We are looking for a Digital PR Executive to join our young digital PR function within SEO Sherpa, a multi-award-winning, global top-five organic search agency.In this role, you will be working in our digital PR division tasked with winning coverage and links for exciting brands like Harpers Bazaar, Orange, Abu Dhabi Government, Yas Island, and many others.As a Digital PR Executive, you'll be charged with driving strategy and execution, creating engaging and newsworthy press releases, stories, and content, and building relationships with influencers, bloggers, journalists, and industry leaders to secure digital coverage.We are looking for someone who has been there and done it, from creating and managing campaigns to working directly with clients, journalists, and designers to producing award-winning campaigns that journalists want to publish. From campaign ideation to content and outreach, you've done it all - and got the tee shirt.In this role, youll also help to grow our digital PR offering, working with the company's strategists and pitch team to promote the Digital PR service to our existing client set and new business opportunities.This is a full-time remote role. However it requires a high level of collaboration with other team members and with clients. For that purpose, only applicants in timezones of 4 hours +/- of Dubai (GST) will be considered.Requirements:A proven track record in Digital PR and fun going attitude are a must.If you answer YES to these, this role will be a good match:You have experience in Digital PR, or youve worked in the media before as a Journalist or Editor. Knowledge of the United Arab Emirates market is "nice" to have - but not a must.You know the media landscape like the back of your hand, and you have built relationships with journalists in multiple industries and markets. You already have, or are growing, a black book of media and influencer relationships.You have the copywriting skills to write stories journalists want to cover to land press coverage and links on well-known websites. You are an expert in writing click-worthy subject lines that get opened - and ultimately covered.You know whats trending news. Not a day goes by that you havent checked the latest stories in the market. Youre a master at spotting trends early - and inserting your clients into the conversation.You're a data whiz. You disseminate data and turn it into insights that journalists love. You have proven success in developing data studies that have won national coverage.You know - or are excited to learn and apply SEO strategies that leverage press coverage into backlinks - and ultimately higher search engine rankings for our clients.You have excellent organizational skills and can manage competing deadlines.You have exceptionally high standards. You are constantly raising the bar because, in your world, great isnt good enough.Benefits:Cool stuff you'll get:The opportunity to work with a talented team on an important mission.Above market salary + incentives.Unlimited (paid) personal time off for vacation, sick, and wellness days.Flexible hours and the freedom to work remotely (from anywhere!)Radical transparency across business metrics and information (we call this "open for business").100% company-paid health insurance.Regular training, professional workshops, and book purchases are covered by us.Team retreats and meet-ups that bring together our remote-first workforce.A fun work culture where we value your work and our client's business.

WHO ARE WE, AND WHY ARE WE HIRING?We're based on over 15 years of success, producing world-class video content and building, developing, and managing a number of high-traffic websites. Our success is down to Kodify's distinct teamwork, where each and every one of us plays a key role in getting us one step closer to our goals. Our award-winning content and websites are created exclusively by us and directly for the use of millions of users worldwide.At Kodify, we love tech and are always thinking about whats next! R&D and optimizations are part of our spirit. We work hard on consistently maintaining the highest level of professionalism. The video streaming industry has been growing a lot since last year and as a result, we need to expand our team to release the great ideas weve in mind.WHAT WILL YOU DO?Youll help to evolve a platform that supports close to 100M unique visitors a month.Create, maintain and evolve Server and Client-side applicationsResponsibility for technical design, development and testing.Collaborate with Product Owners, Designers and domain experts to ensure they understand possibilities/limitationsPerformance - Always work towards minimizing API response times, with the best tools available to ensure youve full visibility: Metrics, Distributed Tracing, and Aggregated Trace Metrics.Duties - Becoming a valued team member, providing feedback about tech, development lifecycle and processes. Take ownership of your code / task / role.Goal - Be proud of what you achieve, and of the product, and be one of the driving forces behind always making it better.WHERE AND WHEN:From wherever you want, the position is fully remote in the EU.Were very flexible about when you get your work done, but we do have some core hours where we like to overlap in order to promote collaboration and low-latency communication between team members (10:00 to 15:00 CET).* Our daily virtual stand-ups are important for us but other than that, youre free to manage your own time.WHAT WE OFFER:Fully remote position or, if preferred, working in our awesome Barcelona office!Agile environmentTop-notch tech stack!Upskill Fridays! Developers take time on Fridays to improve your skills, learn and research new trends that will allow us to level up our stack and processesFlexible working hours + core hours!10% on top of your salary for learning and development - of your choice!Latest tech equipmentCompany Amazon book account!Kodify off-sites, on-sites, events, and team activities!Amazing international team!1 day off on your birthdayGenerous vacation and personal days1 month paid sabbatical after 3 yearsExtended parental leaveHealth & Wellness budgetMobile phone reimbursementJOB REQUIREMENTSMinimum of 4 years of full-stack development experienceExpert in the React and Node.js ecosystemsSolid experience of NoSQL databasesExperience with DockerHigh level of skills with browser APIs, DOM and HTML/CSSExperience with JavaScript and TypeScriptA team player who likes to help others and solve problems togetherOwnership of solutionsMentoringInvestigation of new technologiesAdvocate of clean code and clean architecturePassionate about testingYou have a real Can Do work ethic - We are results-based, not clock-based!You love to have fun while you work!NICE TO HAVE:MongoDB * Redis * Express * Fastify * GraphQL * RabbitMQ * Docker * AWS * Next.js * Redux * Styled Components * Distributed SystemsMicroservices architecture * Domain Driven Design *Experience in High traffic websites *Understanding of Agile principles * Experience with Git and JIRAExperience working remotely * We value open source projects

The project will see an existing 1930s bungalow in Chingford demolished and replaced with three two-storey mews houses forming a single terrace.The existing L-shaped bungalow on the site, a 620m irregular quadrangle-shaped plot at the end of a row of terraces, is an anomaly in the area in terms of overall bulk and architectural style, according to a planning officers report.In contrast, Harp & Harps 354m scheme, taking hints from the surrounding 1920s two-storey terraced properties, integrates irregular gable roofs, bay windows and triangular oriel windows.AdvertisementThe new three-bedroomed houses will feature a palette of light-red bricks common to the area, alongside contrasting black brick plinths and white brick panels to break up the massing.Adapted to the sites sloping topography, the homes will be accessed via a mews path and each unit will have a separate entrance and rear garden including patio space and soft landscaping. Source:Fakd ImagesApproved: Harp & Harps Sunnyside housing scheme in ChingfordThe Harp & Harp scheme was unanimously approved by Waltham Forests planning committee in December.The planning application received 40 objections, alleging overdevelopment, concerns about overlooking and privacy, and complaints that the scheme was out of character with the area and would increase parking stress and traffic.However, Waltham Forest planning officers described the proposal as being of a high quality [which] adequately responds to the urban form of the streetscape, positively responding to the area character, which had been carefully designed to minimise the impact of overlooking and [to protect] privacy.AdvertisementRecommending the scheme for approval, officers concluded: The proposal would provide a well-designed, high-quality residential development which would achieve satisfactory standard of accommodation for future occupants and would not have an adverse impact on neighbouring amenity or highway safety.Harp & Harp said it was delighted with the approval, after working extensively with both our client and Waltham Forest planners in a collaborative fashion over the last year on the project.Steven Harp, who co-founded the south London design studio with partner Kayleigh Harp in 2015, added: We look forward to taking the scheme on site to not only deliver much-needed new family housing within London but to also demonstrate further how small sites in Londons outer boroughs can be intensified in a sensitive way to actively enhance their environment while helping to address the housing crisis. Source:Harp & HarpHarp & Harps Sunnyside housing scheme in Chingford. Proposed site planProject dataLocation ChingfordLocal authority Waltham ForestType of project ResidentialClient Edward James InvestmentsArchitect Harp & HarpLandscape architect Mark DonaldsonPlanning consultant N/AStructural engineer N/AM&E consultant N/AFunding PrivateTender date Spring 2025Start on site date Summer 2025Completion date TBCContract duration TBCGross internal floor area 354mForm of contract and/or procurement TBCAnnual CO2 emissions TBCTotal cost TBC

The 2012 London Olympic Games shone a light on the east London neighbourhood of Stratford and, in the afterglow of the sweeping regeneration of the area in the lead-up to the games, the surrounding neighbourhoods of Hackney Wick, Leyton and Bow too began to see development. The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) was responsible not only for creating the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, but for transforming this site and its surrounding areas into a new piece of city: an inclusive community, a thriving business zone and a must-see destination where people will choose to live, work and play, as the LLDC describes it. One such area is Fish Island in Tower Hamlets to the west of the Olympic Park, where, at the time of the games, still stood the factories and sheds that characterised this industrial district. More recently, it has seen a spate of residential and mixed-use development, often at the expense of the artists and other creative practitioners who have been displaced from the havens they made out of these sites. Wick Lane, a mixed-use scheme by de Rijke Marsh Morgan Architects (dRMM), aims to address the heritage of the area, while providing a new model for living and working.Wick Lane is a Co-Location scheme as defined under the Mayor of Londons Good Growth by Design initiative for projects that combine industrial and residential spaces, thereby addressing both housing targets and the retention of the capitals industrial capacity. It is located on a site that has previously hosted a smattering of industrial uses: an MDF-cutting workshop, a studio for the artist Gavin Turk and a lot for car rental company Sixt, which partly owned the site with IDM Properties. The asset changed hands during the projects planning process but dRMM was retained as architect, eventually delivering the scheme for volume housebuilder Taylor Wimpey, which also acted as main contractor.AdvertisementdRMM s involvement with the location began in 2013 when it co-authored the LLDCs Design and Planning Guidance document for Hackney Wick and Fish Island. Through this it developed the framework for safeguarding the areas heritage assets and retaining its character, forming the bedrock of the development project the practice would undertake a few years later.Wick Lane sits just south of the Fish Island Conservation Area, with its Victorian brick buildings and chimney stacks. Further south is an area designated as Strategic Industrial Land (SIL) and the orientation of Wick Lane buildings therefore had to respond to this context everything fronting the main road to the south is for commercial and light industrial uses, acting as a buffer to noise from traffic and the adjacent SIL site. Wick Lane is bounded on the north by the Greenway, a foot and cycle path that runs alongside Bazalgettes northern outfall sewer between the Royal Docks to the east and Victoria Park to the west. The arrangement of the buildings is broken up to retain existing cycle routes through the site and to avoid an inconveniently located Thames Water sewer head. Any leftover space is given over to pocket gardens designed by Grant Associates, combined with landscaped podium levels that create elevated walkways and open courtyards.The project comprises 175 mixed-tenure homes, with 40 per cent either affordable rent or shared ownership, and provides 2,250m2 of light industrial, workplace and retail units. The masterplan retains something of a human scale, thanks to the six-storey height restriction for new developments set by the local plan, though not all of the buildings test this limit. We designed them in response to the kinds of spaces you already have in Fish Island, explains Wick Lane project architect Will Howard. Some of them are quite small and some of them are lofty people seem to like that character.Aesthetically, Wick Lane is a smrgsbord of the areas industrial history, with each building featuring one primary material applied extensively to all surfaces, a move which lends each its own character within the masterplan. One structure is faced with red brick, laid in varying courses, evoking 19th century Victorian mill buildings and jazzed up with red steel-framed windows and balconies.AdvertisementThere is a replica 1930s modernist factory in black brick, with matching black Crittall-style windows. The rest reference more contemporary industrial sheds with a turquoise standing seam exterior and cast glass and pale grey corrugated metal cladding.Key features are repeated to achieve some coherence across these distinct buildings: Machine Age-style sawtooth roofs are used extensively, pitched at the same angle across each application; window sizes are also consistent across multiple faces. External finishes have been painstakingly detailed, such that every joint and bond meets with precision around every corner, opening and snugly recessed rainwater downpipe.This display of industrial typologies might give the impression that the buildings have been designed from the outside in. However, a degree of care has been given to their spatial organisation and internal environments. Their forms are staggered and shifted to maximise daylight into the apartments, 72 per cent of which are dual-aspect, and balconies are arranged to avoid overshadowing neighbours. Rather than restricting the commercial uses to the ground floor and raising the living spaces above the so-called beds above sheds approach entrances and ground-floor amenity spaces are shared between residents and commercial tenants, while maintaining logical separations between facilities such as loading bays and bicycle parking. As Howard puts it: We addressed the conflict of having industrial and residential uses on the same site by blurring the boundaries between them.One user who enjoys these blurred boundaries is Jay, the proprietor of a rug-making studio whom I encountered on a cold winter morning, the whirr of his tufting gun mixed with smooth jazz spilling onto the street through the open roller shutters of his studio. Jay lives in Ealing but used to operate from a space close by on Fish Island. He watched the development as it went up and moved into his current space shortly after its completion. He was attracted to the amenities and facilities on offer, and to the flourishing of the sort of creative community he had originally sought out in Fish Island.Jays studio is one of the spaces let by Tradestars, the business enterprise that runs Wick Lanes industrial spaces. It provides the units and offers logistical support for a range of businesses including hair and nail salons, a tattoo studio, a screen printing studio and a bike maintenance workshop. Through these spaces, it hopes to retain the community feel and creative character of this rapidly changing east London neighbourhood.Co-location is a relatively new concept, though it has had a few years to percolate through the industry. According to research compiled by built environment consultancy Turley, the co-location schemes granted planning permission in London over the past five years could provide up to 22,500 new homes and 270,000m2 of industrial floor space.As more of these schemes get delivered, their viability in increasing housing supply and addressing local industrial land needs will become clearer. Wick Lane, in any case, sets a fine blueprint for the model.Derin Fadina is an architectural designer and writer. He teaches at Central Saint Martins and is a New Architecture Writers alumnus.Project dataStart on site July 2018CompletionDecember 2023Gross internal floor area17,241m2Construction costUndisclosedConstruction cost per m2UndisclosedArchitectdRMM ArchitectsClientTaylor Wimpey LondonPlanning authorityLondon Legacy Development CorporationPlanning structural engineerAECOMExecutive structural engineer Clarke Nicholls MarcelFire engineerAECOMPlanning MEPPinnacle ESPExecutive MEPVenables AssociatesPlanning landscape architectGrant AssociatesExecutive landscape architectJFA Environmental PlanningEnergy and sustainability consultantEnvironmental EconomicsHeritage consultantTibbaldsCost consultantMartin ArnoldCommunity engagementMeeting PlaceDaylight/sunlight consultantAnstey HorneWorkspace fitout Tradestars and Sophie Franks DesignMain contractor Taylor Wimpey LondonCAD software used REVITAnnual CO2 emissions20.7 kgCO2e/m2.yr (Partial estimate: electricity and gas, using conservative emissions factors and not over-valuing CHP electricity production)Sustainability dataPercentage of floor area with daylight factor >2%91% (living, kitchens and dining rooms), 70% (bedrooms)Percentage of floor area with daylight factor >5%21% (living, kitchens and dining rooms), 5% (bedrooms)On-site energy generation14.6% (0.8% PV panels, 13.8% electricity from CHP)Heating and hot water load60.5 kWh/m2/yr (estimate)Total energy load96.4 kWh/m2/yr (heat estimated, electricity measured through survey)Carbon emissions (all)20.7 kgCO2eq/m2/yr (electricity and gas, using conservative emissions factors and not over-valuing CHP electricity production)Annual mains water consumption41 m3/occupant/yr (metered, survey to residents)Airtightness at 50Pa3.6 m3/hr/m2 (measured, 87 units independently tested)Overall thermal bridging heat transfer coefficient (Y-value)0.12 W/m2KOverall area-weighted U-value0.48 W/m2K (Whole fabric, including windows, doors, etc)Embodied/whole-life carbonNot yet calculatedPredicted design life in years60 years (standard design assumption)

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth sets highest Steam peak for series' single-player gamesDirector says mods can "breathe life" into games.Image credit: Square Enix News by Ed Nightingale Deputy News Editor Published on Jan. 27, 2025 Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has surpassed 40,000 concurrent players on Steam, setting the series' highest peak on the platform for a single-player game.The second part of the remake trilogy was released last week, 23rd January, and over the weekend it set a peak concurrent player count of 40,564 (via SteamDB).For comparison, Final Fantasy 7 Remake (the first part) set a concurrent peak of 13,803, while Final Fantasy 16 (released last year) reached 27,508.Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth PC Launch TrailerWatch on YouTubeThe series' highest peak overall remains Final Fantasy 14, which boasted 95,150 concurrent players after its popular Endwalker expansion was released.This peak for Rebirth is positive news, considering Square Enix previously admitted sales of the PS5 version "did not meet expectations", leading to the company's multiplatform strategy.Previously, PC versions of Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Final Fantasy 16 were somewhat criticised for their performance, though Rebirth has been praised by comparison. It's also Steam Deck verified.Of course, a PC release allows for fan-made mods. Director Naoki Hamaguchi asked players not to install "offensive or inappropriate" mods in a previous interview.In a new interview with Automaton, he admitted to using mods himself as a PC player and acknowledged how they can "breathe life" into games.Referring to the previous interview, he said: "I wasn't trying to tell people not to use mods. It was more about being mindful. Both creators and users alike should ensure mods dont detract from the intended game experience.""I respect the modding community," he continued. "Mods have played a significant role in the rise of the PC market. Look at series like Fallout or The Elder Scrolls even years after release, new mods breathe life into these games, making players want to come back to them."As for the final game in the trilogy, series producer Yoshinori Kitase confirmed the story - written by creative director Tetsuya Nomura - has been completed and he's "very satisfied with it".The PC version of Rebirth includes an option to speed up cutscenes, which the developers would like to add back to the PS5 version, within the limits of the console's capabilities.

You can trust VideoGamer. Our team of gaming experts spend hours testing and reviewing the latest games, to ensure you're reading the most comprehensive guide possible. Rest assured, all imagery and advice is unique and original. Check out how we test and review games hereFortnite seasonal live events have become a cornerstone of player involvement, transforming the end of each season into a global event. As each chapter and season progresses, players anticipate not only narrative twists and new skins but also live events that transform the island in surprising ways. Mid-season live events have added an extra layer of excitement, breaking the traditional pattern of giving big storyline twists or gameplay adjustments midway through a season. The Doctor Doom event in Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 4 followed this trend where players were treated to an in-game boss fight with Doctor Doom.The hype is now developing around a leak pointing to a mid-season live event for Chapter 6 Season 1 which may feature a critical plot twist. Heres everything known so far about it.Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 1 rumored to feature mid-season live eventAccording to the latest Fortnite leaks by data miners such as HYPEX, two updates are arriving to the game within a span of five days. These updates will fall on January 31, 2025, which will bring OG Chapter 1 Season 2, and February 4 which is rumored to bring a build-up event or a countdown feature similar to the Doctor Doom live event.Fortnite Chapter 6 mini-live event leaked. Image credit HYPEX.While this is just a rumor plainly based on datamined files from the game, some players have argued that these wont be two different updates. One such player wrote, It is super weird though. Feb 4 is listed on Trello but I havent seen any extra version in the testing servers. Theres still just v33.30 and v34.00. Theres no v33.31 or v33.40. I kinda suspect the Jan 31 update was the Feb 4 update moved up IMO.The existing Godzilla event is also expected to expire on January 31, implying that all Godzilla gameplay features will be vaulted in the game, but players are anticipating a Godzilla vs Kong climax live event to take place soon.Fans, on the other hand, are looking forward to a Demon Slayer crossover that has long been hinted at for Fortnite, although rumors point to a Devil May Cry collaboration before the popular anime. FortnitePlatform(s):Android, iOS, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/XGenre(s):Action, Massively Multiplayer, Shooter9VideoGamerRelated TopicsFortnite Subscribe to our newsletters!By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy and may receive occasional deal communications; you can unsubscribe anytime.Share

You can trust VideoGamer. Our team of gaming experts spend hours testing and reviewing the latest games, to ensure you're reading the most comprehensive guide possible. Rest assured, all imagery and advice is unique and original. Check out how we test and review games hereIn Marvel Rivals, players have encountered many game-breaking bugs that are surprisingly changing the battlefield. As they progress through the game, they discover flaws that can transform standard heroes into overpowered juggernauts, shifting the balance of power in matches.One of the most recent bugs concerns a character whose abilities have been unintentionally buffed to epic proportions, thus causing his stats to skyrocket. These reports circulating are about Moon Knights ultimate ability, which appears to hit harder than it should, raising eyebrows and concerns alike.Potential Marvel Rivals bug buffs Moon Knights ultimate ability to hit twice the damageA Marvel Rivals player named Sidewaysgts shared a video on Reddit showing Moon Knights ultimate ability Hand of Khonshu dealing 2x damage than intended to Galacta bots in Training Mode and enemies across matches.Moon Knights ult deals 2x damage than usual in Marvel Rivals. Image credit Reddit/Sidewaysgts.Along with the video, Sideways shared their hypothesis of the bug where they wrote, Been doing some testing, and one of two things is going on. Either the description of Moon Knights ult is lacking vital information, or it is bugged and its doing double the cited damage.They continued, According to NetEase, the talons in Moon Knights ult should be doing 75 damage, with a radius of 5 meters. They actually each do 150. By proving their claim, Sideways explained things further and said, More specifically with some testing, my best guess is each talon is producing 2 AoE fields, one field does 75 damage with a radius of 5 meters as it should, but there is another AoE that also does 75 damage, but has a range closer to 10 meters. However, this second AoE will only reach within the casting circle of the ult (however the 5-meter radius AOE can reach outside the casting circle)To summarise the video, two bots are observed during an ultimate ability demonstration. The bot on the left takes 150 damage from the first talon, while the one on the right, 9 meters away, takes 75 damage. The talons hit in a predictable circular pattern across three points. The second talon hits both bots for 150 damage, killing the left bot and leaving the right with 25 HP (bots have 250 HP total). The third talon finishes off the remaining bot, suggesting the ultimate might be dealing double damage or has an undocumented effect.While this claim is still being tested by players one chimed in saying, they wondered how a 75-damage ability managed to shred a tank that fast. On the other hand, another trick is allowing Loki players to cheat death across Marvel Rivals matches, so do check that out as well.Marvel RivalsPlatform(s):macOS, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series XGenre(s):Fighting, ShooterRelated TopicsMarvel Rivals Subscribe to our newsletters!By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy and may receive occasional deal communications; you can unsubscribe anytime.Share

An AI startup in China just showed how it's closing the gap with America's top AI labs.The Chinese startup DeepSeek released a new AI model on Monday that appears to rival OpenAI's o1.Its reasoning capabilities have stunned top American AI researchers.Donald Trump started his new presidency by declaring America must lead the world. He just got a warning shot from an AI crack team in China that's ready to show that US technological supremacy is not a given.Meet DeepSeek, a Chinese startup spun off from a decade-old hedge fund that calculates shrewd trades with AI and algorithms. Its latest release, which came on Trump's inauguration day, has left much of America's top industry researchers stunned.In a paper released Monday, DeepSeek unveiled a new flagship AI model called R1 that shows off a new level of "reasoning." Why it has left such a huge impression on AI experts in the US matters.Some of Silicon Valley's most well-resourced AI labs have increasingly turned to "reasoning" as a frontier of research that can evolve their technology from a student-like level of intelligence to something that eclipses human intelligence entirely.To accomplish this, OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and others have focused on ensuring models spend more time thinking before responding to a user query. It's an expensive, intensive process that demands a lot from the computing power buzzing underneath.As a reminder, OpenAI fully released o1 "models designed to spend more time thinking before they respond" to a glowing reception in December after an initial release in September. DeepSeek's R1 shows just how quickly it can close the gap.DeepSeek narrows the gapWhat exactly does R1 do? For one, DeepSeek says R1 achieves "performance comparable to OpenAI o1 across math, code, and reasoning tasks."Its research paper says this is possible thanks to "pure reinforcement learning," a technique that Jim Fan, a senior research manager at Nvidia, said was reminiscent of the secret behind making Google DeepMind's AlphaZero a master at games such as go and chess from scratch, "without imitating human grandmaster moves first." He wrote on X that this was "the most significant takeaway from the paper."DeepSeek, which launched in 2023, said in its paper that it did this because its goal was to explore the potential of AI to "develop reasoning capabilities without any supervised data." This is a common technique used by AI researchers. The company also said that an earlier version of R1 called R1-Zero gave them an "aha moment" in which the AI "learns to allocate more thinking time to a problem by reevaluating its initial approach."The end result offers what the Wharton professor Ethan Mollick described as responses from R1 that read "like a human thinking out loud."Notably, this level of transparency into the development of AI has been hard to come by in the notes published by companies such as OpenAI when releasing models of a similar aptitude.Nathan Lambert, a research scientist at the Allen Institute for AI, said on Substack that R1's paper "is a major transition point in the uncertainty in reasoning model research" as "until now, reasoning models have been a major area of industrial research without a clear seminal paper."Staying true to the open spirit, DeepSeek's R1 model, critically, has been fully open-sourced, having obtained an MIT license the industry standard for software licensing.Together, these elements of R1 provide complications to US players caught up in an AI arms race with China Trump's main geopolitical rival for a few reasons.First, it shows that China can rival some of the top AI models in the industry and keep pace with cutting-edge developments coming out of Silicon Valley.Second, open-sourcing highly advanced AI could also challenge companies that are seeking to make huge profits by selling their technology.OpenAI, for instance, introduced a ChatGPT Pro plan in December that costs $200 a month. Its selling point was that it included "unlimited access" to its smartest model at the time, o1. If an open-source model offers similar capabilities for free, the incentive to buy a costly paid subscription could, in theory, diminish.Nvidia's Fan described the situation like this on X: "We are living in a timeline where a non-US company is keeping the original mission of OpenAI alive truly open, frontier research that empowers all."DeepSeek has shown off reasoning know-how before. In November, the company released an "R1-lite-preview" that showed its "transparent thought process in real time." In December, it released a model called V3 to serve as a new, bigger foundation for future reasoning in models.It's a big reason American researchers see a meaningful improvement in the latest model, R1.Theo Browne, a software developer behind a popular YouTube channel for the tech community, said that "the new DeepSeek R1 model is incredible." Tanay Jaipuria, a partner investing in AI at Silicon Valley's Wing VC, also described it as "incredible."Awni Hannun, a machine-learning researcher at Apple, said a key advantage of R1 was that it was less intensive, showing that the industry was "getting close to open-source o1, at home, on consumer hardware," referring to OpenAI's reasoning model introduced last year.The model can be "distilled," meaning smaller but also powerful versions can run on hardware that's far less intensive than the computing power loaded into servers in data centers many tech companies depend on to run their AI models.Hannun demonstrated this by sharing a clip on X of a 671 billion-parameter version of R1 running on two Apple M2 Ultra chips, responding with reason to a prompt asking whether a straight or a flush is better in a game of Texas Hold'em. Hannun said its response came "faster than reading speed."AI censorshipR1 does appear to have one key problem. The former OpenAI board member Helen Toner pointed out on X that there were demos of R1 "shutting itself down when asked about topics the CCP doesn't like."Toner did suggest, however, that "the censorship is obviously being done by a layer on top, not the model itself." DeepSeek didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.It is worth noting, of course, that OpenAI has introduced a new model called o3 that's meant to be a successor to the o1 model DeepSeek is rivaling. Lambert said in his blog post that OpenAI was "likely technically ahead," but he added the key caveat that the o3 model was "not generally available," nor would basic information such as its "weights" be available anytime soon.Given DeepSeek's track record so far, don't be surprised if its next model shows parity to o3. America's tech leaders may have met their match in China.

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Image: Nintendo LifeThe UK presents a largely familiar picture in the physical charts this week, though there have been a couple of notable shake ups.Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 finds itself at the top of the pack, though a wave of Nintendo titles are snapping at its heels, including Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, Super Mario Party Jamboree, and strangely enough Super Mario RPG, which leapfrogged from position 36 all the way up to number 5.EA Sports FC 25 didn't do so well this week and was actually beaten by its predecessor, EA Sports FC 24. The former fell all the way down to number 16, while the latter re-emerged in the top 40 to land at number 7. We can only imagine that some seriously aggressive discounts managed to convince buyers to go for the older title.Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube794kWatch on YouTube Here's a look at this week's full top 40, with platform breakdowns for all of the titles available on other consoles as well as the Switch:Last WeekThis WeekGamePlatform Split21Call of Duty: Black Ops 642Mario Kart 8 Deluxe13Donkey Kong Country Returns HD54Super Mario Party Jamboree365Super Mario RPG66Minecraft-7EA Sports FC 24PS5 92%, PS4 6%, Switch 2%, Xbox 0%88Grand Theft Auto V119Animal Crossing: New Horizons710Nintendo Switch Sports911Super Mario Bros. Wonder3712Lego Harry Potter CollectionPS5 43%, Switch 42%, Xbox 11%, PS4 4%1613Just Dance 2024 EditionSwitch 97%, PS5 3%2014Sonic X Shadow GenerationsSwitch 56%, PS5 31%, Xbox 9%, PS4 4%1015Dynasty Warriors Origins316EA Sports FC 25PS5 51%, Switch 29%, PS4 18%, Xbox 3%1517Call of Duty: Black Ops III1318Hogwarts LegacySwitch 40%, PS5 28%, PS4 18%, Xbox 9%-19Disney Epic Mickey: RebrushedSwitch 53%, PS5 45%, Xbox 1%, PC 0%1420Mafia Trilogy1821Astro Bot-22WWE 2K243823Dark Souls Trilogy1924The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom2225Red Dead Redemption 21726The Witcher III: Wild Hunt Complete Edition2527Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker SagaPS5 63%, Switch 27%, PS4 6%, Xbox 4%2128The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom2329Super Mario Odyssey2630Red Dead RedemptionSwitch 61%, PS4 39%-31Crash Bandicoot N.Sane TrilogySwitch 89%, PS4 10%, Xbox 1%2432Black Myth: Wukong3033Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive EditionPS4 43%, Switch 40%, Xbox 17%3434Pokmon Scarlet-35Mario & Luigi: Brothership3236Pokmon Violet3137Super Smash Bros. Ultimate3538Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle-39Sonic SuperstarsSwitch 67%, PS5 20%, Xbox 10%, PS4 2%3940MySims Cozy Bundle[Compiled by GfK]< Last week's charts Returns returnsDid you pick up anything new this week? Let us know what you think of the latest charts in the comments below.Related GamesSee AlsoShare:03 Nintendo Lifes resident horror fanatic, when hes not knee-deep in Resident Evil and Silent Hill lore, Ollie likes to dive into a good horror book while nursing a lovely cup of tea. He also enjoys long walks and listens to everything from TOOL to Chuck Berry. Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...Related ArticlesRandom: Donkey Kong Country's Artist Reacts To Nintendo's Redesign"Everything changes!"Nintendo 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 choiceNintendo Joins 'Fuji TV' Commercial Boycott Following Sex ScandalOne of many companies pulling adsSega Launches Its Own Free Account Service With Unique Member RewardsSign up! Y'know, if you want