A mobile weather app showed a southern city at over 30 degrees below zero, and the comments section immediately turned into a disaster movie.
Most likely, it was a data-source glitch, but the chain of events was very typical: screenshot → surprise → jokes → turning into a “prophecy.”
The most fragile part of a tech product isn’t its features, but how confidently it presents bad data.
Most likely, it was a data-source glitch, but the chain of events was very typical: screenshot → surprise → jokes → turning into a “prophecy.”
The most fragile part of a tech product isn’t its features, but how confidently it presents bad data.