Bizarre tech injuries and accidents

From GPS-led bus crashes to toddlers shooting themselves, what kind of accidents can happen around tech?

Image galleries | February 22, 2012 8:15am PST
AppleCare+ covers your iPhone in the event of an accident

Got butter-fingers? Get AppleCare+!

Blog posts | October 4, 2011 1:05pm PDT
Did China reroute Facebook traffic?

Some traffic heading to Facebook earlier this week ended up going out through China. Was it intentional or not?

News items | March 25, 2011 7:30am PDT
Killer Text: A Russian suicide bomber blows up by accident

On the heels of the serious explosions at Domodedovo airport in Moscow that killed 39 people and injured 178 more, Russian security services have released strange details of a failed New Years Eve...

Blog posts | January 27, 2011 2:55pm PST
Ads in mobile apps: Half are clicked accidentally

Ads in apps are nothing new, and a recent survey found that about half of them that get clicked by users are clicked by accident. Not very many sales can be happening that way.

Blog posts | January 27, 2011 12:10pm PST
Smartphones Are Turning Us Into Idiots

Are smartphones going to kill us? Not with brain cancer, but by our own carelessness.

Blog posts | September 22, 2010 10:39pm PDT
Fact check: malware did not bring down a passenger jet

I've been reading breathless and shocking headlines for several days now alleging that "malware brought down a Spanish jet" in a fatal 2008 crash. It's yet another case study in how the Internet...

Blog posts | August 24, 2010 10:44am PDT
Will the jaws of life work the same for an electric car?

One of my friends had a pretty serious car accident a couple of days ago, which made me sit up and take notice of this item on EarthTechling about emergency and rescue techniques associated with...

Blog posts | June 3, 2010 7:05am PDT
Netbook/notebook reliability study shows that technology breaks ...

Interesting research by SquareTrade which looked at the failure rate of 30,000 notebooks and netbooks covered by SquareTrade Laptop Warranty plans.

Blog posts | November 18, 2009 3:30pm PST
18 truths: The long fail of complexity

Your annotated guide to a profound paper describing important truths about why systems fail.

Blog posts | November 6, 2009 5:55am PST
Talk and drive? More governments ban handheld phone use in vehicles

Your new mobile phone's got everything you need: email, address book, calendar and web browser. You can even Twitter what you are doing right this second...like getting a ticket for using your...

Blog posts | October 26, 2009 12:34pm PDT
Packaged software, an accident of history

The concept of software that everyone takes for granted today was designed by an IBM committee at the behest of Washington DC. It's time to move on from packaged software and perpetual licensing.

Blog posts | August 24, 2009 6:28am PDT
Was Heathrow 777 crash caused by poltergeists?

Despite speculation (also here and here) that the January 17 crash of a BA airplane at Heathrow Airport was caused by defective software, the most recent Air Accidents Investigation Branch...

Blog posts | March 1, 2008 8:24am PST
From ecowarrior to nuclear champion

Nuclear is better for us than coal, says Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore. What's holding it back are environmentalists.

News items | January 31, 2008 4:00am PST
Steer clear of accidents, global warming

Nissan says its car navigation system can help cut greenhouse gas emissions through more efficient driving.

News items | October 4, 2007 4:00am PDT
Nuclear power looks for comeback in U.S.

Is the nuclear winter ending for the industry? Applications for new nuclear plants will likely get filed this year and next.

News items | September 13, 2007 5:43pm PDT
Google slips: New feature leaked by accident

It sounds like Google will be announcing a Canadian version of Google Finance -- they announced it a bit too early and replaced the original article article with a "woops, check back soon"...

Blog posts | July 27, 2007 1:58pm PDT
New crime: Driving while texting

In AZ, a freshman Rep. says DWT needs to be a crime, although there's no hard evidence that message-crazy texters are taking their conversations behind the wheel.

Blog posts | January 15, 2007 2:53pm PST

Additional Results

Facebook scam: Rollercoaster Accident in California!

Scammers are taking advantage of ignorant Facebook users by tricking them with claims of a disturbing video showing a supposed roller coaster accident in California. No such video exists.

Blog posts | March 11, 2012 12:52am PST
Bizarre tech injuries and accidents

From GPS-led bus crashes to toddlers shooting themselves, what kind of accidents can happen around tech?

Image galleries | February 22, 2012 8:15am PST