and the Chinese app topping Apples App Store, we are firmly out on thin ice. There are all kinds of implications here. AI security in a world where users cannot help themselves but venture into whatevers newest and shiniest. A complete lack of regard for security and privacy when using AI chat, as was evident before this. And a finger in the dam moment for Chinese viral apps that wont be stayed by a TikTok ban or change of ownership and clearly needs something more expansive to be kept at bay.Meanwhile meanwhile, if you really must use Chinas latest viral toy, please do bear in mind where all that data is going and staying. Be very careful what you share, whether its your own personal information or worse your employers.

MLB The Show 25Credit: Sony San DiegoSony San Diego Studio (SSDS) is cranking up their pre-release teasers for MLB The Show 25, and I love the way theyre starting things off.On Monday, January 27, SSDS released not one, not two, but three cover athlete declarations via social media. Cincinnati Reds star Elly De La Cruz, Baltimore Orioles star Gunnar Henderson, and Pittsburgh Pirates phenom Paul Skenes all announced they are cover athletes for MLB The Show 25.What does this mean? In short, there are at least three cover athletes and likely one legend who will be on the cover of the special edition. SSDS could opt to have separate covers for the special edition, but with most games purchased digitally, that seems unlikely.MORE FOR YOUIt seems more likely there will be one cover featuring all three young stars. Users will likely have the option to choose if their home screen features De La Cruz, Henderson, or Skenes. Quite honestly, SSDS couldnt go wrong with any of the three, even if they opted for the single cover athlete approach.CINCINNATI, OHIO - APRIL 06: Elly De La Cruz #44 of the Cincinnati Reds reacts to the three-run home ... [+] run hit by Spencer Steer #7 in the eighth inning against the New York Mets at Great American Ball Park on April 06, 2024 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Aaron Doster/Getty Images)Getty ImagesDe La Cruz, 23, led the majors in stolen bases with 67 while clubbing 25 home runs and driving in 76 runs. The dynamic switch-hitter is seemingly on the cusp of superstardom.BALTIMORE, MD - OCTOBER 02: Baltimore Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson (2) bats during the Wild ... [+] Card Playoff game between the Kansas City Royals versus the Baltimore Orioles on October 2, 2024 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD. (Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesHenderson, 23, captured Rookie of the Year honors in 2023. He followed that up with a Top-5 finish in American League MVP voting following his .281, 37 HR, 92 RBI season in 2024.NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 28: Paul Skenes #30 of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitches during the game ... [+] between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on Saturday, September 28, 2024 in New York, New York. (Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images)MLB Photos via Getty ImagesSkenes, 22, won Rookie of the Year in 2024 while finishing third in the National League Cy Young race. In 23 starts, Skenes managed an 11-3 record with a 1.97 ERA and 170 strikeouts in just 133 innings pitched.Quite honestly, if he avoids a catastrophic or chronic injury, Skenes could be the best pitcher of his generation and one of the greatest of all time.The partial cover athlete reveals came a day after the games official social media accounts posted another short teaser to get the conversation moving.With information dropping in consecutive days, it would appear the official announcement and revealcomplete with cover reveal, release date, legends edition info, and pre-order detailsis imminent.It could arrive as early as Tuesday, January 28. From a timeline standpoint, were in alignment with last years schedule. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was revealed as the cover athlete on January 30, 2024. Because of that, it seems safe to say the announcement for MLB The Show 25 should come before the end of the week.When it comes to cover athletes for the legends editionassuming there is onethere are so many options. It would have been nice to see the late Rickey Henderson on the cover as a tribute. However, the decision to add players to the cover often happens nearly a year or so before the game releases.Henderson passed away on December 20, 2024. SSDS wouldnt have had enough time to put a proper tribute together, and their decision on a cover for the legends edition was probably already made.Id look at legends who werent in the game as possibilities. Ichiro Suzuki and Bo Jackson are two options that would move the needle for MLB The Show fans. I still expect The Show to be released in the third or early in the fourth week of March.The Road to the Show feature should be vastly improved, while tons of new packs are possibilities in Diamond Dynasty, along with a slew of new legends joining the game.Stay tuned as we learn more details on the upcoming release.