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Windows 11 redesigns the Blue Screen of Death and may switch to a black screen
Microsoft is updating the Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) to match the design of Windows 11, and it appears that the company will switch the screen color from blue to black. Starting with the release of Windows 11 build 26120.3653 (Beta) and build 26200.5516 (Dev), Microsoft has announced that it is testing a new design for the page that appears…
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Lady Gaga and the Death of “Neo Medievalism”
I try to write about emerging trends in this column, but this week I’m flipping the script, as they say, and taking a look at the end of four popular things: Neo-medievalism, Kendrick Lamar, memes, and movies are all in the process of being thrown into the garbage heap by young people. Lady Gaga and the death of neo-medievalism If…
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‘Frontier models are still unable to solve the majority of tasks’: The death of the software engineer may not happen as soon as you think – OpenAI researchers found AI models still lag behind humans on coding tasks
AI might not replace software engineers just yet as new research from OpenAI reveals ongoing weaknesses in the technology. Having created a benchmark dubbed ‘SWE-Lancer’ to evaluate AI’s effectiveness at completing software engineering and managerial tasks, researchers concluded that the technology is lacking. “We evaluate model performance and find that frontier models are still unable to solve the majority of…
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Elon Musk’s Grok AI said he and Donald Trump deserve death penalty
Elon Musk’s OpenAI rival, xAI, says it’s investigating why its Grok AI chatbot suggested that both President Donald Trump and Musk deserve the death penalty. xAI has already patched the issue and Grok will no longer give suggestions for who it thinks should receive capital punishment. People were able to get Grok to say that Trump deserved the death penalty…
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This ‘Death Clock’ App Made Me Rethink My Life
I’ll download any app I get an ad for—this fact has been established over and over again. Because the algorithm knows me well, that usually means I am served up advertisements for apps and services that revolve around fashion and beauty. Yet I also have a hidden introspective side, though, again, apparently not hidden from the algorithm: Over the weekend,…
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Why Garmin Watches Are Showing a ‘Blue Triangle of Death’ (and How to Fix It) [UPDATED]
If your Garmin watch is showing a blue triangle, you’re not alone—Garmin has acknowledged that other users are experiencing this, and has published instructions for fixing it. The issue affects several models of watch, including Fenix, Epix, and Forerunner watches. The company initially told me in an email: “Garmin is researching reports of devices displaying a blue triangle when starting…
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Pure Storage’s recent hyperscaler ‘design win’ could be the death knell for disk storage
A new licensing deal between Pure Storage and an as-of-yet unnamed hyperscaler could precipitate a transformation in the enterprise storage market, according to Pure Storage CTO Rob Lee. Flash storage has long been hailed as the successor to its spinning disk counterparts, yet thus far HDDs have clung on in the enterprise market. This could all change, according to Lee.…
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The death of DEI in tech – Computerworld
Save me from rich, white men who insist they and their kind are being discriminated against. Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, majority owner (not the founder) of SpaceX, Tesla, and numerous other leading companies, insists that “DEI [Diversity, equity, and inclusion] is just another word for racism.” He screams, “DEI must DIE. The point was to end discrimination, not replace it with…
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Windows Server 2025 is now available – but Microsoft warns admins to watch out for three major bugs, including one that causes the dreaded blue screen of death
Microsoft has released the latest version of its server operating system, Windows Server 2025 — but it comes alongside a trio of bugs. Windows Server 2025 is Microsoft’s latest version of its server OS, following on from Windows Server 2022. The new version is arriving alongside System Center 2025, which Microsoft said means it’s possible to “make the most” of…
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Character.AI and Google sued after chatbot-obsessed teen’s death
A lawsuit has been filed against Character.AI, its founders Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, and Google in the wake of a teenager’s death, alleging wrongful death, negligence, deceptive trade practices, and product liability. Filed by the teen’s mother, Megan Garcia, it claims the platform for custom AI chatbots was “unreasonably dangerous” and lacked safety guardrails while being marketed to…
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