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oops Mar. 27, 2020

The Dos and Don’ts of Video CallsWith more people than ever working from home, we’re pioneering thousands of new ways to embarrass ourselves.

By Brian Feldman

oops Sept. 26, 2019

The Ticking Time Bomb of Old Slack PostsSlack is a popular business tool for trash-talking competitors. What happens when two companies merge?

By Brian Feldman

oops Aug. 23, 2019

Accidentally Destroying My iPhone Really Put My Entire Life in PerspectiveIt literally hurts to swipe on my phone now.

By Brian Feldman

oops July 25, 2019

Trump Spoke in Front of a Parody Presidential Seal Altered to Mock HimThe fake seal references Russia and Trump’s golfing obsession, and no one at a conference for young conservatives seems to have noticed.

By Adam K. Raymond

oops June 3, 2019

Some People Couldn’t Turn on Their A/C When Google Went Down over the WeekendGoogle Cloud outages across the world over the weekend meant some users couldn’t unlock their doors or turn on their air conditioners.

By Madison Malone Kircher

oops Apr. 17, 2019

The Samsung Galaxy Fold, the Phone With the Folding Screen, Is MalfunctioningWho would’ve guessed that a folding screen would break at some point?

By Brian Feldman

oops Apr. 11, 2019

#DeleteUber Cost Uber Hundreds of Thousands of UsersThe anti-Uber protest revealed a lot of negative sentiment toward the company, a liability as it plans to go public.

By Brian Feldman

dog in big fire: this is fines Feb. 14, 2019

Facebook May Have Earned Itself a Billion-Dollar FineThe social network is reportedly in negotiations with the FTC.

By Brian Feldman

oops Jan. 30, 2019

Apple Disables Facebook Apps Following News of Shady Research ProjectFacebook used its privileged iOS access to distribute a “research” app that could collect tons of sensitive data from consumers’ phones.

By Brian Feldman

oops Aug. 15, 2018

Andrew Cuomo Can’t Decide Whether or Not America Is GreatThe New York governor said America “was never that great” this afternoon, then he walked it back.

By Adam K. Raymond

select all July 6, 2018

Facebook Apologizes After Flagging Declaration of Independence As Hate SpeechThe phrase “Indian Savages” triggered Facebook’s monitoring system.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all July 3, 2018

Samsung Phones Reportedly Go Rogue and Send Pictures to Random ContactsA worst nightmare for anybody who has ever taken a nude.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all May 31, 2018

Twitter Blames ‘Beats by Dre’ Ad Barrage on ‘Minor Issue’An explanation for why you couldn’t escape LeBron James in that ‘Beats by Dre’ ad on Thursday.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all May 24, 2018

Amazon Alexa Reportedly Secretly Recorded Conversation and Sent It to a RandoA family in Portland was horrified when a man in Seattle called and said he’d heard their private conversations.

By Madison Malone Kircher

oops May 1, 2018

Iran Gains, Then Loses, Nuclear Weapons Program in White House ‘Clerical Error’The White House said Iran has, rather than had, a nuclear weapons program in what might be its most impressive typo yet.

By Margaret Hartmann

select all Mar. 28, 2018

Ever Record a Video on Facebook? Facebook Still Has It.Facebook quietly saved videos users filmed on the platform but never actually posted.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Mar. 20, 2018

All the 37 Billion Ways Facebook Is Hurting Right NowFacebook has lost billions of dollars in value as the government gears up an investigation.

By Brian Feldman

select all Mar. 7, 2018

New York Times Issues Funny Correction After Chrome Extension GoofA lesson in making sure your “Millennials to Snake People” extension is turned off at work.

By Madison Malone Kircher

oops Feb. 10, 2018

Pence’s Anti-North Korea PR Campaign BombsThe vice-president’s icy disposition at the Olympics was no match for the thaw between South and North Korea.

By Chas Danner

select all Feb. 2, 2018

Jessica Chastain Learns That Not All Emoji Look the Same on Different PlatformsThe Unicode Consortium comes for us all eventually.

By Madison Malone Kircher

oops Jan. 28, 2018

Fitness Data Map Shows Locations and Activity Patterns of Secret Military BasesService members are accidentally sharing a lot more than just their steps.

By Chas Danner

select all Jan. 24, 2018

Yet Another Person Listens to GPS App and Drives Car Into LakeThe driver was using the Waze app, which prompted the driver to turn directly into Lake Champlain.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Jan. 23, 2018

Governor Couldn’t Take Back Missile Alert Because He Forgot His Twitter PasswordGovernor David Ige admitted he didn’t know his password.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Jan. 16, 2018

Japan Sends False Alert Over Impending North Korean Missile AttackThe mistake comes just days after a similar snafu in Hawaii.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Jan. 16, 2018

This Is the Awful Design That Led Hawaii to Think It Was Getting NukedLooking at this system it’s almost surprising what happened in Hawaii didn’t happen sooner.

By Madison Malone Kircher

oops Oct. 31, 2017

The Dysfunction of the Democratic Party, Distilled in One TweetIt’s just one tweet. But, boy, does this tweet fail on multiple levels — and in revealing ways.

By Jesse Singal

select all Oct. 30, 2017

Apple Engineer Fired After Daughter Posts iPhone X VideoBrooke Amelia Peterson was having dinner in the Apple Cafeteria when her father showed her his review unit.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all July 25, 2017

Jake Paul Wants to Make a Movie to Show People ‘Racism Is Terrible’The star was recently let go from his role on the Disney Channel after news broke that he’s terrorizing his L.A. neighborhood.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all May 16, 2017

Guy Slams His Private Parts on a Rail Like a Dang CartoonWhoops!!!

By Brian Feldman

select all May 9, 2017

Reddit ‘Red Pill’ Founder ‘Never Hated Women’A Republican lawmaker from New Hampshire comes under fire after it was discovered he founded a notoriously anti-woman subreddit.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all May 5, 2017

Whose Phone Number Did Michelle Obama Just Tweet?The former First Lady seems to have accidentally tweeted a phone number to her 7 million followers.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Apr. 10, 2017

News Anchor Temporarily Forgets She’s On AirHer reaction when she realizes the show is live is priceless.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Apr. 10, 2017

Unsuspecting Woman Brings Therapy Dog to Local Furry ConventionShe had no idea what a furry was before walking through the door.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Mar. 7, 2017

Tinder Has a Secret ‘Select’ Version of Its App for an Elite Invite-Only CrowdHave you been invited to join Tinder Select?

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Mar. 2, 2017

Sean Spicer Goofs, Announces Donald Trump As New HUD Secretary on TwitterSpicer meant to announce Ben Carson’s confirmation, but his tweet said otherwise.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Feb. 14, 2017

Kellyanne Conway Quote-Tweets White Nationalist: ‘Love You Back’The tweet has since been deleted, and Conway says she doesn’t know who has access to her account.

By Madison Malone Kircher

oops Feb. 13, 2017

Library of Congress Trump Poster Includes Commemorative TypoThe fitting depiction of our 45th president was quickly pulled.

By Margaret Hartmann

select all Dec. 7, 2016

Advice: Don’t Hold Guns in Your Mannequin Challenge VideoAlabama police arrested two men after a viral video made them suspicious.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Nov. 16, 2016

Amid Everything Else, Facebook Apparently Isn’t Even Counting RightOrganic posts were not going as far as the stats indicated.

By Brian Feldman

see something say something Oct. 30, 2016

Scattered Ashes Shut Down the Metropolitan OperaWhat was intended as a tribute to a deceased opera lover prompted an appearance by the NYPD counterterrorism unit instead.

By Chas Danner

select all Sept. 26, 2016

‘Sorry We Thought You Did Meth’ Is the Greatest Cake Ever BakedWhen words just aren’t enough, say it with a cake!

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Sept. 22, 2016

500 Million Yahoo Accounts Were Hacked by a ‘State-Sponsored Actor’More than 500 million accounts were compromised.

By Brian Feldman

select all Sept. 21, 2016

A Compelling Reason Not to Move to North Korea: They Only Have 28 WebsitesThe country’s internet was suddenly made public on Tuesday evening.

By Madison Malone Kircher

Sept. 19, 2016

This Bomb Robot That Fell Over Is Like a Mirror Held Up to Our SoulsIt tried its best.

By Brian Feldman

select all Sept. 13, 2016

How to Install iOS 10 Without Killing Your PhoneAlready bricked your iPhone? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Sept. 12, 2016

Facebook Turns Pictures of Man’s Car Crash Into Cheery SlideshowFacebook’s slideshow feature doesn’t differentiate between photos of happy memories and terrible ones.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Sept. 6, 2016