In 2013, University of Cambridge researchers estimated that computer bugs cost the global economy $312bn (£241bn) every year. Even little bugs can be expensive – a misplaced line of code can render warships immobile, for example. How, exactly, is it possible for these miniscule bits of code to wreak such havoc?
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September 4, 2016
August 7, 2012
Wikipedia's list of (in)famous software bugs
Includes the Google incident in 2009 and the Therac-25 tragedy. (via Boing Boing)