ClickFix attack uses fake Windows BSOD screens to push malware

A new ClickFix social engineering campaign is targeting the hospitality sector in Europe, using fake Windows Blue Screen of ...
MacRumors

Apple Mocks Windows PCs in Humorous New 'Blue Screen of Death' Ad

Apple today shared a new "Blue Screen of Death" ad that appears to mock a major Windows computer outage that occurred last year, following a faulty CrowdStrike security update. Macs were unaffected, ...
AppleInsider

The Underdogs return to attack the Windows Blue Screen of Death

Apple's "Underdogs" have returned in a new video, with the BetterBag crew weathering the storm of a convention battered by the Blue Screen of Death thanks to Mac security. Each year, Apple releases an ...
The Droid Guy

How to Change Your Mac’s Lock Screen Background Image in Just a Few Easy Steps

The lock screen is often the first thing you see when you wake your Mac. By default, Apple sets a simple, system-generated background that may or may not match your style. Thankfully, macOS lets you ...
The New York Times

Why Do Screens Keep You Up? It May Not Be the Blue Light.

Sleep scientists are changing how they think about screen use at night. By Caroline Hopkins Legaspi Experts have long warned about the dangers of blue light before bed. When exposed via smartphones, ...
CNN

Too much screen time can mess with your sleep. These blue-light-blocking glasses can help

Though the merits of blue-light-blocking glasses are still being debated, wearing a pair may be beneficial for your eye health if you spend a lot of time in front of a computer monitor or other ...
PC World

Windows 11 officially kills the Blue Screen of Death in latest update

Microsoft has released update KB5062660 for Windows 11 24H2, and that means the iconic “Blue Screen of Death” has officially been replaced by the long-awaited “Black Screen of Death” (which ...
Android

Android's Lock Screen Widgets Could Gain a Slick Background Blur

Lock screen widgets on Android may soon get the slick background blur effect. The visual change was spotted in the new Android Canary build and should align it with Google’s new Material Expressive 3 ...
Computerworld

No more blue screens: How Microsoft is making Windows more resilient

The Crowdstrike disaster in July 2024 gave Microsoft a black eye. How could third-party security software fail so spectacularly — to the point that millions of Windows PCs became unbootable unless ...
PC Gamer

Microsoft to change Windows's infamous Blue Screen of Death to something much darker in response to last year's CloudStrike crashes

The bad news is they've ditched the smiley face. The good news is we get to keep the acronym. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
CNN

Microsoft is retiring the infamous ‘blue screen of death’

The dreaded “blue screen of death” that has tormented millions of Windows users for decades is being put to rest. Microsoft is ditching the notorious feature that appears on Windows computers in the ...