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Software update shoves ads onto Samsung’s pricey fridges

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-19 13:32:55

Days after someone revealed the news on social media, Samsung confirmed today that it is showing advertisements on some US customers’ smart fridges. Samsung said the ads showing on some Family Hub-series fridges are part of a pilot program, but we suspect that they may become more permanent additions to Samsung fridges and/or other types of screen-equipped smart home appliances. In a statement sent to Ars Technica, Samsung confirmed that it is “conducting a pilot program to offer promotions and

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Samsung confirms its smart fridges will start showing you ads

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-19 16:46:06

We had reached out to Samsung for a statement, and this is what a Samsung spokesperson said: Samsung is committed to innovation and enhancing every day value for our home appliance customers. As part of our ongoing efforts to strengthen that value, we are conducting a pilot program to offer promotions and curated advertisements on certain Samsung Family Hub refrigerator models in the U.S. market. As a part of this pilot program, Family Hub refrigerators in the U.S. will receive an over-the-net

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Apple Music deal: Get the Family Plan free for three months

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-20 09:25:35

Apple Music is running a promo in which new subscribers can get three free months of the Family Plan tier. That's a savings of $51, which is nothing to sneeze at. After this lengthy free trial is up, it costs $17 per month. The Family Plan allows six different users to access the platform. It offers cross-device support and each user is tied to an Apple ID, so their favorite music won't mess with anyone else's algorithm. Apple Music actually topped our list of the best music streaming platform

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Samsung confirms its $1,800+ fridges will start showing you ads

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-20 15:30:59

We had reached out to Samsung for a statement, and this is what a Samsung spokesperson said: Samsung is committed to innovation and enhancing every day value for our home appliance customers. As part of our ongoing efforts to strengthen that value, we are conducting a pilot program to offer promotions and curated advertisements on certain Samsung Family Hub refrigerator models in the U.S. market. As a part of this pilot program, Family Hub refrigerators in the U.S. will receive an over-the-net

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Samsung brings ads to US fridges

theverge.com Thomas Ricker 2025-09-20 16:45:35

Samsung is committed to innovation and enhancing every day value for our home appliance customers. As part of our ongoing efforts to strengthen that value, we are conducting a pilot program to offer promotions and curated advertisements on certain Samsung Family Hub refrigerator models in the U.S. market. As a part of this pilot program, Family Hub refrigerators in the U.S. will receive an over-the-network (OTN) software update with Terms of Service (T&C) and Privacy Notice (PN). Advertising wi

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Apple Music deal: New subscribers can get the Family Plan free for three months

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-24 21:15:35

Apple Music is running a promo in which new subscribers can get three free months of the Family Plan tier. That's a savings of $51, which is nothing to sneeze at. After this lengthy free trial is up, it costs $17 per month. The Family Plan allows six different users to access the platform. It offers cross-device support and each user is tied to an Apple ID, so their favorite music won't mess with anyone else's algorithm. Apple Music actually topped our list of the best music streaming platform

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YouTube Premium’s main shortcoming is stopping me from subscribing

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-27 11:00:59

Joe Maring / Android Authority Not a day goes by without YouTube urging me to subscribe to Premium. Whether barraging me with endless ads or taunting me with the lack of free downloads and background play support, Google believes it has a compelling case of pay-to-play. I’m not so sure. Even though a Premium subscription would save me a lot of headaches and allow me access to other features, there are no plans that fit my living situation, and this is likely a problem for many others as well.

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This Apple Music promotion gives new subscribers three free months of the Family Plan

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-27 11:36:26

Apple Music is running a promo in which new subscribers can get three free months of the Family Plan tier. That's a savings of $51, which is nothing to sneeze at. After this lengthy free trial is up, it costs $17 per month. The Family Plan allows six different users to access the platform. It offers cross-device support and each user is tied to an Apple ID, so their favorite music won't mess with anyone else's algorithm. Apple Music actually topped our list of the best music streaming platform

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Horror Icon Lin Shaye Is Returning to ‘Insidious’

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-09-27 13:50:56

Insidious franchise star Lin Shaye’s dearly departed medium character will make another return to star in Blumhouse’s sixth film in the series. The horror legend’s tenure as psychic Elise Rainier has been a beloved part of the Insidious movies and filmmaker Jacob Chase has officially enlisted her return, as reported by Deadline. The actress is joined by Amelia Eve (star of Netflix’s The Haunting of Bly Manor) in the upcoming installment, written by Chase and David Leslie Johnson. It goes into p

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Sharing Your YouTube Premium Plan? Your Service Could Be Paused

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-27 11:30:02

That popular workaround for sharing a YouTube Premium family plan with friends and relatives in different homes is now squarely in Google's crosshairs. A new wave of enforcement has begun, with subscribers reporting they've received emails warning that their account access will be suspended. The ultimatum is clear: confirm all members live at the same address within 15 days, or lose your premium perks. And now that's something you should watch out for, whether you plan to stream videos or listen

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Apple Music deal: New subscribers can get three free months of the Family Plan

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-29 05:05:37

Apple Music has a great deal going on right now for those interested in the Family Plan. New subscribers can get three free months of that plan — which, at $17 per month normally, comes out to $51 in savings for the whole period. The Family Plan allows six different users to access the platform. It offers cross-device support and each user is tied to an Apple ID, so their favorite music won't mess with anyone else's algorithm. Apple Music actually topped our list of the best music streaming pl

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New subscribers can get three free months of the Apple Music Family Plan

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-03 13:12:40

Apple Music is running a promo in which new subscribers can get three free months of the Family Plan tier. That's a savings of $51, which is nothing to sneeze at. After this lengthy free trial is up, it costs $17 per month. The Family Plan allows six different users to access the platform. It offers cross-device support and each user is tied to an Apple ID, so their favorite music won't mess with anyone else's algorithm. Apple Music actually topped our list of the best music streaming platform

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These 18 Popular VPNs Share Parent Companies and Privacy Risks

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-06 17:00:04

The benefits of using a VPN service to protect your privacy are clear: Your ISP and other snoops won't be able to spy on your online activity. What's not always clear is which VPN service is trustworthy. A VPN, or virtual private network, is software that creates a secure connection between your device and the internet by routing your internet traffic through an encrypted tunnel to a remote server. A VPN essentially masks your IP address and helps keep some of your browsing activities private.

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5 Things We Loved, 3 Things We Didn’t About ‘Wednesday’ Season 2 Part 2

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-10-08 21:15:54

Season 2 of Wednesday is finally available to watch in its entirety on Netflix. And while the first half introduced a solid return, the second half almost holds up before a messy to-be-continued conclusion. Tim Burton puts his whole Burtonesque business on full display with a third-act antagonist reveal that both works and doesn’t. The Addams family being at the mechanical heart of another mystery creates a lot of fun lore for Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) to discover about her parents. This time Mo

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Researchers Discover 18 Popular VPNs Are Connected: Why This Matters

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-09 01:27:11

Virtual private networks are popular ways to keep your online activity private and hide your physical location from your internet service provider and apps. But it's obviously important to choose a safe and secure VPN. Three university researchers have discovered that 18 of the most widely used VPNs have shared infrastructures with serious security flaws that could expose customers' browsing activity and leave their systems vulnerable to corrupted data. These VPNs are among the top 100 most pop

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YouTube Cracks Down on Premium Family Plans Used at Different Addresses

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-09 12:30:04

Sharing a YouTube Premium or YouTube Music family plan with people who don't live at your address could soon cost you the perks you're used to. Several users have reported receiving warnings that their accounts will be paused within 15 days if they don't comply with YouTube's rules on family plans. The policy isn't new. YouTube required family plan members to share the same household in 2023 but it looks like enforcement is stepping up. If you lose Premium, you can still stream videos and liste

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Amazon is quietly cutting this Prime membership perk - here's what you're losing (and when)

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-10-10 23:27:17

Roman Tiraspolsky/iStock Editorial / Getty Images Plus Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Amazon is ending the Prime Invitee program. The program let people share Prime shipping outside their home. Customers are being rolled into the Amazon Family program. It's the end of an era for Prime Invitee users. Through the Prime Invitee program, established in 2008, subscribers could share their shipping benefits with other people who live in their "househ

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Nazi-Looted Painting Found on Real Estate Website Finally Seized by Authorities

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-10-12 01:10:09

After 80 years of being lost, Giuseppe Ghislandi’s Portrait of a Lady has finally been recovered. After it briefly appeared in an online real estate listing last month, the family that was in possession of the painting turned it in to the Argentinian authorities. The painting, a portrait of Contessa Colleoni, was one of more than 1,000 that were looted by Nazis from the collection of Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker during World War II, and was last seen in 1940, according to the Lost Art

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No more Prime shipping perks outside your family (Updated: Amazon statement)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-15 19:59:23

Update: September 2, 2025 (10:56 PM ET): An Amazon spokesperson has contacted Android Authority with an official statement on the matter. Here’s what they had to say: The Invitee program, which enabled sharing of the Prime shipping benefit only, is being phased out, and Prime members can instead share a broad range of Prime benefits with Amazon Family, including: fast, free delivery; access to exclusive deals and shopping events like Prime Day; movies, series, and live sports with Prime Video;

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Amazon is quietly axing a big Prime shipping perk. Here's what's going away - and when

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-10-16 05:06:24

Roman Tiraspolsky/iStock Editorial / Getty Images Plus Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Amazon is ending the Prime Invitee program. The program let people share Prime shipping outside their home. Customers are being rolled into the Amazon Family program. It's the end of an era for Prime Invitee users. Through the Prime Invitee program, established in 2008, subscribers could share their shipping benefits with other people who live in their "househ

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Amazon Ends Shared Prime Shipping Program for People Who Don't Live Together

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-16 09:27:21

If you're using a friend or family member's free Prime shipping and you don't live in the same house, you might need to pay another monthly cost. According to an updated customer service page first reported by The Verge, Amazon is ending its Prime Invitee benefit sharing program on Oct. 1. The program is being replaced by Amazon Family, which includes many of the same benefits as Prime Invitee. But Amazon Family only works for up to two adults and four children living in the same "primary resid

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Amazon ends shared Prime shipping

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-16 17:25:13

Amazon is shutting down the Prime Invitee program which allowed members to extend free shipping to people outside their household. An updated support page says sharing through Invitee will end on October 1 and that previously invited guests will be notified by September 5 of the changes. The Verge is reporting that users who don't live with the primary account owner will be prompted to create their own Amazon Prime accounts and will be offered a discounted rate of $14.99 for the entire first ye

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Say goodbye to sharing Prime shipping perks with people outside your family

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-16 21:06:23

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Amazon will shut down the Prime Invitee program on October 1. Free Prime shipping perks can only be shared with people at the same address via Amazon Family. Invitees outside your household will need their own Prime membership going forward. Sharing online subscriptions used to be the norm, but in the last few years, we’ve seen various companies clamp down on it. Netflix was an early culprit, and Disney Plus followed, while others have been less gene

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YouTube Is Pausing Premium Family Plans if You Aren't Watching From the Same Address

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-17 05:25:37

If you're sharing an ad-free YouTube Premium or YouTube Music account with friends or family who live outside of your home, you could lose your premium privileges. Customers who lose these can still watch YouTube or listen to music with ads -- but let's be real, it's not the same. Multiple reports have shown people who have the service have been receiving notices that their premium service will be paused for 15 days due to violating a policy that's been in place since 2023. Don't miss any of o

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Amazon ends shared Prime free shipping outside your home

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-10-17 09:29:16

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Amazon is axing the program that lets Prime members share their free shipping perk with people outside their household. In an update to its support page, Amazon says it will cut off Prime benefit sharing on October 1st, 2025, prompting invitees who don’t live with the account holder to sign up for their own subscription at a discounted $14.99 rate f

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YouTube is coming for your shared Premium account, just like Netflix did

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-18 00:47:19

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube seems to be cracking down on Premium Family plan members who don’t live in the same household as the plan manager. Users are reportedly receiving warning emails that their Premium access will be paused if they fail YouTube’s location-based check-in. This mirrors location-based password-sharing crackdowns by Netflix and other major streaming services. If you’ve been freeloading on a YouTube Premium Family plan from outside the “family home,” t

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A Unique, High-Tech (Family) Computer

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-19 09:13:04

There’s a concept that many people have tried, with varying effects: the “educational computer”, a device that a parent can buy for their children to learn the basics of the computer, which everyone will need to know in the future, and can also play games, so the children will actually want to use it. These have ranged from plasticky VTech toys with little more than an electronic organizer, to the Wonder Computer of the 1980’s, the Commodore VIC-20, which was a full computer. This is a prime mar

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Family of MSFT employee who died warn tech companies not to overwork workers

news.ycombinator.com Clem On 2025-10-20 06:22:38

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Relatives of a man who died at Microsoft’s office in Mountain View are calling on tech companies to stop pressuring their employees to overwork themselves. Pratik Pandey, 35, of Menlo Park, was found face down around 2 a.m. on Aug. 20 at 1045 La Avenida Ave. Pandey had told his roommate and colleagues that he was under a lot of stress, juggling multiple projects at the same time, community leader Satish Chandra said in an interview Thursday. The

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Eric Trump Claims His Company Is Mining ‘3% of the World’s Bitcoin Every Single Day’

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2025-10-20 21:45:23

Eric Trump, the third child of President Donald Trump, showed up in Hong Kong this week to hawk his latest crypto venture and, according to him, it’s going to the moon. Trump spoke at Hong Kong’s Bitcoin Asia 2025 conference, the first stop in a planned series of crypto events across Asia featuring various Trump family members. At the conference, Trump declared that his family “loves” the crypto community and downplayed concerns about the president’s conflicts of interest with the industry. He

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Samsung upgrades Family Care with health data, smarter alerts, and easier setup

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-21 09:11:38

Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung has updated SmartThings Family Care with a mix of new features and refinements. The service now offers easier setup, smarter activity alerts, and Samsung Health integration. Families can register key locations and set reminders to help keep loved ones safe and on track. Samsung’s SmartThings platform already connects many of its TVs, appliances, and phones, but last year, the company pushed it into new territory with Family Care. This service a

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