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