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Microsoft reveals why playing Janet Jackson's mega-hit 'Rhythm Nation' crashes laptops
Updated On: 22 August, 2022 08:40 PM IST | San Francisco | IANS
Raymond Chen, senior software engineer, said the team discovered that the song contained one of the natural resonant frequencies for the model of 5400 rpm laptop hard drives that they and other manufacturers used

The tech giant found playing the music video on one laptop caused a laptop sitting nearby to crash, even though that other laptop was not playing the video. Pic/AFP
Janet Jackson's music is popular the world over but tech giant Microsoft has made a recent interesting discovery about her song 'Rhythm Nation', which would reportedly crash certain models of their laptops. The crashes happened when users listened to the mega-hit music video of the popular US-based singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer.
According to Raymond Chen, senior software engineer, they discovered something bizarre. Playing the music video on one laptop caused a laptop sitting nearby to crash, even though that other laptop was not playing the video.
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