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A Reddit user analyzed their extended Spotify streaming history for a 2,000-song playlist and found a 72-track sequence played in the exact same order on two consecutive days. The repetition occurred even with the 'Fewer Repeats' setting enabled and without changing devices or playlists. Other users report similar patterns, including one case where 27 of 30 upcoming tracks matched a prior queue.
An Australian Redditor known as VastOption875 says they discovered a decommissioned work server in their garage containing 30 64GB DDR4-2666 memory modules, nearly 2TB combined, that their former employer let them keep. At roughly $400 per module in today's market, the stash could be worth around $12,000, with ECC server memory potentially fetching even more.
A Reddit user posting as VastOption8705 shared photos of 33 DDR4-2666 RAM sticks, mostly 64GB Samsung ECC registered DIMMs, discovered stashed in their garage. The stockpile came from an old workplace server the person was permitted to keep, likely saving the company disposal costs. At roughly $350-$425 per stick on the used market, the haul could be worth close to $12,000.
Many users are reporting that their YouTube feed, including grids and video titles, fails to load across Android, iOS, web browsers, smart TVs, and even the YouTube TV app. YouTube has acknowledged the problem in a support forum post and is investigating, while suggesting switching networks or disabling Wi-Fi as a temporary workaround.
Multiple Reddit users say their Google Home devices, running the older Assistant-based system, are refusing to answer simple questions like recipe requests or holiday facts, instead returning generic error messages. Basic functions such as timers and sports scores reportedly still work fine, suggesting the issue is limited to certain query types rather than a total system failure.
As foldable phones get thinner, their camera modules still need bulky sensors, forcing a protruding camera bump that unbalances the device when placed on a flat surface. Users of the Galaxy Z Fold 8 have complained on Reddit about the wobble caused by its vertically placed rear camera module, with some reportedly removing the cameras entirely out of frustration.
Xiaomi's new $500 Redmi Note 17 Pro Max includes full-resolution 50MP photo capture and a manual/pro camera mode, features absent from Google's $900 Pixel 11. Google reserves these tools for its pricier Pixel 11 Pro lineup, even though the base Pixel has hardware capable of supporting them.
CERN engineers announced at a Winterthur conference that the lab will shift over 2,200 machines from Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Debian. The move stems from RHEL 9 and 10's newer compiler requirements, which drop support for older CPU architectures still used in many of CERN's embedded control systems.
Tottenham Hotspur has replaced its stadium's VMware virtualization software with HPE's Morpheus VM Essentials, cutting licensing fees by more than 85 percent. The club is nearing completion of a broader overhaul of its stadium data center, now running on HPE ProLiant Gen12 servers and Alletra storage, managed through HPE GreenLake and OpsRamp.
Startup Abliteration.ai now hosts modified, open-weight AI models—including Z.ai's GLM-5.3—with safety refusals removed, letting users query them via browser or API. TechCrunch tested the free web version and got the model to produce password-stealing code and instructions for culturing a dangerous pathogen. The company, founded late last year and incorporated in March, frames this as a service for red-teaming and offensive security testing.
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi announced the company will shrink its workforce by about 10%, or roughly 3,300 employees, marking its biggest round of job cuts since the pandemic. The move focuses heavily on middle management roles, part of a broader corporate trend of flattening organizational structures.
Anthropic notified affected customers that malware on their own computers had stolen active Claude login sessions, letting attackers rack up unauthorized usage and charges. The company responded by signing out compromised sessions, removing saved payment cards, and refunding the fraudulent charges. Anthropic clarified the breach originated from infostealer malware on users' devices, not from any compromise of its own systems.