Why change the blue screen to black now? Did the viral images of Times Square rendered useless by the BSOD cause that much reputational harm?

Microsoft's iconic Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) is dead after 40 years. RIP to the most panic-inducing screen a Windows user can encounter. Now, get ready to fear the Black Screen of Death. In a ...

For nearly forty years, that blue screen has been the universal sign that something's gone terribly wrong. Microsoft has ...

That’s not a name; it’s a euphemism. It’ll always be a Screen of Death to WIRED, whatever its hue, black or blue. The BSOD is dead. Long live the BSOD.

Microsoft says the new black screen of death, which it calls a "simplified UI for unexpected restarts," will appear in its place starting later this summer on all Windows 11, version 24H2 devices.

REDMOND, Wash. — Nearly every Windows user has had a run-in with the infamous “Blue Screen of Death” at some point in their computing life. Now, after more than 40 years of being set against ...

The blue screen of death errors on computer screens are viewed due to the global communications outage caused by CrowdStrike, which provides cybersecurity services to U.S. technology company ...

The infamous Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) - long a symbol of system failure and frustration for Windows users - is officially being phased out in the coming months.