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Samsung is facing serious backlash after a software update effectively bricked its AI-enabled refrigerators, leaving owners with dead appliances and no clear path to recovery. It's a stark reminder that when everyday objects depend on cloud-connected software, a bad update doesn't just crash an app — it spoils your groceries.
Shifting from kitchens to courtrooms, the UK's competition watchdog is pushing Google to give Android and Chrome users a genuine choice of search engines, targeting the two platforms where Google's grip is tightest. Regulators argue that pre-set defaults aren't neutral — they're market power, and they want that changed.
And on a more forward-looking note, researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a way to manufacture tiny OLED pixels using the same precision processes used to make microchips. That could mean dramatically sharper, more efficient displays produced at scale — a quiet but potentially significant leap for screens in everything from phones to medical devices.
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