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.

The platform says hackers targeted a firm that helped to verify the ages of its users.

From 2025.

Google has put artificial intelligence at the front and center of its search bar. The most-visited site on the internet still shows the same list of links to users, but they have to scroll past a summarized response from an AI chatbot, a feature Google calls AI Overviews. The change to what was once the gateway to the rest of the internet has been profound, and the browsing habits of billions of people are shifting.

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cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/25347642

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GTA 6 is getting a $400 collector’s set filled with Vice City-themed goodies, but it won’t include a copy of the game.

tl;dr: Proxmox or bare metal? Containers yes/no? What is your use case?

I used a Dell R710 when I first started self-hosting, it ran ESXi with one VM for each service I wanted. Restarting the server required me to first shutdown each VM in order and then the whole host. When setting up a new service to host I had to create a new VM (allocate RAM, disk etc), install the OS (I ran Debian) and then follow instructions for how to setup the service. This mostly was not a problem but one software I never managed to get working was Apache Guacamole.

Nowadays I have a Dell Optiplex I salvaged for parts, got a new case and all my HDDs from my R710. Because it has much less RAM and an old Intel i5 (6th or 7th generation), I decided to get into Docker. With Docker containers you write your compose file and it will just work. No more need to dig through documentation for which version of a dependency to use, how to handle if two services on the same host need different versions (this was part of the reason for one VM/service). With Docker, I can try out a software in seconds and have it configured to my liking in minutes.

Today I have NixOS (bare metal) and it comes with Podman which uses systemd. Hence restarting my OS (albeit not that often, almost never unless I mess up my config) is a no-brainer because Podman via systemd will manage everything. Adding, stopping or removing containers in general is easy. I have a script running as a service which will stop a container, create a BTRFS subvolume snapshot, start the service again and start borg backup to backup from the snapshot.

For me using Proxmox would just an extra layer of complexity I don’t need. I only have one server and I am the only user.

Questions:

• Do you use Proxmox instead of a bare metal installation?
• Do you use containers or do you install manually?
• What is you use case that requires your setup the way it is?

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At least we will get another Fallout from the hands of Obsidian right? Right?

Microsoft has filed for a new patent that describes a credit system to “rent” software and games, including rate-limited rentals based on the type of use. In their examples, singleplayer costs more than training mode, but multiplayer costs more credits than both. Users can ‘earn’ credits by subjecting themselves to more advertisements during loading screens, round win or loss screens, and level loading screens. The patent technology can be applied at the application level, OS level, and device level, making it wide-reaching and affecting more than just Windows machines. In one instance, Microsoft explicitly names Smart TVs. This would be similar, in some ways, to ACR (Automatic Content Recognition) on LG or other Smart TVs, where the patent-pending technology could scan the screen and audio.

cross-posted from: reddthat.com/post/71273423

cross-posted from: reddthat.com/post/70898368

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also apparently the deer population are going to rapidly fall due to chronic wasting disease because it’s 100% fatal and really spreadable or something

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/52306182

"Behind the scenes, Meta is having some of these calls being handled by humans in call centers, 404 Media reports, despite employees practically begging the company not to go through with the charade. "

“Sorry people, it’s a right of passage!”

i tried using a linux machine with plasma bigscreen but it just wasn’t for me, and I kinda miss my chromecast’s simplicity. So is there any streaming box or whatever that’s decently easy to set up and also respects my privacy? I know that it’s basically impossible but I just want to know what the best option is. Also I’m in europe so no Onn. boxes and stuff. I would also like it to be second hand since the prices are a bit better

thank guy i love drew gooden

OK, sometimes you have to fight the odds, push technology to the limit to make the unimaginable possible to achieve something great.
But I still do net see the benefit of putting data centers into space. Even after solving all those problems that are mentioned by the article, what is the upside compared to just building a data center with solar panels and a big battery down on earth? Even powering them with gas turbines seems to be more environment friendly and cost efficient than shooting thousands of rockets into space and have the data centers burn up in the atmosphere after 6 years.

Today’s game is Fallout 3. My network has been out all evening. So i chose to take this as an opportunity to play some Fallout 3.

First thing I did was I made my way back to the metro I got my ass kicked in last time before crashing. I got my ass kicked again though so I went back and did some questing to get better gear. Then I came back and cleared the floor.

The main quest I did was the survivor’s guide. It sent me to the grocery store, and I killed all the raiders and stole some of their brass knuckles too. Or. I killed all but one. One of them got afraid and ran away, and I felt bad gunning down (or punching down) a surrendering enemy.

After that I went through the metro like I said above. That brought me in contact with the Lyon’s Brotherhood of Steel. I helped them clear out the super mutants with my fancy new brass knuckles. The behemoth came along though and I knew that wasn’t going to cut it so I dropped some land mines and lured it over them.

I experienced another crash though as I was making my way through the rest of the story. The last thing I got to look at was this ghoul’s eyeball. I decided that was a fitting place to stop.

I’m enjoying this a lot. It feels a lot more balanced compared to New Vegas in terms of leveling and such. New Vegas I do love the difficulty though. I suppose it’s two different things.

Anyways, I’m gonna sink some more time into this tomorrow. I want to see how it compares to what I remember it being like when I was younger.

anyone else feel that AI has sucked all joy out of the open source world?

i used to scroll fdroid when I’m bored and it was so exciting sometimes

cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/67249915

Anon fears The Hand

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1421777/ai-agents-steal-600000-credit-cards-records-operator-is-running-3-open-source-ai-systems

Very confused, is this all BS?

“Confer, the private AI chatbot launched by Signal creator Moxie Marlinspike, uses that Nvidia-based TEE setup— along with an authentication system…”

“Meta, too, uses a TEE to offer a more private version of the Meta AI chatbot included in WhatsApp—a privacy system that Confer’s Marlinspike has said he is helping Meta to develop.”

This feels too good to be true and I am surprised this article is the first i am hearing about the relationship between Marlinspike and Meta for this product.