Xbox on Android, Linux Bootkit, AI Tools

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️ IN THE NEWS

• Microsoft says it's built an Xbox game store on Android but can't launch it. Microsoft claims to have developed an Xbox game store for Android but is unable to launch it, potentially impacting the mobile gaming landscape and highlighting platform control issues.
• Google sues Pixel engineer who allegedly posted trade secrets online. Google is taking legal action against a Pixel engineer for allegedly posting trade secrets online, highlighting the importance of protecting proprietary information in tech companies.
• First-ever UEFI bootkit for Linux in the works, experts say. Security experts warn of the first UEFI bootkit targeting Linux systems, which could significantly impact Linux security practices.
• Intel Graphics Compiler Removes Support For Ice Lake & Older. Intel's Graphics Compiler is dropping support for Ice Lake and older architectures, which may affect developers working with older hardware.

TOOLS YOU'LL ACTUALLY USE

• aisuite

  Unified interface for multiple generative AI providers. Easily compare and swap different LLMs.

  pip install aisuite from aisuite import AIClient client = AIClient(provider="openai") response = client.generate("Hello, world!") print(response)

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REPO OF THE WEEK

black-forest-labs/flux

Official inference repo for FLUX.1 models. Implements efficient inference for large language models.

from flux import FluxModel model = FluxModel.from_pretrained("flux-ai/flux-1") output = model.generate("The meaning of life is") print(output)

Recent major change: Added support for quantized models, reducing memory usage by up to 75%.

SHOWER THOUGHTS FOR DEVS

If we spent as much time refactoring our legacy code as we do arguing about new frameworks, our codebases might actually be maintainable.

Thanks for reading!

Andrew Pierno