Microsoft says goodbye to the Windows blue screen of death

Group 1 - Microsoft is replacing the iconic "blue screen of death" with a new black screen for unexpected restarts, aiming to streamline the user experience [2] - The new black screen is set to launch in the summer on Windows 11 24H2 devices, which Microsoft claims will provide an easier and faster recovery process [2] - The blue screen of death has been a part of Windows since the early 1990s, as noted by a longtime Microsoft developer [3] Group 2 - A global communications outage caused by CrowdStrike affected digital billboards in Times Square, resulting in some screens displaying a blue screen or going completely black [1]