Cracked Archive - Tech

5 Breakthroughs In Tech (That Make Us Look Really Dumb)
One of the greatest things about new technology is how easy it is for us to abuse it under the guise of 'innovation.'
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- By Hillery Alley
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6 Ways People Got Screwed By Websites You Use Every Day
You could be standing underneath the Hollywood sign, and Google would still direct you on a two-hour death march to a distant observatory.
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- By Adam Wears
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7 Iconic Companies That Publicly Lost Their Minds
When a superstar tragically dies in car crash, logically you should leverage that to sell car insurance.
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- By E. Reid Ross
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7 Surprisingly Blatant Ways Popular Companies Screw You Over
It turns out modern conveniences make being openly racist super easy.
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- By Adam Wears
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5 Ways Modern Technology Is Ruining Your Life
Bluetooth and speakerphones don't do anything to help their user's distractedness, and in fact more car accidents are attributed to hands-free technology.
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- By Ivan Farkas, Niko G, Vicki Veritas
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6 Futuristic Technologies That Are Huge Disappointments
Given the cornucopia of newfangled doodads we're immersed in daily, we tend be less aware of when our gadgets start sucking a wee bit more.
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- By E. Reid Ross
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7 Insane Problems We'll Have To Deal With In The Future
Our near-future will be filled with annoyances that will make us yearn for an ape and/or machine uprising.
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- By Michael Hossey
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6 Man-Made Things You Totally Thought Were 'Natural'
Hold on to your learnin' hats, because almost everything that we traditionally file in the 'natural' folder has been tampered with well beyond recognition.
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- By Ivan Farkas, Ryan Menezes
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8 Once Cutting-Edge Websites That Are Now Super Depressing
Like an awful stain on the already disgusting tapestry of porn we call home, here are some of the more inexplicable 1990s artifacts that are somehow still around.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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6 Hilariously Creative Ways People Are Trolling The Internet
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- By Jim Avery
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6 Hilarious Old Versions Of Modern Technology
Your great-grandparents had access to some of the same 'innovations' we have today; they just weren't as flashy about it.
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- By Adam Wears
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5 Insane Workout Products That Might Actually Work
It turns out the very same force that is turning us into pudgy couch potatoes is also being harnessed to make us get off our asses.
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- By E. Reid Ross
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6 Machines That Read Your Emotions (To Sell You Random Crap)
Turns out technology is scarier than Hollywood predicted.
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- By Marina Reimann
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6 Stupid Reasons Actual People Are Scared Of Net Neutrality
Net neutrality is one of the most important regulations for the future of telecommunications. And some of the reactions to it have been hilariously stupid.
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- By Chris Radomile
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5 Statistics That Are Eerily Good Judges of Character
Getting engaged? Think you've found
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- By Gregory Maus
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