Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are so ubiquitous that it's easy to forget just how much society relies on these underappreciated technological wonders. Yet, the history of the LED goes back further than ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. With the entire world seemingly still trying to deal with what ...

Californians flipping open work PCs were greeted with the dreaded “Blue Screen of Death” on Friday morning as one of the largest cyber outages in history mostly bricked Microsoft systems across the ...

Q: What causes the blue screen errors that freezes everything on my Windows computer? A: The blue screen of death — often shortened to BSOD — is Windows’ way of saying something went wrong at a system ...

Have you seen the dreaded Blue Screen of Death on your Windows 11 PC since installing an update? You’re not alone, and Microsoft has now confirmed the problem. It did so in a support document, spotted ...

In this post, we will see what causes the Blue Screen of Death and how to fix it on a Windows 11/10 PC. Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), often referred to as a ‘Blue Screen‘ or a ‘Stop Error‘ screen is a ...

The blue screen that stressed computer users for more than three decades is giving way to a black one. By Sopan Deb For millennials, blue can be a significant color. It is associated with clues left ...

After a long and storied history, the BSOD is being replaced. WIRED takes a trip down memory lane to wave goodbye to the iconic screen we all love to hate. Along with scrapping the blue (in favor of a ...

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 ...

It’s hard to believe that the first blue LED didn’t arrive until 1993. They look simple, but looks are deceiving (Fig. 1). 1. Image showing a blue InGaN-based LED with gold wire contacts (0.4 × 0.4 mm ...