Every so often a narrative pops up that makes us doubt if we’re not dwelling in Terry Gilliam’s Brazil. And as we speak, associates, is from time to time.
Since about two weeks in the past, all AEG KMK968000T microwave ovens within the Benelux have stopped working. Brought on by a mistaken software program replace, the kitchen home equipment have achieved a state that’s normally reserved for tech writers: an id disaster. All of them assume they’re steam ovens – ovens with a steaming perform.
The microwaves by chance obtained a software program replace that brainwashed them. Not solely do their shows present the phrase ‘steam oven’, in addition they present a collection of functionalities that microwave ovens might solely dream of getting. Even resetting the home equipment to their unique manufacturing unit settings doesn’t clear up the difficulty.
The monumental catastrophe came about on March 2nd. As defined by a spokesperson of mother or father firm Electrolux to Dutch information outlet NU.nl:
“An worker manually entered a mistaken quantity, inflicting a defective replace to be rolled out. That has prompted all microwave ovens of this sort to cease working within the Benelux.”
And what, we perceive why they’ve stopped working. If somebody uploaded the firmware of, say, a bonobo into our brains, we’d be out of it for some time as effectively.
Sadly, the software program challenge can’t be solved remotely by an over-the-air replace. Their Wi-Fi performance is effectively and actually busted. So Electrolux is now fixing the issue the old fashioned means, by calling all homeowners and sending over technicians to restore their confused home equipment.
Fortunately, the repairs are being performed free of charge.
No microwaves had been damage within the means of writing this text.
