Welcome to The Compiler, a daily curation of tech news. 🍿 MAIN CHARACTER Uncle Sam's coming for your router! The US is eyeing a ban on TP-Link, the Chinese networking giant that owns 65% of the US router market. Why? National security concerns and alleged links to Chinese cyberattacks.
Welcome to The Compiler, a daily curation of tech news. 🍿 MAIN CHARACTER TikTok's CEO is schmoozing with Trump to avoid a ban. Talk about strange bedfellows! Shou Zi Chew is set to meet the former prez at Mar-a-Lago as TikTok faces a looming ban-or-divest deadline. Trump, who initially
Welcome to The Compiler, a daily curation of tech news. 🍿 MAIN CHARACTER Apple's going big... and foldable? The tech giant is reportedly cooking up an 18.8-inch foldable iPad for 2028. Picture two iPad Pros side-by-side, but with a nearly invisible crease. This monster tablet might even run
Welcome to The Compiler, a daily curation of tech news. 🍿 MAIN CHARACTER Donald Bitzer, the unsung hero of your digital life, just left the chat at 90. This dude co-invented plasma screens AND fathered PLATO, a 1960s computer system that basically invented online messaging. Yeah, that thing you're
Welcome to The Compiler, a daily curation of tech news. 🍿 MAIN CHARACTER Meta's playing dirty pool, asking California's AG to block OpenAI's switch to for-profit status. They claim OpenAI shouldn't be allowed to use charity-built assets for private gains. The kicker? Meta&
Welcome to The Compiler, a daily curation of tech news. 🍿 MAIN CHARACTER Google's back in the XR game with Android XR, powering Samsung's upcoming "Project Moohan" headset. It's like déjà vu all over again, but this time with more AI and a
Welcome to The Compiler, a daily curation of tech news. 🍿 MAIN CHARACTER Google's Gemini 2.0 is here, and it's gunning for OpenAI's crown. This next-gen AI model family is packing some serious heat with agent-like capabilities. It can spit out text, images, and
Welcome to The Compiler, a daily curation of tech news. 🍿 MAIN CHARACTER Amazon's getting into the car game, and it's wild. They're now selling actual cars online, starting with Hyundai in 48 US cities. Imagine browsing for a new ride like you're
Welcome to The Compiler, a daily curation of tech news. 🍿 MAIN CHARACTER Google's quantum chip just flexed on classical computers. Their new Willow chip solved a problem in minutes that would take a regular supercomputer longer than the age of the universe. We're talking 10 septillion
Welcome to The Compiler, a daily curation of tech news. 🍿 MAIN CHARACTER Apple's exploring 5G Macs, but don't hold your breath. The tech giant is "investigating" cellular connectivity for future Macs, with a potential launch in 2026 or later. While this could be a
Welcome to The Compiler, a daily curation of tech news. 💡 TODAY'S BIG THING Intel unveils breakthroughs in 2D transistors and chip packaging at IEDM 2024 Why it matters: Intel's Foundry Technology Research team is pushing beyond silicon, developing atomically thin 2D transistors and advanced interconnects. This
Welcome to The Compiler, a daily curation of tech news. 💡 TODAY'S BIG THING MLCommons Launches AILuminate Benchmark for LLM Safety MLCommons, known for AI performance benchmarks, is introducing AILuminate to measure large language model safety. This new standard could help developers evaluate and improve AI system robustness against