Even our own washing machines may need updates

Happy New Year from the JRN. I’ll definitely be working on blogging, show notes and getting this party started for the new year.

I hope you had a happy new year party if you chose to do so. Throwback had a show on Bluestreak, and I was there talking about TikTok and its woes, having people talk about what they’ve read and the like that caught their attention, and even played a file talking about TikTok and something called Fintok.

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We start the year though with something completely different, yet not necessarily surprising Our washing machines are now coming with the capability of being used with an aplication. This could make it vulnerable to issues, and this one that komando.com is talking about is a serious one.

Somehow, the machine can do some crazy things like start a fire, releasing smoke, melting and overheating. Since you can’t find the source of the smoke, this can cause health concerns. The fix is through a software update and there are plenty of models that are affected and listed in the article.

Want to learn more? Please read the article Recall alert: These washing machines can start a fire. The good news is there are only 14 machines affected by this, but we should all be aware in case we have these things.

Stay safe! Se you all soon.


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