Technology

Technology Steve Jobs personally killed the calculator app on iPad because it wasn't aesthetic. To this day, the iPad still does not have a native calculator app. October 14, 2020

Technology Although GPS is free for the world to use, it costs $2 million per day to operate. The money comes from American tax revenue. June 9, 2019

Technology The inventor of the USB had originally intended for it to be flippable, however that idea was scrapped due to the extra cost. Despite USB becoming the standard, he still regrets that decision. "In hindsight, we blew it," he said. May 30, 2019

Technology Once hailed as the future of television, 3D TV's have not been produced by any manufacturer since 2016. 3D TV is dead. May 28, 2019

Technology NASA ground controllers were once shocked to hear a female voice from the space station, apparently interacting with them, which had an all-male crew. They had been pranked by an astronaut who used a recording of his wife. May 16, 2019

Technology Steam was originally created so Valve didn't have to keep shutting off Counter-Strike servers to fix issues with the game. May 14, 2019

Technology Nintendo pushed usage of the term "game console" so people would stop calling products from other manufacturers "Nintendos", otherwise they would have risked losing their trademark. May 10, 2019

Technology First game of chess against a computer was played in 1952 by Alan Turing. Because there were no computers powerful enough to actually run the program Alan Turing "ran" the program manually on a piece of paper May 6, 2019

Technology Farmers in USA are hacking their John Deere tractors with Ukrainian firmware, which seems to be the only way to actually *own* the machines and their software, rather than rent them for lifetime from John Deere. May 4, 2019

Technology If microwaves had clear glass windows you would be exposed to the harmful microwaves they emit. The metal mesh screen over the windows have large enough holes for our eyes to see inside, but small enough to block the harmful microwaves that would otherwise be emitted. May 3, 2019

Technology In Finland citizens legally have the right to an internet connection, similar to education and heath care. April 27, 2019

Technology Americans, who only had to pay for the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, struggled to pull together funding. Joseph Pulitzer started a crowdfunding campaign and gathered $100,000 from more than 120,000 contributors, most of whom gave less than $1. April 16, 2019

Technology Indian law says there should be a polling place within 2 km (1.25) of each citizen, so authorities have to set up a polling station in a lion infested forest for ONE MAN April 12, 2019

Technology Mount Everest is so inundated with waste, including 26,500 lbs of human excrement, each season that the Nepalese gov't now requires each climber to pack out 8 kg of waste when descending the mountain (human waste, empty cans/bottles, abandoned tents, etc.). April 9, 2019

Technology A scientist stationed in Antarctica managed to score a date through Tinder with a girl camping just 45 minutes away. March 30, 2019

Technology In 2013, Apple banned an app from the appstore for having the potential to damage a user's device. This app was called, "Send Me To Heaven". The premise of the game was, the user would throw their iPhone into the air as high as possible. The creator wanted to destroy as many iPhones as possible. March 25, 2019

Technology The Japanese bullet train system is equipped with a network of sensitive seismometers. On March 11, 2011, one of the seismometers detected an 8.9 magnitude earthquake 12 seconds before it hit and sent a stop signal to 33 trains. As a result, only one bullet train derailed that day. March 11, 2019

Technology The Trollface meme creator registered the said meme in 2010. As of 2015, he has already earned a little over $100,000 in licensing fees, settlements, and other payouts. March 8, 2019

Technology There is an FAA regulation called the 'Sterile Cockpit Rule', requiring flight crews to only discuss topics pertinent to the safety and operation of the flight below 10,000 feet. February 25, 2019