35 of the biggest failed products from the world's biggest companies
From Nintendo's Virtual Boy to Amazon's Fire phone, even the biggest companies can have major flops. Here are some of the notable disappointments.
Ben Gilbert
Senior Correspondent
The incredible life of Kobe Bryant, the 41-year-old basketball legend who died in a helicopter crash three years ago
41-year-old NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna died three years ago, on Sunday, January 26, 2020, in a helicopter crash.
Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone 16 years ago — look how primitive it seems today
Late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs introduced the first iPhone 16 years ago. While it was incredibly impressive at the time, it looks rough in hindsight.
The story of Cookies: How a former Wendy's employee turned a popular weed strain with a controversial name into a $1 billion empire
Rapper and millionaire entrepreneur Berner built America's first legal $1 billion weed empire, and he has no intentions of cashing out.
Popcorn supply 'will be tight' at theaters this summer, producers warn
As movie theaters prepare for summer blockbusters, critical snacks like popcorn are said to be in short supply.
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The first legal marijuana farmers in New York are growing for opening season, but still don't know where they're going to sell it
The first legal weed sales in New York City are scheduled to open later this year, but there still aren't any retail shops to sell it.
Conan O'Brien just sold his podcast network to SiriusXM for a reported $150 million, but his hit show will still be available elsewhere
Even though SiriusXM is acquiring the Team Coco network and its staff, "Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend" will stay on all podcast platforms.
I visited a newly licensed marijuana farm in New York, and was shocked by how far there is to go before legal sales begin
An idyllic upstate New York farm owned by a Rockefeller is one of the first few dozen to be granted a recreational-marijuana cultivation permit.
One man in Japan accidentally received over $350,000 in COVID relief funds intended for his whole town — and he says he gambled it away online
After the Japanese government accidentally gave a 24-year-old man his entire town's COVID relief funds, the man says he gambled it away online.
Netflix lays off 'around 150 employees' across divisions amid slowing growth and subscriber losses
In April, Netflix revealed that it had lost subscribers for the first time in over a decade. Now, the company is laying off staff, mostly in the US amid "slowing revenue growth."
Coinbase slows hiring companywide as crypto market faces downturn
With bitcoin value crashing in recent weeks, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange is cancelling plans to scale up.
The Buffalo shooting highlights disturbing connection between white-nationalist extremism and social media
When an 18-year-old white gunman opened fire at a Buffalo supermarket on Saturday, he streamed it live on the gaming platform Twitch.
After spending years mocking Apple for ditching the headphone jack in iPhones, Google is getting rid of it too
When its next Pixel phone arrives this summer, Google will follow Apple's lead and drop the headphone port completely.
Elon Musk confirms he will reverse Twitter's ban of former President Trump, saying the decision was 'morally wrong and flat out stupid'
"Banning Trump from Twitter didn't end Trump's voice," Musk said in an interview Tuesday. "It amplified it among the right."
Instagram is adding NFT support 'for creators and people' as the once-hot market appears to be on a decline
Instagram is getting NFT support starting this week, Adam Mosseri, head of the social-media site, announced Monday morning.
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Elon Musk says Twitter under his leadership will be 'super focused' on these 4 things
Billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk has big plans for changes at the influential social media company, from information security to design.
After a 2-year absence, the wildly popular game 'Fortnite' is back on iPhones — but it still isn't in the App Store. Here's how to get it.
You still can't get "Fortnite" in the App Store, but there's an easy and fast way to play the game on your iPhone — and it was Microsoft that did it.
White House unveils plan to sell Russian oligarchs' houses and yachts to help Ukraine
The White House said the plan would help United States use forfeited oligarch funds to remediate harms caused to Ukraine by Russian aggression.
Elon Musk buying Twitter is the latest battleground in America's ongoing culture wars
On Monday, Twitter accepted Elon Musk's $44 billion offer to buy the company. In the days since, the purchase has become a political battleground.
Right before he bought Twitter, Elon Musk said he didn't want to buy the company and called it 'a recipe for misery.' Here's what changed.
Billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk is buying Twitter for $44 billion, and says he isn't doing it to make money: "I don't care about the economics at all."