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  "id": 9614887,
  "title": "Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/owners-mourn-spoiled-food-after-firmware-update-bricks-samsung-smart-9614887",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-24T12:58:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hacker News Best",
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    "url": "https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/owners-mourn-spoiled-food-after-firmware-update-bricks-samsung-smart-fridges/"
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  "summary": "Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/owners-mourn-spoiled-food-after-firmware-update-bricks-samsung-smart-fridges/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49829960 Points: 246 # Comments: 238",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Android Authority",
        "title": "Samsung accidentally freezes its smart fridges with a software update",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/samsung-accidentally-freezes-its-smart-fridges-with-a-software-update",
        "published": "2026-09-23T12:11:50.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}