DeepSeek Has Spent Over $500 Million on Nvidia Chips Despite Low-Cost AI Claims, SemiAnalysis Says

DeepSeek Has Spent Over 0 Million on Nvidia Chips Despite Low-Cost AI Claims, SemiAnalysis Says

Nvidia shares plunged 17% on Monday, wiping nearly $600 billion from its market value, after Chinese AI firm DeepSeek’s breakthrough, but analysts are questioning the cost narrative. DeepSeek said to have trained its December V3 model for $5.6 million, but chip consultancy SemiAnalysis suggested this figure doesn’t reflect total investments. “DeepSeek has spent well over … Read more

Biggest Doesn’t Win – O’Reilly

Biggest Doesn’t Win – O’Reilly

January has been notable for the number of important announcements in AI. For me, two stand out: the US government’s support for the Stargate Project, a giant data center costing $500 billion, with investments coming from Oracle, Softbank, and OpenAI; and DeepSeek’s release of its R1 reasoning model, trained at an estimated cost of roughly … Read more

A long, costly road ahead for customers abandoning Broadcom’s VMware

A long, costly road ahead for customers abandoning Broadcom’s VMware

The manager said this information was relayed to the customer after a support ticket it filed was automatically moved to Ingram, with Broadcom telling the firm it wasn’t big enough to receive direct support. Ingram’s response times were a week or longer, and in December, Ingram announced a severe reduction of its VMware business (VMware … Read more

iOS 18.3 Features: Everything New in iOS 18.3

iOS 18.3 Features: Everything New in iOS 18.3

iOS 18.3 is the third major update to the iOS 18 operating system, and while it isn’t as feature rich as iOS 18.1 or iOS 18.2, there are some Apple Intelligence changes worth knowing about, as well as as some other tweaks, bug fixes, and security updates. This guide covers everything new in iOS 18.3. … Read more

How to change your avatar on PS5

How to change your avatar on PS5

So, you’ve got a brand-new PlayStation Portal and are looking forward to the hours and hours of fun you’ll have using its Remote Play functionality to play your PlayStation 5 games. Well, yeah, you should be excited — it’s pretty rad, after all. But when you first dive in, you may want to take a … Read more

Today’s NYT Connections Hints and Answer for January 27 (#596)

Today’s NYT Connections Hints and Answer for January 27 (#596)

Connections is a game from the New York Times that challenges you to find the association between words. It sounds easy, but it isn’t—Connections categories can be almost anything, and they’re usually quite specific. If you need a hand getting the answers, we’ve got you covered. What Is Connections? Connections is a game from the … Read more

Arthur Winston, a Passionate Proponent of Engineering Eduction

Arthur Winston, a Passionate Proponent of Engineering Eduction

Arthur Winston, 2004 IEEE president, died on 27 December at the age of 94. Winston was an electrical engineering professor at two Boston-area universities: Northeastern and Tufts. He cofounded the latter’s Gordon Institute, a leadership-focused engineering school. Among the students and colleagues whose careers he helped shape is IEEE Fellow Karen Panetta, dean of graduate … Read more

Trump warns of ‘wake-up call’ for US tech firms

Trump warns of ‘wake-up call’ for US tech firms

Peter Hoskins Business reporter Trump: DeepSeek AI release should be ‘wake-up call’ for US US President Donald Trump has called the rise of Chinese company DeepSeek “a wake-up call” for the US tech industry, after the emergence of its artificial intelligence (AI) model triggered shockwaves on Wall Street. Shares in major tech firms like Nvidia … Read more