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The Weekly Authority: 📱 OnePlus Nord N20 en-route

From the Nord N20 launch date to Sega's Crazy Taxi reboot and HP's foldable laptop, get all the week's top tech news here.
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April 23, 2022
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⚡ Welcome to The Weekly Authority, the Android Authority newsletter that breaks down the top Android and tech news from the week. The 191st edition here, with the imminent OnePlus Nord N20 launch, Sega’s Crazy Taxi reboot, HP’s foldable laptop, and much, much more.

🚗 It’s been quite the week here, with a breakdown and subsequent four-hour-plus wait for a tow truck. On the positive side, having no car means more time for gaming and the DIY I’ve been putting off since before the pandemic…

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Features

Weekly Wonder

We’re keeping things short and sweet this week with a look back at one of the most memorable tech demo fails in history (and a couple of other corkers). Cast your mind back to April 20, 1998…

The COMDEX Spring 1998 and Windows World shows are taking place in Chicago, and there’s set to be a public demo of the new Windows 98. Bill Gates’ assistant, Chris Capossela (now Senior Vice President, Consumer Channels and Central Marketing Group, prepares the demo.

Then it all goes horribly wrong when plugging in a scanner causes an operating system crash. Instead of demonstrating the plug-and-play capabilities that should have wowed the audience, there’s instead a blue screen of death (BSoD), followed by plenty of laughter. Then Bill Gates says, “That must be why we’re not shipping it yet.”

That’s far from the only tech fail messing up a demo, though.

Honda Asimo demo fail

The Honda Asimo demo in 2006 didn’t go quite according to plan. Picture this: you’re a robot, and your task is to walk up a flight of stairs in view of the audience. Only, it’s not quite that easy, and you fall down. Not to worry — to save your embarrassment the tech team will simply place screens around you to hide you from the crowd. The level of panic that ensues after this demo fail makes it truly memorable.

Apple’s WWDC fail

These days Apple’s events are slick and perfectly orchestrated — but it wasn’t always that way. Back in 2010 at the World Wide Developer’s Conference, Steve Jobs tries — and fails — to show off the new iPhone 4’s features when his Wi-Fi connection keeps failing.

Got a favorite tech demo fail? Share it with us in the comments.

Tech Calendar

  • April 28: OnePlus Nord N20 US launch
  • April 28: OnePlus event (India, 7 PM IST)
  • April 28: HUAWEI Mate XS 2 launch
  • April 29: Nintendo Switch Sports released
  • May 9-11: Qualcomm 5G Summit (San Diego)
  • May 11-12: Google I/O 2022
  • June 6-10: Apple WWDC 2022

Tech Tweet of the Week

enjoying the Am I The Asshole AI generator https://t.co/ZvZ4orAHge pic.twitter.com/lkpqyO0r8T
— james hennessy (@jrhennessy) April 21, 2022

A little bonus: Twitter user FakeEnormous documents ridiculous names in video games — the latest additions include gems such as “Toulouse L’attack.”

Until next week,

Paula Beaton, Copy Editor.