This Year's Tech Scandals Involve Exploding Phones, Schoolgirl Dancers, A Strange Snapchat Filter And A Self-Driving Car Incident

The year 2016 has been a rough ride for the technology industry. Early during the year, Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 exploded without any reason causing a huge international recall of the device. After its Game Developers Conference, Microsoft hired dancers in schoolgirl outfits -- to the fury of the public. Even Snapchat and Tesla are up in the stands for this year's biggest tech scandals.

According to Business Insider, 2016 actually had 22 outrageous tech scandals. It also highlighted the exploding Samsung Galaxy Note 7 where the manufacturer was forced to delay shipment during its release in August. A month later, Samsung recalled all the devices until it decided to end all manufacturing of the Note 7 and global sales.

Microsoft's schoolgirl-infused troubles further amplified sexism in the games industry. According to female attendees of the Game Developers Conference during the March event, they felt "uncomfortable" and unwelcome. Last April 20, video storytelling social app Snapchat introduced a strange Bob Marley filter -- in his honor -- that cemented Marley as nothing more but a symbol of the "420" stoner culture.

Tesla's electric car designs have been monumental for the transport industry. A Florida driver testing the Tesla Model S' "Autopilot" mode had his vehicle crash after a semi-truck made a left turn right in front of it. It was the first noted self-driving car death and investigators noted the self-driving "Autopilot" mode did not notice the white side of the truck due to the sky's brightness.

Corporations had their own set of troubling scandals. Theranos -- a long-time controversial medical start-up -- has finally collapsed because it failed to show an existing working result while "overhyping the accuracy" of the tests it performs, according to Inc.com. The business news website also said popular property-sharing app AirBnB was under fire for enabling wild parties, prostitution and claims of racism committed by the company.

In fact, AirBnB is so far having a dreadful year. Last October, the company faced legal scrutiny as an enabler for illegal hotels to operate in areas with a limited supply of affordable housing.