12 CRINGIEST Tech Fails of all time

Video Chapters

• 2:59 Keurig Kold: The noisy, overpriced soda machine that fizzled out.
• 6:00 Cana One: The molecular drink printer that promised any beverage from water.
• 8:42 Apple Power Mac G4 Cube: Pretty on the outside, cracked on the inside.
• 10:49 Apple Intelligence: Too little, too late, and still just Siri.
• 14:26 Magic Leap One: The $4.5 billion AR headset that vanished into thin air.
• 17:36 Tea App rocketed to #1, then got hacked and leaked everything.
• 19:09 Builder.ai: The "AI" app builder powered by 700 hidden human developers.
• 20:21 Gizmondo: The child-tracker-turned-games-console by a mafia boss.
• 23:51 The Escobar Phone: Gold-plated Samsung and iPhones for drug money.
• 26:10 Akon City: R&B singer Akon wanted to build a real-life Wakanda.

Original Output

2:59 Keurig Kold: The noisy, overpriced soda machine that fizzled out.
6:00 Cana One: The molecular drink printer that promised any beverage from water.
8:42 Apple Power Mac G4 Cube: Pretty on the outside, cracked on the inside.
10:49 Apple Intelligence: Too little, too late, and still just Siri.
14:26 Magic Leap One: The $4.5 billion AR headset that vanished into thin air.
17:36 Tea App rocketed to #1, then got hacked and leaked everything.
19:09 Builder.ai: The "AI" app builder powered by 700 hidden human developers.
20:21 Gizmondo: The child-tracker-turned-games-console by a mafia boss.
23:51 The Escobar Phone: Gold-plated Samsung and iPhones for drug money.
26:10 Akon City: R&B singer Akon wanted to build a real-life Wakanda.

Timestamps by StampBot 🤖

Unprocessed Timestamp Content

0:00 Darth Vader gets Google's AI, what could go wrong?
0:15 AI Vader chats with players, surprisingly understands them.
0:37 Kids make AI Vader say questionable things in Fortnite.
1:09 Fortnite dodges a major bullet with problematic AI responses.
1:25 Victorinox tries to make smartwatches, results are... bulky.
1:48 The Cybertool: an expensive plastic ring to cover a luxury watch.
2:22 Imagine paying extra to hide your fancy watch with a calculator.
2:59 Keurig Kold: An overpriced, noisy, soda-making monstrosity.
3:22 You can make Coca-Cola, but it's slow, expensive, and explosive.
4:01 Like a blender, but for a tiny, subpar soda you waited 90 seconds for.
4:40 Drinking expired Dr Pepper and the ridiculous cost per serving.
5:20 Carbonator beads: dangerous tiny spheres in your soda pod.
5:58 Akon City looks more achievable than Keurig Kold.
6:00 Cana One: A molecular drink printer with a personal investor.
6:19 The grand idea: 3D printing any drink from simple water.
6:53 Customize everything: sugar, alcohol, even nutrition in your drink.
7:11 Killing waste with science, and maybe designing some cocktails.
7:41 Cana One's downfall: Money, COVID, and an unfortunate price hike.
8:20 Chemical engineering sounds like a Bond villain to some people.
8:42 Apple Power Mac G4 Cube: Pretty on the outside, cracked on the inside.
9:24 Design flaws mean its sleek acrylic was prone to cracking.
9:57 Overpriced, underperforming, and ultimately a "spectacular failure" by Apple.
10:49 Apple Intelligence: Too little, too late, and still just Siri.
11:12 iPhone 16 announcement: More AI, less actual new phone features.
11:39 Siri still doesn't understand "What month is it?" even with AI.
12:16 Photo cleanup fails, and AI summaries are just misleading.
12:47 Apple couldn't even find good reasons for its AI in ads.
13:10 AI for the worst of us? Apple's ads show lazy, forgetful people.
13:46 Apple's AI is critically behind due to lack of training data.
14:21 Apple Intelligence fails with missing content and buggy software.
14:26 Magic Leap One: A $4.5 billion headset with no actual product.
14:50 Jaw-dropping tech demos, like robots appearing behind objects.
15:30 It finally launched, but only sold 6,000 units.
15:58 Magic Leap's $2,300 headset offered a "Temu version" of immersion.
16:21 Companies lost millions, layoffs, CEO stepped down.
16:30 Tea App: Dating safety for women, sharing details about men.
17:02 The invasive app shares intimate details without consent.
17:28 A dystopian future where your date knows *everything* about you.
17:36 Tea App rocketed to #1, then got hacked and leaked everything.
18:10 Lawsuits, data breaches, and now a male version, TeaOnHer.
18:37 Builder.ai: A promise of AI-built apps, actually 700 Indian programmers.
19:09 Natasha the AI assistant was really 700 hidden developers.
19:49 This "catfish of the century" startup inflated sales 4x.
20:07 Investors fled, bankruptcy, and international investigations.
20:21 Gizmondo: The child-tracker-turned-games-console by a mafia boss.
20:51 Its features were more like a terrible smartphone from 2005.
21:18 It ran a mighty 8 games and stalked your children with ads.
22:18 The CEO, a mafioso, even raced a car with Gizmondo branding.
22:55 Stefan Eriksson was known as "Fat Steve the Banker."
23:14 GPS tracking and ad-supported tiers on a console for kids.
23:25 Sold only 25,000 units, leaving $400 million in debt.
23:51 The Escobar Phone: Gold-plated Samsung and iPhones for drug money.
24:10 Run by Pablo Escobar's brother, promising indestructible phones.
24:35 Rebranded Samsung/iPhones with gold stickers, a complete scam.
25:10 The mastermind, Olof Gustafsson, charged with 110 counts of fraud.
25:35 Life sentence, millions in fines, paying with dollar-stickered paper towels.
26:10 Akon City: R&B singer Akon wanted to build a real-life Wakanda.
26:27 Hyper-futuristic plans for a self-powered, eco-friendly city in Senegal.
26:50 Akon has delivered before, bringing solar power to African villages.
27:08 Akon City secured $4 billion in investor funding.
27:14 Akon City now stands as a single, half-built skeleton structure.
27:26 Based on blockchain and Akoin cryptocurrency, both of which failed spectacularly.
28:09 The Senegalese government scrapped the project entirely.

Timestamps by StampBot 🤖