President Donald Trump said it'd be "unfair" if Tesla were to open a factory in India.Tesla is looking to build a presence in India, posting job ads for showroom workers this week.It has long been speculated that Tesla may have plans to build a production facility in India.Donald Trump said it would be "unfair" to the US if Elon Musk opened a Tesla plant in India highlighting a rare point of difference in an interview designed to showcase the closeness of the president and his billionaire advisor.Speaking to Fox News in an interview alongside Musk that aired Tuesday, Trump criticized India's tariff policy, under which electronic vehicles face import duties of up to 100% in some cases to shield domestic producers.Trump said it is "impossible" for Musk to sell a car in India because of its duties on some US imports."Every country in the world takes advantage of us, and they do it with tariffs... It is impossible to sell a car, practically, in, as an example, India," he said."Now, if he built the factory in India, that's OK, but that's unfair to us. It's very unfair," Trump said of Musk.Trump went on to say that last week, in discussions with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Washington, DC, he threatened to impose reciprocal tariffs on India if it continues to impose high tariffs on US goods."It's it's like fair is fair," Musk commented approvingly.Tesla has long been seeking to build its presence in India which is projected to be the world's fourth-biggest economy this year. The country's protectionist tariffs, however, have proved a major obstacle.In 2024, India said it'd lower EV tariffs for companies prepared to invest in manufacturing in the country, fuelling speculation that Tesla could build a production facility there. Musk was expected to announce a major investment during a trip to India in April 2024 but postponed the trip when Tesla announced plans to lay off 10% of staff.This week, Tesla posted job ads for openings in showrooms in New Delhi and Mumbai. Reuters reported earlier in the week that Tesla had chosen locations in both cities for the showrooms.As of Thursday morning, more than a dozen roles at Tesla were open in India, the company's jobs site showed. Many of the roles listed both Mumbai and Delhi as possible working locations.Musk's ambitions to expand Tesla's presence in India may put him at odds with Trump, who has championed a tough tariff regime to boost domestic manufacturing.As the world's richest man and the force behind firms including Tesla, X, and SpaceX, Musk's closeness to Trump and reported involvement in key administration decisions has sparked concerns about potential conflicts of interest.Musk is among Trump's closest political advisors and oversees the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency, which is seeking to slash federal spending.Trump last week said he didn't know if Musk had met with Modi during his US visit in his capacity as a CEO or government advisor, but said he was personally monitoring potential conflict of interest issues."He won't be involved," Trump said of Musk in situations where there's a potential conflict during Tuesday's interview.Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

Uziel Gomez, 26, can relate to his Gen Z clients who are navigating adulthood and personal finance for the first time. Its no secret that young people have faced a range of financial challenges early in their lives and careers, including the Covid-19 pandemic, rapidly rising costs of living, and steep tuition, says Gomez, founder of the financial planning firm Primeros Financial. Some of his Gen Z clients ask him about how to help out their parents financially. Looking ahead to the future, Gomez knows hell face a similar predicament. Theres some clients, theyre their parents full retirement plan, he says. Take me, for example, Im my dads retirement plan.Thats just one of the many scenarios Gen Z-ers seek help navigating. Young people are also wondering about how to save for sabbaticals before retirement, have enough in their emergency funds, and discern fact from fiction when evaluating money management tips from social media. I spoke to three young financial planners about the typical advice they give Gen Z as they map out their financial futures and how it remains the same and diverges from the conventional wisdom given to the generations that came before. Coming up with financial goals that reflect your valuesOf course, some of the advice geared toward Gen Z mirrors that of their predecessors. When young clients come to Naima Bush, a financial guide at the firm Fruitful, she asks them whether they are building emergency savings, if they are paying off credit card or other high-interest debt, and if theyre getting a company match on their retirement savings account three perennially important priorities.One of the primary tasks Bush assists her clients with is getting out and staying out of high-interest debt. While many Gen Z-ers want to avoid taking on student loan debt, its pretty easy for them to accumulate debt in other ways, such as buy now, pay later apps, she says. Beyond that, Bush works with her Gen Z clients on their broader financial goals and urges them to interrogate where those aspirations originated. A common one that she broaches in her conversations is the dream of home ownership, which has become out of reach for many young would-be buyers. Because buying a house is such a big decision, [I ask] is this something that you want to do because you really want to plant roots somewhere, or is this something that you want to do just for the sake of Everyone else is doing it, Bush says. Lets figure out something else that is really more in line with your values. Some clients want to be able to sustain their current lifestyle, while others want to live overseas for a while, Bush, 33, explains. Her entrepreneurial clients, meanwhile, want her help with mapping out how they can get their business or side hustle off the ground.Rethinking careers and retirementThough many Gen Zers receive retirement benefits through their jobs, the concept of retirement will likely look very different for them. Nate Hoskin, founder and lead adviser at Hoskin Capital, says relying on the Social Security system or traditional pensions no longer feels like a safe option for his young clients.In response to that uncertainty, Hoskin, 26, says his clients are working hard now to better achieve stability in the future. That might mean working on weekends or longer hours, holding down a job as they study for a degree, or delaying milestones like buying a house, he explains. Hoskin also provides projections for how much theyll need to save to stay afloat in retirement without Social Security, making any of those payouts a nice bonus, he says. Unlike many baby boomers, Gen Z-ers dont see themselves remaining loyal to one company for decades and retiring with a pension. As a result, the generation is more inclined to job hop until they find a role thats more rewarding or better aligns with their passions, Bush says.Bush, who works with clients earning a range of incomes, says the key to building the life you want is creating the habit of saving, even if its just $5 or $10 per month. And as your income increases, dont drastically increase your spending. You should be focusing instead on saving more for future you, Bush says. One problem specific to Gen Z is the firehose of financial advice they are exposed to through social media. While hearing other peoples experiences on TikTok and Instagram can be helpful and occasionally empowering, some of the advice out there is downright misleading, Gomez says. Among the bad pieces of advice hes had to debunk are that its better being an entrepreneur than having a traditional 9-to-5 to build wealth and that having a spending plan (meaning budget) is limiting you, Gomez says. Bush says Gen Zs social media savviness can help them find useful tips, but it can also overwhelm them with information that isnt applicable to their situation. This can cause you to have decision overload or decision fatigue and information overload, Bush saysRather than following and trying to beat the market, investing should be boring, Gomez says.The flood of information Gen Z ingests through social media doesnt just make it harder to find good advice; it also causes them to compare themselves to others. Gomez says hes had to counsel his clients through FOMO (fear of missing out) while watching others make their own money moves.Some were interested, for instance, in investing in cryptocurrency or individual stocks that were going to make it to the moon a few years ago. Rather than following and trying to beat the market, investing should be boring, he says.He has also had to field questions about building passive income investments a frequent subject of social medias hustle aficionados.A lot of people try to find a lot of get rich or get wealthy quick and easy information that is available online, Gomez says. Really, its about honing down and controlling what you can control and really focusing on your career, saving what you can and investing as well.Caring for loved onesMany young people are already thinking about how they want to support their parents financially in the future. Gomez advises his clients to determine how much help their families need and how much they can realistically afford to provide, whether thats on a monthly basis or for one-off emergencies. They should also consider the trade-offs of these arrangements, Gomez says. Will it affect their lifestyle? Will it impact other goals, such as saving for a home, retirement or other priorities? Establishing boundaries is also crucial. In addition to figuring out how much support they can give, Gomez recommends being clear about whether the financial support is strictly for essentials, such as housing, medical expenses, and groceries, or if it can be used for discretionary expenses like travel, dining, or entertainment.Take that vacationOne thing Gen Z-ers seem to be clear on is that they want to use their money to embark on new experiences. Some have plans to relocate and live abroad for months at a time, Bush says. Others want to make sure they have money set aside for making meaningful memories like seeing Beyonc in concert whenever they can.Still, Hoskin has found that even his high-earning Gen Z clients are cautious with money they pour much of their income into emergency funds, health savings accounts, and retirement accounts, and are prudent even with their discretionary spending. For those who make a healthy income and are still concerned about the cost of taking a vacation or spending $300 on a flight home to visit their parents, Hoskin encourages them to go. That hesitancy likely stems from Gen Z-ers entering an unstable economy and developing a survival mindset, he says. They worry that if they part with their money, it wont replenish in the future, he adds. Noticing a similar pattern among his clients, Gomez adds that his Gen Z clients, who often are the first in their family to build wealth, feel guilty about spending when they feel that they should instead save for the future or save for their parents.Money isnt all about just numbers and optimization, Hoskin says. The whole goal, the whole reason youre working so hard and you took this job, is so you can do things like that and hit all your goals.See More:

There are a lot of main characters in the second Trump administration. Donald Trump himself, of course, but also Elon Musk, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and JD Vance. Russell Vought does not make that list. The soft-spoken bureaucrat was recently confirmed to lead the Office of Management and Budget, not exactly a sexy post. His name isnt well-known outside of policy circles. But it probably should be. I think you can almost view Elon Musk and DOGE, the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, as Russ Voughts shock troops, Simon Rabinovitch, US economics editor for The Economist, told Today, Explained co-host Noel King. Musk is kind of hyperactive and moving every which way, every direction, but ultimately the person whos really leading this is Russ Vought. And hes the general. Hes also the scholar to the extent that there is a legal justification, this is something that Russ Vought is working on and has been working on for years leading up to the moment that we now face today.Rabinovitch talked to King about Voughts backstory, his Christian nationalist beliefs, and where he wants to take the country in the second Trump administration. Below is a transcript of their conversation, edited for length and clarity. Listen to the full episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever else you get your podcasts.Simon RabinovitchVought has something of a blue-collar background. He had a a big family, and is the youngest of seven children. Hes talked about having a very strong Christian upbringing. He went to college at an evangelical Christian school. All of this matters because part of the way that he views his role in government is not just trying to change the way the presidency operates, but also trying to infuse it with Christian nationalism, his kind of self-defined ideology. He spent many, many years as a staffer for Republicans in DC, and worked his way up the totem pole to become a key player in Trump 1.0. Now hes one of the few returnees in Trump 2.0; hes back in the very role that he was in at the end of Trumps first term: director of the Office of Management and Budget. Its one of these agencies that not many people have heard of, but it actually wields a great degree of power and even more power in Russ Voughts hands.Noel KingWhen Russ Vought says his politics are Christian nationalist. What does that mean?Simon RabinovitchThe way that he describes it is that he wants to basically bring Christianity into all aspects of society, especially government. Its not that he wants to do away with the separation between church and state, but he believes that Christianity is a formative foundational influence in the way that the American government operates, and that has been muffled for too long.Christian nationalism doesnt just give him sort of a guidepost in terms of his views on abortion, but also brings a certain righteousness of conviction to the way that he approaches his work, a belief that in some cases the ends justify the means.Its one of the reasons why in Trumps first administration, no matter what President Trump did, Vought stood beside him. He thought Trump was a key ally for propelling his vision. You can hear that in the way that he talks and you can read it in the way that he writes. And its sort of inflected with these righteous tones. He talks about the storm clouds being upon us, and the duty is ours, the results are Gods. Christian nationalism is a really, really important motivational force for him.Noel KingIve wondered about his speech. He can be quite mean. He talked about wanting to traumatize civil servants. Make them realize that nobody likes them. If we were 5 years old, we would say, Thats not very nice. Now that were older, we would say, Dont dont talk about traumatizing people, its unnecessary.Simon RabinovitchIts really weird, because if you meet him and Ive had a long conversation with him he has this very scholarly demeanor. Hes always very buttoned up, with a very nicely trimmed beard. Hes soft-spoken. But when you actually listen to what hes saying, its really quite radical. I think this is really just a reflection of the strength of his convictions: This is stuff that he truly, deeply believes in. And more than that, I think that the manner in which he speaks is something that helps to inspire people who work with him. He has a devoted group of small allies who share his vision. Hes not transactional. He might say hes not corruptible. This is just stuff that he really wants to do.Noel KingDonald Trump has famously engaged in a lot of behavior that is not particularly Christian. How did these two men get together? Simon RabinovitchWhen Vought was a young Republican staffer, he was very much focused on bread-and-butter fiscal conservatism. But over the years, he got into more of a MAGA-style way of looking at government and ideology. And he was somebody who got involved in the Trump transition team. There wasnt an incredibly deep bench of MAGA-aligned people back in 2017. And so he was appointed to the OMB; he was a deputy director. Eventually, in the final year, he became director of OMB. I think the thing for Vought is that he sees Trump as a vehicle for pushing forward his ideas. So he talks about the fact that all of these anti-abortion politicians in the Republican Party failed to do anything, but it was Trump who ultimately was the one who, through his Supreme Court appointments, was able to kill Roe v. Wade. Vought sees Trump as a critical ally, even if he doesnt agree with him on a day-to-day basis or on many issues. Noel KingFor four years, the Trump vehicle had more or less stalled. The president lost the 2020 election and was cast out into Florida. What was Russ Vought doing then?Simon RabinovitchAt the very end of Trump 1.0, the Trump team began to realize this Russ Vought guy has some ideas that are actually very, very powerful and might be electorally useful. In his last year, when he was running the Office of Management and Budget, Vought was the one who wrote a memo saying that the federal government should stop all DEI training and critical race theory. That obviously became a very powerful trope for Trump in his more recent election campaign. And Vought was also the one who was the architect of Schedule F, the idea that you could basically remove all career protections for civil servants. Once Trump is out of office, Vought forms this organization, Center for Renewing America, and basically begins to create the legal blueprint for a lot of the actions that weve seen in the last couple of weeks so ideas for ways to give the president much more power over spending, which is known as impoundment power; thinking about ways to get Schedule F back, thinking about ways to shrink the civil service. And one way in which Vought was very much involved in thinking through Trump 2.0, is that he was one of the driving forces behind Project 2025.Noel KingDonald Trump had nothing to do with Project 2025. He thought it was ridiculous and abysmal.Simon RabinovitchExactly. [Laughs.] Trump denied on the campaign trail that Project 2025 had anything to do with his future administration. But, of course, as weve seen, hes appointed many of the people who were involved in drafting Project 2025 first and foremost is Russ Vought.Vought wrote a chapter in Project 2025 about how to use the executive office of the president, and was totally transparent with his intentions. He laid out a blueprint of how he would use the OMB, to shake up the civil service, to traumatize it, to shrink it, and then to push through very robust ideas. Noel KingWhat is Russell Voughts plan to deal with that, to deal with all these lawsuits the Trump administration faces that attempt to shut down their policies? Simon RabinovitchHes certainly no dummy. Hes anticipated that attempts to reshape the presidency will end up in the courts and probably ultimately will end up at the Supreme Court. I think he isnt afraid that the courts are going to block his agenda. I think rather, he wants the courts to be the jurisdiction that determines whether his interpretation of the law is the correct one. If he succeeds, he will have fundamentally redrawn the bounds of presidential power and brought America back to kind of a late 19th-century version of the way that the White House could operate.See More:

My favourite thing about Monster Hunter is that despite the name, you often feel more like the prey than the predator. Even armed with a sword several times your own size and weight, you are often outmatched by the incredible creatures in this action game. In Monster Hunter Wilds, out next week, you are also frequently outmatched by the weather. A routine hunt for some relatively unthreatening creature can go awry as storm clouds gather, bringing with them some terrifying lightning-dragon that will eat you for breakfast. Monsters entangle with each other, tearing with teeth and claws as you turn tail and head for the hills.Over the past couple of weekends, players have been able to get hands-on with Wilds in beta tests, trying out the exquisite character creator and a couple of hunts against a horrid lion (Doshaguma) and an overgrown poisonous chicken (Gypceros). As someone old enough to have played these games on the PlayStation 2, and then later with my fingers contorted uncomfortably around a PlayStation Portable during a student year abroad in Japan, I am amazed and delighted by what Monster Hunter has become. What was once a stiff and densely complex game that hid all its thrills behind a barricade of mushroom-gathering quests is now a fluid, inviting and globally popular spectacle of a thing. Monster Hunter World, 2018s entry, broke Capcom records and reached 23m sales.skip past newsletter promotionSign up to Pushing ButtonsFree weekly newsletterKeza MacDonald's weekly look at the world of gamingPrivacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.after newsletter promotionRyozo Tsujimoto, the series producer and son of Capcoms founder Kenzo Tsujimoto, has been with Monster Hunter since the early 00s, when he was a designer for Capcoms online games. Evidently it still excites him; hes been front and centre on a lot of Wilds promotion. Its really energising for our team to watch so many people play the game at the same time, he told me at the most recent Tokyo Game Show, where over 250,000 people turned up to try out forthcoming games. Theres a lot of things we can only discover by watching players pick up the game and try it out, things we dont ever get to see in our own testing. Weve got a few of the dev team undercover on the booth so they can watch how players are responding.Ryozo Tsujimoto takes players through the Monster Hunter Wilds beta testThe main innovation in Wilds is how the monsters interact with each other. Previously herbivores would potter about grazing in herds, but its only with the additional power of the current generation of consoles that the team had been able to create a seamless ecosystem where theyll come across each other and get into turf wars. Having creatures travel together in a realistic way is challenging in terms of making it look plausible, says Yuya Tokuda, Wilds director. If they all moved in perfect sync it would be a bit uncanny and unconvincing as a pack animal behaviour. But if each individual monster was a complete wildcard, like they were before, it would be untenable to keep it all together. Striking that balance between herd and pack behaviours while having individuality for each creature that was a lot of work, and we had to get it going from nothing.I think its finally let us make the humans be part of the same ecosystem as everything else in the game, adds Kaname Fujioka, the art director. The depiction of a totally seamless ecosystem where theres not even a loading screen between the base and the map itself is something that has only been possible on this generation.Monster Hunters creators have traditionally done their natural-behaviour research out in the real world on a kind of global team safari, getting a feel for different natural surroundings and recording ambient soundscapes that would later appear in the games. Theyve been to Argentina, Chile and Patagonia, places so remote that they had to subscribe to a satellite phone service because their phones wouldnt work. This time around, Covid restrictions kicked in right around the time that they would have been out on these research expeditions, so they had to make do with watching a lot of nature documentaries except Tokuda, who has what he describes as a significant number of pet lizards. He has created a special environment at home for them to roam around.Monster Hunter Wilds. Photograph: CapcomExpectations are high for Wilds. Its publisher Capcom is on a run at the moment, having had several more big hits since the last Monster Hunter game in 2018, including popular remakes of its older Resident Evil horror titles but Monster Hunter remains its makers very biggest game. In fact its now one of the worlds biggest. At one point during its first open beta test last November, more than 460,000 people were playing Wilds at the same time.Tsujimoto is confident that Worlds can hold its own among gamings apex predators. Any big blockbuster game is our competition now, says Tsujimoto. Thats the turf weve chosen.Monster Hunter Wilds is out 28 February

We're still waiting for the Switch 2's price, release date, and launch games from Nintendo, but it seems the console is poised to fix two issues with the originalTech12:03, 20 Feb 2025Updated 12:04, 20 Feb 2025This is the Switch 2, but there's still plenty we don't know about it yetThe full Switch 2 reveal will happen via a Nintendo Direct on April 2, where we expect the company to confirm the system's price and when we can play it.And, while the launch game lineup could be what sways people from their PS5 or Xbox consoles (as well as a price that keeps cropping up), some developers have been discussing what Switch 2 offers over its predecessor.In a new interview with AUTOMATON, developers working on the Switch have explained why it's the CPU that will make the biggest difference.According to the interviews, the Switch 2's CPU will have more headroom. One of the biggest issues with the first console was that it was running at maximum capacity, leaving little room for loading anything in the background.That led to slow loading times, and big performance drops that were particularly notable in third-party ports of games that were found on other systems.Tying into this, the Switch 1 had 4GB of RAM, but it seems likely that the new console will reach higher than that, improving performance. And again, developers interviewed seemingly expect it to be easier to port titles to the new Nintendo system, which could help that all-important first year of software look appealing for a wider audience.After all, Take-Two and EA have already thrown their weight behind the Switch 2, meaning we could be inching closer to full ports of the likes of NBA 2K and EA FC that are closer to their PlayStation and Xbox counterparts.We've also heard that the new magnetic Joy-Con will be less susceptible to drift, an issue which still causes players problems today.Joy-Con will be magnetic nowOne of the Switch's biggest issues since launch has been that its controllers can suffer the phenomenon, where the sticks don't return to centre and games think the sticks are being pushed in a certain direction.Article continues belowWe're expecting magnetic Hall Effect sticks to negate the effects, marking a huge boon for Switch 2 players over the original.For more on Switch 2, check out reports that both Marvel and Rockstar Games titles could appear on the console once it launches.For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletters.

Insiders say its due to high costs and Chinas maturing games industry (NetEase)Despite signs of it retreating from overseas investments, publisher NetEase says it remains committed to its plans for global expansion.The recent layoffs at the US development team for Marvel Rivals were a shock to everyone, considering how successful the online shooter has been.Although it did come after Chinese publisher NetEase made numerous cuts at other Western studios it owns, as well as shutting down the developer behind Visions Of Mana the very day the game launched.Following the Marvel Rivals news, reports emerged that NetEase is looking to abandon some, if not all, of its international investments; something NetEase has so far denied.According to a report by GamesBeat, industry insiders believe NetEase has decided it wants to stop relying on overseas staff to make its games, which could result in further layoffs and studio closures.The supposed reasons for this are twofold. The first is, unsurprisingly, due to rising development costs, particularly those for US developers.The second is because Chinas own games industry has matured much more quickly than expected, to the point where its started to enjoy genuine international success.Aside from free-to-play fare like Genshin Impact, the recent success of Black Myth: Wukong (which sold 10 million copies in just three days) has demonstrated the country can also pump out popular AAA console games.What game studios does NetEase own?Aside from its own internal development studio, NetEase Games, NetEase owns an additional 20 studios across the US, Europe, and Asia. Those studios are:Grasshopper Manufacture Suda51s No More Heroes studioPinCoolNagoshi Studio founded and run by Yakuza series creator Toshihiro NagoshiNetEase Games TokyoGPTRACK50 StudioStudio FlareQuantic Dream the studio behind Detroit: Become Human and the upcoming Star Wars EclipseJackalyptic GamesT-Minus Zero EntertainmentAnchor Point StudiosNetEase Games North AmericaBulletFarmNetEase Games MontrealSkyBox Labs co-developer on Halo Infinite and multiple Age Of Empire gamesBad Brain Game StudiosSplicedRebel Wolves founded by former CD Projekt staffNetEase Games KoreaLiquid SwordsFantastic Pixel CastleSonys also started bringing large scale Chinese games to the PlayStation 5, including this years action role-player Lost Soul Aside and the recently revealed Tides Of Annihilation. So, why rely on overseas developers when Chinese studios can make them instead and more cheaply.Its possible the tariffs imposed against China by US president Donald Trump have something to do with it too. Industry experts had warned months ago these tariffs could lead to increased prices for consoles and games, and they will also impact Chinese game studios and thus the wider industry which makes considerable use of Chinese developers for support work.As such, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), which represents all the big name game publishers, has publicly asked to be consulted on such tariffs to avoid causing significant harm to everyday Americans and to one of the fastest growing entertainment sectors in the United States.In a statement sent to GamesBeat, though, NetEase addresses the general issue of its future plans but manages to avoid answering the key question.Our two-pronged approach, proposed in 2022 (combining self-research and investments to explore overseas markets), is still actively progressing and yielding positive results, reads the statement.As far as overseas business efforts are concerned, NetEase has not wavered in its global expansion plans, it reads, highlighting success stories like Marvel Rivals and survival game Once Human.More TrendingThese projects demonstrate NetEases ability, along with our talented development teams, to produce high-quality games loved by players worldwide.At no point do they deny planning to shut down all or most of their Western Studios, but the do admit to scaling down two of studios at the end of 2024.This represents only a small portion of our overseas studio portfolio. Our studios in North America, UK, Spain, and Japan all continue to refine and develop their ongoing game projects, they insist.NetEase also refuted the idea that the aforementioned tariffs have had any effect on its strategy, or at least not yet. We are mindful of any developments in international trade. However, our decisions have been based solely on business evaluations and not influenced by other factors. Could NetEases other studios like the No More Heroes developer be hit with layoffs too? (Grasshopper Manufacture)Emailgamecentral@metro.co.uk, leave a comment below,follow us on Twitter, andsign-up to our newsletter.To submit Inbox letters and Readers Features more easily, without the need to send an email, just use ourSubmit Stuff page here.For more stories like this,check our Gaming page.GameCentralSign up for exclusive analysis, latest releases, and bonus community content.This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. 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The markup on Nvidias $2,000 GeForce RTX 5090 and $1,000 RTX 5080 GPUs has reached new heights. Cards fly off store shelves as soon as theyre posted online, and then they end up on eBay and other reselling platforms at a 50% or 150% markup. Nvidias new plan to help you get an FE card for the base price involves entering your name in a raffle and hoping your name gets drawn out of a hat. Nvidias process is very simple. As noted on its official forums Wednesday, anybody with a Nvidia account before Jan. 30 can access this form. You can select either one or both GeForce RTX 5090 or RTX 5080, then hit the button to enroll. Nvidia did not state how many Founders Edition GPUs it will have in stock, though the lucky winners should get notified via email if theyre selected next week. Note, youll still need to cough up the $1,000 or $2,000 to own Nvidias top-of-the-line Blackwell cards, but this may be the only way some PC gamers may hope to grab one at the base price. Nvidias program issimilar to what other OEMs have landed on, specificallyZotac, with its Discord-based raffle to let users buy a card at MSRPrather than at a markup. Other AIM cards from Asus and MSI have increased in price by upwards of 18% since the RTX 5090 launch in January. The r/nvidia subreddit has continued to record 5090 prices, jumping by $300 to $400. The MSRP RTX 5080 16G Ventus 3X from MSI went from $1,000 to $1,139. Meanwhile, MSIs RTX 5090 32G Vanguard SOC Launch Edition jumped by $310 to $2,689. Meanwhile, resellers pawn these same GPUs on eBay for over $4,000. Some OC models are running for close to or over $6,000. The direct-to-consumer model shouldnt be the first way companies should think to beat scalpers. Because manufacturers cant control the wide breadth of online retailers, the best way to avoid price gouging is to have enough stock that scalpers cant purchase all of them. Nvidia was warning about low stock values even before launch, and physical retailers found they only had a paltry number of GPUs to sell to customers. When Nvidia launched the RTX 5090 on Jan. 30, online stock sold out in less than 30 minutes. Feb. 20 marks the launch of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, a card we thought was solid at $750 for 4K gaming. Then again, youd be lucky to find it for $750. Were already seeing certain markets planning to sell non-OC cards for over $900 and some OC variants for over $1,000. At that price, you may as well wait to buy the RTX 5080 (as if its even possible to purchase that card at MSRP). Well update this story if the stock situation for that card is as dire as the cards more powerful siblings. Nvidia already pushed the launch of the RTX 5070 back to March 5.For its part, Nvidia shared multiple links with Gizmodo for stock-clocked 5070 Ti cards at MSRP before the launch date.However, checkingallthoselinks now lists the cards as out of stock at the time of publication.This situation is not tenable, and even if Nvidia launches another priority access scheme for the 5070 family, it wont be enough to meet the overall demand. We dont suggest anybody buy a card for $600 to $3,000 above MSRP, no matter how many frames you think youll get in Cyberpunk 2077.

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The 15 Winners of the ArchDaily 2025 Building of the Year AwardsSave this picture!Background photography Syam Sreesylam. Courtesy of WallmakersSixteen years ago, we launched the ArchDaily Building of the Year Awards with a simple yet powerful idea: to let our readers choose their favorite buildings from our ever-growing library of projects. Thanks to your engagement, this award has grown into one of the most democratic and influential recognitions in architecture. Year after year, your collective insight has highlighted architectural excellence across cultures, economies, and landscapes worldwide.This year was no exception. The 75 finalists have already showcased an outstanding range of spatial solutions, reflecting the power of collective intelligence in crafting a snapshot of today's most compelling architecture. Now, it's time to unveil the winners.The ArchDaily Building of the Year Awards is brought to you thanks to Dornbracht, renowned for leading designs for architecture, which can be found internationally in bathrooms and kitchens.THE WINNERSBest Applied ProductsPETS & HUMAN - Positive House / Studio ruizvelazquez (Spain)Save this picture! Dissolving the interior limits and modeling the structures, subjecting them to movement and expanding perspectives without angles, maintaining the visual continuity of the set, as it happend in the natural world, where everything flows in a subtle harmony, almost magically balanced, which should not be disrupted because everything has a good reason being and a purpose. Save this picture!Commercial ArchitectureCOOSH Boutique Store / Sivak+Partners Studio (Ukraine)Save this picture! COOSH is distinguished by its Scandinavian, minimalist style with accent details so we created a space that represents the same approach by not only being a comfortable store but also focusing a visitor's attention on surfaces, materials, and nuances. Save this picture!Cultural ArchitectureCentro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian / Kengo Kuma & Associates + OODA + VDLA (Portugal)Save this picture! The building's redesign by Kuma draws from the Engawa, a sheltered walkway typical of Japanese dwellings, considered neither totally inside nor outside. Incorporating this typology, the architecture has been integrated into the surrounding gardens of the Gulbenkian Foundation. Save this picture!Educational ArchitectureDuling Educational and Cultural Centre / Elisabeth Lee (China)Save this picture! Our design principle, grounded in sustainability and reverence for tradition, sought to transform a village beset by challenges into an environment offering a safe space in which children could play and learn, and a place for villagers to meet and connect. Save this picture!Healthcare ArchitectureBurtinle District Hospital / Architectural Pioneering Consultants (Somalia)Save this picture! The design adopted the centuries-old principle of the wind catcher a natural form of air conditioning that requires no additional source of power than the wind. The very hot local climate, with temperatures exceeding 35C on the one hand, and strict hygienic requirements of the medical procedures made it imperative to provide a controlled level of indoor climate to the key hospital spaces. Save this picture!Hospitality ArchitectureThe Elyse Montmartre Hotel / Policrnica (France)Save this picture! Previously abandoned, the 850-square-meter space has been revitalized to reflect the architects' distinctive aesthetic, featuring a monochromatic interior defined by architectural woodwork and custom wooden furnishings. Save this picture!HousesSeparo House / HYPERTEXT ARCHITECTURE STUDIO (Iran)Save this picture! Considering that the project is located on the last plot of the village and adjacent to the western mountains, we chose adobe as the primary material in a color that matches the village context and surrounding mountains. This choice allows residents to perceive a harmonious image with the context at the end of the passage. Save this picture!HousingFazenda Canuan School Staff Village / Rosenbaum + Terra e Tuma Arquitetos Associados (Brazil)Save this picture! The residences were designed to have thermal comfort without the use of artificial air conditioning and to meet the local climatic conditions, which are hot throughout the year, intense exposure to sunlight, winds that carry dust, and torrential rains. Save this picture!Industrial ArchitectureWaste To Energy Campus / INI Design Studio (India)Save this picture! Water conservation and landscaping is a key focus. Unlike routine garbage collection landfills, which are shunned due to stench and toxicity, here citizens benefit from a green social landscape and fresh air. Orchards, green hedge walls, water bodies, and misting systems all guide cool breeze patterns, altering the microclimate. Save this picture!Interior ArchitectureCamel Step Coffee Roasters Shop / Faris Alosaimi (Saudi Arabia)Save this picture! The indoor area, designed to resemble an outdoor space, adds a sense of openness and connection to nature, while the large stone fireplace adds warmth and intimacy. Save this picture!OfficesJAX-MOC Offices / BRICKLAB (Saudi Arabia)Save this picture! Office quarters are organized around three large planters along the spine to echo the micro-environments of the wadi. A small grove of palms is connected to a rainwater collection channel that extends across the park and down to the wadi to further highlight the narrative of the natural landscape. Save this picture!Public & Landscape ArchitectureChaki Wasi, Artisanal Center of the Shalal Community / La Cabina de la Curiosidad (Ecuador)Save this picture! This is a construction based on communal logic; those in charge rotated weekly. Permanent mingas (collective work parties) were held with the participation of women, men, and youth from the community. Interesting links were formed with neighboring communities to obtain wood and straw. Everything was built by hand, with minimal tools, and the structural modules were raised and placed with everyone's strength, thanks to ropes and collective unity. Save this picture!Religious ArchitectureBallie Mosque / Commonsense Studio (Albania)Save this picture! At the core of the mosque's design philosophy lies a nuanced understanding of spatial experience and human-creator connection. Using geometry, an inexhaustible tool in Islamic art and architecture, the mosque's most distinctive featuresits facades, domes, and minaretsauthentically come to life while responding to the strong context. Save this picture!Small Scale & InstallationsKanna Pavillion / Laure Fris Architecture (France)Save this picture! Our intention is to offer anglers at the Marlens water body the possibility to fish in the shelter and set back from other visitors. To maintain an openness to the landscape, the triangular structure widens as one approaches the water. Save this picture!Sports ArchitectureFerdinand E. Marcos Stadium / WTA Architecture and Design Studio (Philippines)Save this picture!Save this picture!Once again, thank you for being a part of the ArchDaily Building of the Year Awards. Your participation and support have been invaluable to its success, and we truly appreciate your commitment to celebrating architectural excellence worldwide.Image gallerySee allShow lessAbout this authorCite: Romullo Baratto. "The 15 Winners of the ArchDaily 2025 Building of the Year Awards" 20 Feb 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1027130/the-15-winners-of-the-archdaily-2025-building-of-the-year-awards&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

Longquan Mountain Observatory / BUZZ/ Bro Ziyu ZhuangSave this picture! Shengliang SuArchitects: BUZZ/ Bro Ziyu ZhuangAreaArea of this architecture projectArea:4200 mYearCompletion year of this architecture project Year: 2023 PhotographsPhotographs:Shengliang Su More SpecsLess SpecsSave this picture!Text description provided by the architects. The Longquan Mountain Observatory, a building at the highest point of Chengdu city, is intended to be a flowing element of the landscape. To achieve this, the design uses artificial means to engage in a dialogue with the vast scenery, so that the building does not rise abruptly out of the mountains, but rather appears as a rising surface, responding to the topography in a fluid way. The horizontal stance is above all a reflection of the landscape of the Chengdu Plain. It is composed of a series of horizontally oriented interfaces with different heights, which are in turn connected to each other in a continuous manner.Save this picture!The floor plan flows along a sequence of courtyards, responding to various height differences to create different local characteristics. The distinct positions of the courtyards also generate diverse contrasting visual relationships. The roof of the building integrates with the height difference of the site to form a winding pedestrian surface, which subsequently becomes an open viewing platform between the mountains.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The roof itself is paved with natural stones of different sizes, and over the years, vegetation will gradually climb up the building along the gaps between the stones, allowing the building to silently evolve into the form of a natural mountain surface.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The continuous water surface beneath the roof, where the landscaped pool and the pool merge into one, reflects the color of the sky, and the boundary of the water surface dissolves into the distant horizon. The multi-purpose hall and the auxiliary features of the pool recede behind the water, leaving an open view of the pool. The restaurant is set in the same open vista, framed by the landscaped pools, with the main section peeking out beyond the mountain for a better viewing experience. Serving functions, such as logistic areas, are covered under the eaves or hidden in the site.Save this picture!Save this picture!The architecture has a strong character and identity, resembling a spaceship or alien form if seen from some angles, ready to launch. At the same time, it is subdued enough that it does not threaten or contradict the existing natural environment, like a fold in the ground or a flying bridge in the forest, hidden from view.Save this picture!Project gallerySee allShow lessProject locationAddress:Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaLocation to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.About this officeMaterialSteelMaterials and TagsPublished on February 20, 2025Cite: "Longquan Mountain Observatory / BUZZ/ Bro Ziyu Zhuang" 20 Feb 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1004502/longquan-mountain-observatory-buro-ziyu-zhuang&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save? / BUZZYou've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream