Neowin News Feed for: Accident

Amazon 'accidentally' announces layoffs in internal memo

Usama Jawad — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 10:46:01 +0000

Amazon has accidentally sent an email to some employees, confirming significant layoffs that will "strengthen" the company. Read more...

Ford's hands-free system BlueCruise prompts investigation following two fatal accidents

Martin Hodás — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 16:40:01 +0000

Federal safety regulators are investigating Ford's advanced driver assistance system BlueCruise which allows driving hands-free. Three were killed in two Mustang Mach-E accidents with stationary cars. Read more...

SpaceX lost its most iconic Falcon 9 booster on Christmas Day

Martin Hodás — Tue, 26 Dec 2023 21:08:02 +0000

In a rather unfortunate turn of events, SpaceX has lost the F9 booster B1058 during the ride back home from its record-breaking 19th mission. Only remnants of the workhorse arrived in Florida. Read more...

The missing Titanic Submarine allegedly used a $30 Logitech controller for steering

Mehrotra A — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 05:16:01 +0000

The OceanGate submarine taking five people to the Titanic that went missing underwater last weekend may have been using a decade old Logitech G F710 gaming controller with 3D printed thumbsticks. Read more...

Netflix claims it accidentally published controversial password-sharing rules in the U.S.

Usama Jawad — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 07:20:01 +0000

A few hours ago, Netflix published some documentation regarding its new restrictions to curb password-sharing in the U.S. It has now rolled back the controversial changes following backlash. Read more...

Apple faces lawsuit following last week's Apple Store crash injuring 20 people

Anushe Fawaz — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 18:16:01 +0000

Last week, an SUV crashed into the window of an Apple store in Hingham injuring 20 people and killing one man. Several individuals are filing a lawsuit against the people involved, including Apple. Read more...

Robot breaks seven-year-old's finger during chess match

Usama Jawad — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 15:44:01 +0000

A robot recently broke the finger of a seven-year-old during a chess tournament in Russia. The machine practically pounced on the child's finger and grabbed it with force, proceeding to break it. Read more...

Tesla recalls nearly 500,000 Model 3 and Model S units citing engineering flaws

Usama Jawad — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 18:18:01 +0000

Tesla has recalled nearly half a million Model 3 and Model S units for exhibiting engineering flaws related to the rearview camera and the front trunk, which can result in accidents in the worst case. Read more...

Twitter admits to 'accidentally' sharing some iOS location data with a partner

Usama Jawad — Tue, 14 May 2019 07:30:01 +0000

Twitter has admitted that it accidentally shared the location data of a subset of iOS users with a "trusted partner". However, the bug has now been resolved and the data has apparently been deleted. Read more...

Google trainee potentially causes firm $10 million in losses after goof

Paul Hill — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 19:50:01 +0000

Google may have to pay as much as $10 million to publishers after an employee that was being trained to use ad systems accidentally submitted buy orders at a much higher price than usual. Read more...

The Windows 10 October 2018 Update is now blocked for some Intel PCs due to faulty drivers

Usama Jawad — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 08:22:01 +0000

Microsoft has blocked the Windows 10 October 2018 Update for some Intel PCs due to problems caused by Intel's accidental release of display drivers which "turned on unsupported features in Windows". Read more...

Uber suspends use of self-driving vehicles after pedestrian death

Gabriel Nunes — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 01:36:01 +0000

A 49-year-old woman was killed on Sunday night after being hit by an Uber self-driving car in Tempe, Arizona. The company has since halted its self-driving car operations in a number of cities. Read more...

A Russian man died while enjoying virtual reality

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Sat, 23 Dec 2017 22:14:01 +0000

In what is the first VR-related death, a 44-year old man from Moscow was found dead this week as he crashed into a glass table and suffered fatal wounds while donning a virtual reality headset. Read more...

Uber to resume self-driving car operations after an accident in Arizona

Mina Esapa — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 20:40:01 +0000

Uber will now resume its self-driving program after it was halted because of a crash last Friday. The crash caused an Uber vehicle to be turned on its side, but nobody was seriously injured. Read more...

Family sues Apple for car crash "caused" by FaceTime

Justin Luna — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 15:50:02 +0000

Apple is being sued after the death of a couple's daughter, caused by a car crash involving a man using FaceTime. They contend that Apple should have implemented its safety feature patent for the app. Read more...

A road accident becomes Japan's first reported Pokémon GO-related death

Paul Hill — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 16:36:01 +0000

A fatal road accident occurred in Japan this past Tuesday which lead to the death of a woman in her 70s, plus the hospitalisation of another woman. The driver admitted he was playing Pokémon GO. Read more...

Investigation underway as Tesla driver dies in crash while in Autopilot mode

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 07:30:01 +0000

Autonomous vehicles, after millions of miles on the road, have had their first fatality. The driver of a Tesla Model S whose Autopilot mode was engaged died after the car crashed into another vehicle. Read more...

Google wants to literally glue you to its autonomous vehicles in new patent

Boyd Chan — Fri, 20 May 2016 09:20:01 +0000

In a newly granted patent, Google has come up with an unusual way to help reduce injuries sustained by pedestrians by effectively gluing them to the car bonnet upon impact. Read more...

Snapchat sued after high speed vehicle accident

Justin Luna — Thu, 28 Apr 2016 08:56:01 +0000

The popular social media app Snapchat is currently being sued by a man from Georgia after a woman using the Snapchat speed filter violently crashed into his car, causing him brain injuries. Read more...

Human driver hurts other humans in Google car accident

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 10:24:01 +0000

For the first time, Google's autonomous vehicles have been involved in an accident that hurt humans. Not surprisingly though, the autonomous car wasn't at fault - a distracted human driver was. Read more...

California discloses Google's self-driving cars' crash record

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 09:12:01 +0000

California officials have publicly released information regarding accidents involving Google's self-driving cars. The new report seemingly corroborates earlier data that Google had previously shared. Read more...

Explosion at the iPad 2-producing Foxconn Chengdu plant claims two lives

Denis Wong — Fri, 20 May 2011 20:41:19 +0000

Several Chinese news sources are reporting on an explosion at a Foxconn plant in the Chinese city of Chengdu, Sichuan province. The accident appears to have been the result of a lightning strike that struck... Read more...

Cell phones & driving injured over 24,000 people in '09

Brandon Boyce — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 23:04:01 +0000

Last year distractions caused 5,474, or 16% of all fatal crashes, in the United States. Out of that total, 995 of those distractions were contributed directly with cell phone use. Cell phones were also responsible... Read more...

Accident records database breaks down

Darren Bolton — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 13:11:04 +0000

Three years' accident data not added to database because of IT problems IT problems have delayed updates to the government's database of accidents that happen within the home. The Home Accident Surveillance... Read more...

Updated: Plane crash in NYC, Accident is most likely the cause

Steven Parker — Mon, 12 Nov 2001 14:48:49 +0000

Is the question on every news agency workers lips at this moment. :( An American Airlines Airbus a300 has crashed in the Queens borough of New York City. Port Authority officials say the... Read more...