Myths about technological innovations, in which you are forced to believe

Technologies in the modern world have become an integral part of life. However, along with them, disinformation about technological innovations also appears. Sometimes the reason for this is an unsuccessful marketing move, and sometimes - illiteracy and inattention of people.

MacBook can not be infected with a virus

"MacBook is not exposed to thousands of viruses that are pursued by Windows-based computers," Apple said in 2012. This advertising campaign led to the fact that some users mistakenly believed that macbooks are not subject to any viruses at all. In fact, they may well become infected - simply not by the viruses that infect personal computers.

If you leave the device on charging, it will damage the battery

Another common myth is that if you leave your smartphone or laptop on charge overnight, it will recharge, which will damage the battery. This problem could be characteristic of batteries that were used twenty years ago. Most modern devices have a lithium-ion "smart" battery, which knows when it is full, and stops charging at this point. So you do not have to worry about leaving your laptop on charge overnight if it's not twenty years old.

Expensive HDMI cable is better

You can find an HDMI cable worth more than forty dollars. Do you really need to spend so much money to connect a laptop or console to the TV? Some people (most of whom will be sellers in such stores) may try to assure you that more expensive cables will give you better image quality. However, this is not true. There is no scientific reason to believe that one cable will be able to give a better image than the other, if they have the same characteristics. It's the same device, no matter how stylish and stylish the packaging looks.

WWW = Internet

Many people use the concepts of "World Wide Web (WWW)" and "Internet" as interchangeable, but they are not even synonymous. The Internet was created in 1958 by the US Department of Defense, and this concept includes both hardware (servers, computers and so on) and software that connects the whole world. The World Wide Web was created in 1989 as a way to transfer data by entering a link into the address bar of the browser.

Tor and VPN hide your identity

Internet browser Tor and virtual private networks (VPN) offer you to surf the Internet anonymously, as the transfer of your data will be encrypted. But is the promise of complete anonymity realistic? Unfortunately, no - this system is not absolutely reliable, and, for example, the government of the country has enough money to determine your identity if you do something illegal.

Incognito mode makes you anonymous on the network

One of the most used features of the Internet browser is the "Incognito" mode. This mode allows you to sit on the Internet so that your browser does not record any history, nor any other data about your stay on those or other sites. However, some people mistakenly believe that their activity on the network is completely anonymous. Your ISP gets all this information, so your employer can easily catch you for your secret activities.

It is dangerous to use phones at gas stations

At gas stations, you can see an announcement that prompts you to turn off the phone before refueling. Can your mobile initiate an explosion? In theory, this is possible, but extremely unlikely, and so far there has not been a single recorded case around the world.

Henry Ford invented the car

Many people mistakenly assume that the American businessman Henry Ford invented the car. But this is not so. Yes, Ford popularized cars, and his methods allowed his company to create relatively inexpensive cars, so the cars so quickly spread to America. But the creators of the first car with a gasoline engine were two Germans - Karl-Friedrich Benz and Gottlieb Daimler.

If you delete a file in the trash, you permanently delete it

When you transfer a file to the trash, you delete the location information on the computer, not the file itself. You need to clear the trash to get rid of the file itself - otherwise you can restore it at any time.

Phones Cause Cancer

With the increasing popularity of mobile phones, there is increasing talk that they can cause cancer. In fact, there is no evidence of this, and the radiation, which everyone is talking about, is just radiation of energy, which is characteristic of absolutely all technique.