15 Of The Oddest, Most Egregious Glitches in Technology History

Since the Trump-era law First Step Act was implemented, there have been many criticisms of its inadequacies. One issue is that a new computer app created to automatically calculate inmates' "time credits" for early release has had major technical glitches. This has resulted in some prisoners being released later than they anticipated and even being sent back to prison after already being released to halfway homes. And on another note, as part of the Obamacare rollout, the American government set up an online insurance exchange. However, on its very first day, Sunday, Oct 1st, the data center critical for determining eligibility for subsidies and hosting HealthCare.gov went down. HHS spokeswoman Joanne Peters said network connectivity was lost due to a failure in the system- leaving many uninsured Americans struggling to access coverage. Not even top military hardware is immune to this kind of thing -- despite the navy's Smart Ship technology,the USS Yorktown ran into some issues when software glitches caused system failures. The very information technology that was supposed to make ships like the Yorktown more efficient ended up making them vulnerable to things like database overflow errors.
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EVE Online's Trinity update may have improved graphics, but it also caused major problems for Windows XP users.

An error in the intel Pentium processor was discovered and then snowballed into something much bigger due to national press coverage.

Toyota recalls Prius hybrids because a software problem can cause overheating.

A system outage at LAX in 2007 stranded 17,000 passengers in airplanes.

The UK passport delays in 1999 caused anxiety and inconvenience for many people hoping to travel.

Dell's reputation takes a hit when one of their laptops bursts into flames.

This is one messed up system.

AT&T's long-distance service went down for nine hours, losing the company over $60 million.

Knight Capital's new software update caused the company to lose $460 million and get fined by the SEC.

The Mars Climate Orbiter went kaputt because the ground control software used imperial units instead of metric ones.

The Ariane 5 rocket's launch was a huge failure due to a software bug.

USS Yorktown

The Obamacare healthcare website crashed on its first day.

The Trump-era law First Step Act has been glitchy, resulting in prisoners being released later than intended or even sent back to prison.
