Progress bars are everywhere, but we hardly ever give them a second thought. They have a little bit of mystery to them though ...

Why is it that whenever you have a progress bar pop up on your computer, the thing never runs at a steady speed? Why all the little stops and starts? This is the question YouTuber Tom Scott dives into ...

We often face times when waiting for a big chunk of files to copy from one location to another on our PC feels either very boring or unsettling. If it's usually in line before something grand — like ...