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Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges (arstechnica.com)
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Some Samsung smart fridges stopped working on Tuesday due to a firmware update.

Korean outlets were the first to report the problems, which affect Samsung’s Bespoke AI line of fridges. Star News Korea, per a Google-provided translation, said that most of the affected devices were four-door fridges from 2024 or later.

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[–] 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

You know those influencers who get like a few million views from building silly Rube Goldberg Machines?... That's the only thing I can think of to justify the toaster, and then it's literally just taking the place of an RC actuator.

As for the fridge, the only thing I can think of is you're one of those people who constantly forgets what they went shopping for, and need to video stream the interior of the fridge to check if you're out of something.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    As for the fridge, the only thing I can think of is you're one of those people who constantly forgets what they went shopping for, and need to video stream the interior of the fridge to check if you're out of something.

    But how is that smart? It's just a fridge with a camera connected to the internet. Oh, it's like my washing machine with "AI"*: it connects to the internet, and all it can go is start and stop, but there's a caveat... If enabled through online, you cannot start it physically 🫪 it's my brothers old one, never connected to the internet in my house.

    *AI stands for American Intelligence. It's a hill I'll die on.

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