How an '80s Pop Song Destroyed Computers
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 Published On Oct 13, 2024

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In around 2005, an undisclosed PC manufacturing company discovered that certain models of their laptops would unexpectedly crash if the user played Janet Jackson's 1989 hit "Rhythm Nation" nearby.

What on earth is happening here? Is the song a form of secret malware? How can it be fixed?

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