-
Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges
A Samsung firmware update left some Bespoke AI smart fridges in South Korea unusable, with affected appliances losing power, freezing on an update message or appearing offline in the SmartThings app. The incident matters because many owners reportedly lost refrigerated food just before Chuseok, a major holiday, while some faced delays in getting repairs. Most…
-
Heir to ‘McMansion’ fortune drove truck over tourist sunbathing on idyllic Hamptons beach, claims $7m lawsuit
Jack Farrell, 21, the son of Hamptons developer Joe Farrell, is facing a $7 million lawsuit alleging that he drove a pickup truck over Spanish tourist Pablo Ibanez Fernandez on a Bridgehampton beach in August. The lawsuit, filed by Pablo and his brother Alberto, also names Farrell Building and claims the incident caused serious injuries,…
-
Arc Raiders’ Frozen Trail becomes biggest update on 8 October
Arc Raiders’ Frozen Trail update, launching on 8 October, will be the game’s largest yet, adding substantial new content after Embark Studios paused monthly updates in May. The move follows a slowdown in the extraction shooter’s popularity, although it retains a consistent player base, and is intended to re-energise the game with new challenges and…
-
Arc Raiders’ New Machine-Learning Enemy Looks Absolutely Terrifying
Embark Studios’ Arc Raiders is receiving its largest update to date, Frozen Trail, which launches on 8 October and introduces a new machine-learning-powered enemy called the Bully. This follows the game’s existing ML-enabled enemy, the Leaper, and represents the studio’s ongoing experiment with machine learning as a game design tool to create dynamic, unpredictable combat…
-
Discord rolls out algorithmic age checks after months of delays
Discord is introducing an age-verification system after delaying it for more than six months amid user opposition. Its algorithms will estimate whether accounts belong to adults or children, while Discord says more than 90% of users will not need to confirm their age and that messages and voice calls will not be analysed. The system…
-
Dementia traps family savings as London transport stalls
Grandmother’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis has trapped £20,000 in children’s savings accounts behind rigid banking rules. London’s bus network slows amid congestion whilst Qantas launches Sydney-New York flights and sport and entertainment lead headlines.
-
South Korean robot completes marathon on a single battery charge
South Korean researchers have published details of how RAIBO2, a quadruped robot, completed a full marathon on one battery charge in November 2024. The achievement matters because legged robots can handle stairs, rubble, slopes and other uneven terrain where wheeled machines may struggle, potentially aiding disaster response and industrial inspections. RAIBO2 covered 42.195 kilometres in…
-
Xbox’s new Mythic tier emerges amid sweeping organisational changes
Xbox has revealed signs of Mythic Achievements, a new tier intended to serve as the equivalent of PlayStation’s platinum trophies. The feature rewards players for completing every Achievement in a game, arriving amid major organisational changes at Xbox that included 268 job cuts and significant studio and franchise restructuring. References in early Xbox PC app…
-
Thoughts return to forbidden RAM upgrades as Raspberry Pi OS gets fresh lick of paint
Raspberry Pi OS version 6.3 has been released with a redesigned desktop interface offering docked and launcher options alongside the traditional taskbar, whilst rising component prices have renewed debate over firmware restrictions that lock devices to their original RAM specifications. With 16GB Pi 5 models now costing £292.80 in the UK or $305 in the…
-
People Playground disables Steam Workshop again after malware-laced mod attack
People Playground, a Steam sandbox game, has had its Steam Workshop disabled for the second time in a year following the discovery of a malicious mod distributing malware. Developer Mestiez described this latest attack as “especially bad” and urged all players to cease playing the game and run antivirus scans if they accessed mods during…