Ask HN: Mysterious occurrences? April 15, Location: SF Bay Area

Some strange occurrences today. ----- A friends group text seems to have "seeped out". The had a group text with ~6 members. The messages have clearly been "leaking" to other numbers. How we know this: two people who some (>5) of the group text messages were "leaked" to replied, stating their confusion. This cannot be explained as a trolling effort, as if one of the original group text members started a new thread and included "random" people, all other members of the group would know. The "random" people were only brought to the attention of the original group when they replied (and thus a seemingly new group text was created with this "random" individual). Other individuals may be being included in this group text without our knowledge - it will only become evident if they reply. -------- Another occurrence: I rode in two UberXs today. At 1.35pm, I got in my second ride. My driver informed me that he had been driving since 5am, and that I was only his second ride. Something had been malfunctioning with the Uber app where he was not receiving requests. He had received one request around 8 or 9am, however the caller cancelled the request. Then, the next call he received was at 1pm, followed by me at 1.35pm. This entire time, he was driving around waiting for other calls. He claims that other Uber drivers he know also had the same issue. ----- Anyone experienced similar occurrences?