Cracked Archive - Tech
How Companies Undermine the Right to Repair Their Broken Products (VIDEO)
The fix is in.
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- By Greg Ott
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4 'Eco-Friendly' Gadgets That Are Total Scams
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
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- By Michael Dawson
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Before Email, We Had Vmail, Mail Sent Through Film
It saved 98 percent on cargo space.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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26 Inventions With Absolutely Wild Origin Stories
Imagine inventing something spectacular and finding out someone beat you to it by a week.
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- By Timon DJ Spajic, Cracked Writers
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Before Street Lights, Cities Built Giant Moon Towers
Imagine that instead of a bunch of different lamps, we have one giant one, on a tower 150 feet tall.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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'The Red Ape Family' NFT Animated Series Is Worse Than Normal NFTs
The Red Ape Family is proving that you can take bad art you paid a fortune for and make it worse.
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- By Stephen Buckley
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If Tax Prep Sites Were Honest (VIDEO)
If tax prep sites were honest about why taxes suck so much, we'd probably burn the whole thing down.
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- By Jordan Breeding
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How Cute Animal Pics Help Spread Online Misinformation
This is why we can’t have nice things.
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- By Zanandi Botes
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Spider-Man Inspired Real-Life Ankle Monitors
New Mexico judge Jack Love was a Spider-Man fan.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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15 Things That Have Been Replaced By Our Phones
We used to be walking RadioShacks
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- By Jay L'Ecuyer, Carlie Procell
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If Smart TV Commercials Were Honest (VIDEO)
If we were Honest about smart televisions, we probably wouldn't actually want featherweight FBI surveillance vans spying on us in our living room.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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Reports Of YouTube's Dislike Button's Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated
Like Megatron, it still functions.
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- By Nathan Williams
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The 'Metaverse' Shows Why Making Good Cyberpunk's So Hard Now
Like 'Cyberpunk 2077,' the metaverse is aesthetic without ideas.
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- By Mark Hill
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Sneaky Ways Companies Fuel Subscription Addictions (VIDEO)
Return to sender.
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- By Greg Ott
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14 Things We Didn't Know We Were Calling By The Brand Name
Seek legal advice before you call it a "popsicle."
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- By Shea
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