The Slingbox devices used to let you catch up with the ... If you own a Slingbox, it’s getting bricked tomorrow – for those reading this in EU, that’ll be today, even. Do you have a Slingbox?

Putting one of these discs in your drive will brick the device, and this is the situation [stephen] found himself in when he tried to watch Machete Kills. Not wanting to update his software ...

As yet it's not immediately clear how to restore a bricked device, beyond the power up method mentioned above. Hopefully everything is now back to normal, but it's been a frustrating few days for ...

Meta is working to fix a faulty software update that bricked many Quest headsets. It has also offered to fix out-of-warranty headsets that were left unresponsive.

The process of ruining gadgets and making them inoperable is known as "bricking", because it makes the device about as useful as a brick in technology terms. Sonos said people could now apply for ...

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That’s just shy of $2000 per second! If 1000 people had their devices hard-bricked out of warranty and assuming a $100 net value of the device to Meta, they could replace them all and only incur ...

And for those with bricked headsets, Meta is sending out replacement units with some Horizon Store credit to smooth things over. “We are aware that a limited number of Quest 3S devices are ...

Unfortunately, despite a boost in sales, Meta's Quest headsets are facing major issues with regard to a software update that “bricked” consumers’ headsets, making them entirely useless.