Glitches

Online

Here’s A Way To Break Google’s Search Page

7:30PM September 16, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

There’s an interesting glitch on Google’s search page that’ll misalign the page content when you search for the string “${“. It doesn’t appear to be serious; just surprising to see Google’s mighty coders make a mistake like this. More »


News

A Soul-Crushing Computer Glitch

8:39AM May 14, 2011 | Matt Buchanan

This is how the State Department informed 22,000 people they were not, in fact, eligible for a special US visa program after a computer glitch bungled the lottery: More »


Mobile

Is Your iPhone Taking Creepy Hidden Pics Of You?

1:40AM April 7, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Cameras that look back at us are becoming commonplace – and that’s a good thing! FaceTime is a lot of fun! Except if it’s glitchily taking secret pictures of us without us knowing, as some iPhone users are claiming. More »


Glitches Turn Video Games Into Sublime Art

12:20PM August 21, 2010 | Suzanne Labarre - Fast Co.Design

First, he showed us the edge of the world. Now photographer Robert Overweg shows us some beautiful mistakes. More »


Geek Out

I Wish The Aussie Dollar Was This Good!

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10:00AM August 5, 2010 | Nick Broughall

A glitch in the Bloomberg iPhone app, as sent in by tipster Sam… [Thanks Sam!]


Geek Out

So Banks Around The World Think It’s 2016 Too? This Can’t Be A Coincidence…

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2:47PM January 5, 2010 | Nick Broughall

When Windows Mobile started sending SMS messages from the future the other day, it was a relatively harmless glitch. But as multiple news outlets are reporting, both the Bank of Queensland and Bankwest are suffering the same glitch, and it’s actually hurting businesses. More »


Computer Screen Glitches Can Be A Beautiful Thing

2:10AM September 18, 2009 | Danny Allen

Appreciating the look of garbled images isn’t usually the top priority if your monitor or TV freaks-out (unless it’s scrambled porn). But the new book, Glitch: Designing Imperfection, celebrates artists who manipulate these short-lived disturbances. Take a look. More »


Software

Did Someone Sneak Some Porn Onto The App Store?

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9:30AM September 1, 2009 | Nick Broughall

What’s wrong with this picture? If you said the app’s price, you’d be wrong (its from the US store). If you said that the thumbnail pic looks suspiciously like porn, you’d be 100% right. More »