Intel GPUs, OpenWrt Router & World Labs AI 🚀
Welcome to The Compiler, a daily curation of tech news
🤔 QUOTE OF THE DAY
"The most disastrous thing that you can ever learn is your first programming language." - Alan Kay
🗞️ IN THE NEWS
- Intel launches budget "Battlemage" GPUs to challenge Nvidia/AMD. B580 claims 10% faster than RTX 4060 at 1440p for $249. Link
- China bans export of chip materials to US, escalating tech trade war. Link
- Rustls TLS implementation smokes OpenSSL in multi-threaded benchmarks. Link
- UK slaps Microsoft with $1.25B antitrust suit over cloud pricing. Link
📦 DEPLOY NOTES
LogoFAIL vulnerability allows Bootkitty malware installation on Linux devices. Check your boot logos and update UEFI firmware ASAP. Details here
🔍 UNDER THE HOOD
- OpenWrt ships its own repairable Wi-Fi 6 router hardware. Full firmware control + MediaTek dual-core. Link
- GitHub's Copilot code quality claims challenged by researchers. Real-world performance questioned. Link
- Meta admits content moderation "error rates are too high". COVID-19 posts over-removed. Link
🛠 TOOLS YOU'LL ACTUALLY USE
World Labs AI: Generate interactive 3D scenes from a single photo. Explore and interact with any image.
Example: world_labs.generate_3d("beach_sunset.jpg")
Link
🧵 REPO OF THE WEEK
OpenWrt One: Open source Wi-Fi 6 router firmware + hardware
Snippet: opkg install kmod-mt7921e (Install MediaTek Wi-Fi 6 driver)
Why it's cool: Fully open, repairable router with custom firmware support
OpenWrt GitHub
🤔 SHOWER THOUGHTS FOR DEVS
If Enron can come back as a crypto firm, maybe my spaghetti code from 2005 will be worth something someday.
Thanks for reading!
Andrew Pierno
