Cracked Archive - Tech

If Cryptocurrency Was Honest (VIDEO)
Who wants to exchange those boring green presidential napkins for sexy computer cash?!
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- By Mark Hill
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The Navy Replaced A Sub's Controls With An Xbox Gamepad
They were going to invent something like it, then they realized the thing they wanted already existed.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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The Realistic '80s Water Guns That Became A Real World Problem
Putting hyper-realistic water guns into the hands of kids and releasing them into the general public ended up backfiring.
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- By Mac Faber
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The Maddening Story Of The Kansas House Blamed For Everything
Thanks to a computer error, every crime that couldn't be pinpointed was traced to one farm.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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5 Modern Tech Marvels (That Are Older Than You Think)
Technology has brought us a lot of cool stuff, like rocket ships and the computer, and also a bunch of stuff created a century ago.
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- By Michael Dawson
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3 Weird Details From Facebook's Latest Scandals
Amid all the new, concerning allegations against Facebook, co-founder Mark Zuckerberg sets the record straight ... about his surfboard.
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- By Carly Tennes
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How Neighborhood Apps Make Us Worse Neighbors (VIDEO)
Be a good citizen and delete Citizen.
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- By Greg Ott
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The Cotton Candy Machine Was Invented By A Dentist
Clearly, Dr. Morrison was trying to ruin people's teeth to drum up more business.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Air Conditioners Weren't Originally Made To Cool You Down At All
"It's not the heat. It's the humidity!"
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Apple's Scanning Your Photos (Here's What That Means)
We've got someone who's worked with Apple before for the inside scoop.
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- By Stephen Buckley
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3 Ways 90s Internet Changed Everything
Life in 1997 sure was quiet, huh?
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- By Maxwell Yezpitelok
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GPS Was Terrible In The '90s ... On Purpose
The military was scrambling it. No, this isn't a conspiracy theory.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Google Game Changing Products (That Weren't)
Google lists 81 products on their About Us page. They don't list the 240 products they killed.
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- By Justin McGown
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Going Deep With The Colossal Submarine Internet Cables Which Connect Us
Move over, you silly little router …
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- By Oona O'Brien
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Disproving Big Tech's Claims That Everyone Needs Targeted Ads
For too long a time, this business model was sold to both publishers and users as a major success and the best way for everyone to just live with intrusive advertising online.
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- By Zanandi Botes
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