Failure articles

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  How the Fisker Karma, an electric sports car, became a billion-dollar failure

  By Sean Hollister on April 18, 2013 03:23 pm + 25 comments

  The Fisker Karma was supposed to be an incredible environmentally friendly luxury car: a plug-in Continue reading…

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  Shirtless Justin Bieber tries to upstage Grammys, takes down Ustream instead

  By Sam Byford on February 11, 2013 01:40 am + 111 comments

  Video streaming glitches scuppered Justin Bieber's efforts to outshine the Grammy Awards tonight. Continue reading…

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  North Korean satellite likely dead and out of control, New York Times reports

  By Adi Robertson on December 17, 2012 02:11 pm + 28 comments

  A satellite launched by North Korea last week is likely dead in space, The New York Times reports. Continue reading…

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  An in-depth look at Microsoft's failed Xbox attempts in Japan

  By Ben Kersey on December 14, 2012 07:15 am + 83 comments

  Both the Xbox and Xbox 360 have famously failed to make a dent in the Japanese gaming market, but Continue reading…

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  A sobering account of launching The Daily

  By Ben Kersey on December 4, 2012 06:55 am + 30 comments

  Everyone seems to have an opinion on the demise of the iPad-only news publication The Daily, but Continue reading…

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  The problems that manufacturers face to ensure day-to-day parts reliability

  By Ben Kersey on October 23, 2012 05:14 am + 20 comments

  Any object put through its paces in day-to-day use will inevitably fail, but the question for Continue reading…

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  Yves Béhar promises a 'relaunch' of troubled Jawbone Up fitness band

  By Nathan Ingraham on July 11, 2012 01:11 pm + 17 comments

  Yves Béhar, Chief Creative Officer at Jawbone and designer of the Ouya game console, is speaking Continue reading…

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  SpaceX launch aborted at last second

  By Aaron Souppouris on May 19, 2012 12:57 pm + 26 comments

  In a dramatic turn of events in Cape Canaveral this morning, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch was Continue reading…

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  Games theorist Jesper Juul on why gamers love (and hate) failure

  By Adi Robertson on March 26, 2012 03:50 pm + 12 comments

  Winning a game against great odds is certainly satisfying, but why do we keep playing QWOP or The Continue reading…

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  PSA: Samsung settles in class action lawsuit over faulty TVs (updated)

  By Sam Byford on February 24, 2012 12:52 am + 2 comments

  Following a class action lawsuit over defective TVs, Samsung has announced details of the Continue reading…