OpenWrt Router, AI Hack & Chip Export Ban 🖥️🇨🇳

Andrew Pierno

Dec 2, 2024 — 1 min read

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OpenWrt releases $89 "unbrickable" router. Fully open-source with dual ethernet, triple USB, Wi-Fi 6. Hacker heaven for $89
Ex-Googler beats Google's AI image detector...using Google tech. Clever hack turns BigG's tools against itself. Check out the hack
US blocks AI chip exports to China. ByteDance, Huawei cut off from NVIDIA/AMD's latest. Tech Cold War heats up
If Intel can't keep a CEO, how the hell are we supposed to retain developers?

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