Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges(arstechnica.com)

216 points by nonfamous 1 month ago | 218 comments

Ars Technica article reporting that a firmware update bricked Samsung smart fridges, leaving owners with spoiled food.

Musi fans refuse to update iPhones until Apple unblocks controversial app(arstechnica.com)

22 points by LinuxBender 1 year ago | 36 comments

Xbox’s new “8 strikes” mod rollout judges hate speech 3x worse than cheating(arstechnica.com)

33 points by PaulHoule 3 years ago | 41 comments

Texas politicians warn Smithsonian it must not lobby to retain its space shuttle(arstechnica.com)

23 points by LorenDB 1 year ago | 4 comments

Jef Raskin's cul-de-sac and the quest for the humane computer(arstechnica.com)

40 points by pinewurst 1 year ago | 9 comments

RIP to my 8-port Unifi switch after years and years of Texas outdoor temps(arstechnica.com)

29 points by striking 3 years ago | 35 comments

Resetting Xbox(news.xbox.com)

712 points by dijksterhuis 3 months ago | 856 comments

An Xbox Wire post from Microsoft titled "Resetting Xbox," announcing changes to the Xbox business or strategy.

Xbox Turns Down Netflix $500M Offer(darkhorizons.com)

74 points by xoxxala 1 day ago | 93 comments

News article reporting that Microsoft declined a $500 million, seven-year Netflix offer to adapt Xbox game franchises into shows and films.

Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc(birchtree.me)

669 points by surprisetalk 2 months ago | 703 comments

Birchtree blog link post commenting on an extended Xbox outage that blocked players from launching even disc-based games, raising game ownership concerns.

Microsoft will switch off Recall by default after security backlash(wired.com)

444 points by georgehill 2 years ago | 397 comments

Wired article reporting that Microsoft will make its AI Recall screen-recording feature opt-in and add privacy protections after security criticism.

It took me nine years to hack my Xbox 360(kennedn.com)

155 points by kennedn 13 days ago | 42 comments

A personal blog post recounting the author's years-long effort to hack an Xbox 360 using a Matrix CoolRunner Rev D glitcher modchip.

Ars Technica fires reporter after AI controversy involving fabricated quotes(futurism.com)

542 points by danso 7 months ago | 334 comments

Futurism article reporting that Ars Technica parted ways with reporter Benj Edwards after a controversy over AI-fabricated quotes.