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It’s a bittersweet day for Windows users.Microsoft is scrapping its iconic “blue screen of death,” known for appearing during unexpected restarts on Windows computers. The company revealed a new black iteration in a blog post on Thursday, saying that it is “streamlining the unexpected restart experience.”The new black unexpected restart screen is slated to launch this summer on Windows 11 24H2 devices, the company said. Microsoft touted the updates as an “easier” and “faster” way to recover from restarts.The software giant’s blue screen of death dates back to the early 1990s, according to longtime Microsoft developer Raymond Chen.Travelers walk past…

Hong Kong CNN  —  Iran’s defense minister has traveled to diplomatic and economic ally China on his first reported trip abroad since a 12-day clash with Israel that briefly dragged the US into a new regional conflict. Aziz Nasirzadeh is one of nine defense ministers that Chinese state media say attended a gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a China- and Russia-led regional security grouping that has grown in prominence as Beijing and Moscow look to build alternative international blocs to those backed by the United States. The two-day gathering began Wednesday in the Chinese coastal city of Qingdao,…

Google is launching a new experimental app called Doppl that uses AI to visualize how different outfits might look on you, the company announced on Thursday. The app is available on iOS and Android in the U.S. Doppl is designed to let you virtually try on outfits on a digital version of yourself. The app works by first getting you to upload a full-body photo of yourself. From there, you can use photos or screenshots of different outfits to virtually try them on. These images could be a photo of an outfit you see at a thrift store or on…

When Cluely, a startup claiming to be building a product that helps people “cheat” on everything, announced that it raised a $15 million Series A financing from Andreessen Horowitz, some people on X criticized the VC firm for backing the controversial company. After all, Cluely isn’t just offering a product that may have questionable uses, but the startup has become famous for using what many people call rage-bait marketing. But Cluely’s ability to grab attention is precisely what attracted a16z to the startup. Even before meeting Cluely’s founder Roy Lee, Andreessen Horowitz’s partner Bryan Kim thought that startups need new…

TechCrunch All Stage, our big event for founders of startups at all stages of funding (see what we did there?), is coming up July 15 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station. And it’s our pleasure to announce that Underscore VC’s investing partner Chris Gardner will join a loaded lineup of speakers by leading a breakout session titled “MVP in the Age of AI: When to Bot and When to Not.” Spoiler: Expect to learn a lot about using AI for minimum viable products. And for for a very limited time, we’re launching discounts for our Investor and Founder Passes to make…

Smokey Robinson’s Attorney Slams $50 Million Sexual Assault Lawsuit as “Ugly” Money GrabA New Jersey elementary school teacher has been charged with sexually assaulting one of her former students. Laura Caron, 34, was indicted by a grand jury June 17 on charges of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, second-degree sexual assault and second-degree endangering the welfare of a child for an alleged relationship with a student, according to the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office. “The charges stem from an extensive investigation conducted by the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office and the Middle Township Police Department Major Crimes Unit, which revealed that…

Savannah Chrisley Speaks OutSavannah, who has custody of younger siblings Grayson and Chloe amid her parents’ sentences, has explained how their convictions and their lack of contact with one another has weighed on her. “The last time they spoke was the morning they went into federal prison,” she shared with E! News March 2024, alleging that there’s “a lot of retaliation going on against my father for how outspoken we’ve been about conditions.” In fact, she alleged that prison officials had been “blocking a lot of his emails correspondence to my mom.” And while not wanting to make the experience…

Apple on Thursday announced a series of updates to its developer policies to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). The news, which was expected, arrived just in time to meet the deadline of June 26, after which the iPhone maker would risk new fines. The changes involve both how app developers can communicate with their customers and the fees Apple charges. EU regulators had earlier fined Apple €500 million for non-compliance with the DMA and were threatening to impose further penalties, forcing Apple’s hand. In terms of Apple’s new “anti-steering” rules, which dictate customer communications, EU app developers…

Eminem’s Daughter Hailie Jade Reveals How Parenthood Has Changed Her Understanding of Her DadHailie Jade is getting real when it comes to reflecting on her childhood. The 29-year-old daughter of Eminem detailed how becoming a mom to her and Evan McClintock’s son Elliot, 3 months, helped her to understand what it was like for her dad to be raising kids while in the spotlight. “Over time, I’ve come to understand the struggle my father faced,” she told People in an interview published June 26, “wanting to protect our privacy while also feeling proud and wanting to celebrate his kids.” The Just a…

Microsoft transferred its chief information security officer out of the company’s security organization, in a move that hints at the growing importance of artificial intelligence at the software giant.As CISO, Igor Tsyganskiy, is responsible for securing Microsoft’s own business, and setting cybersecurity standards across the company.He will now report to EVP Scott Guthrie, who runs Microsoft’s Cloud + AI group. This is the organization that runs important business like Microsoft’s Azure cloud and the teams that help OpenAI and other AI companies develop and run giant AI models and chatbots in the cloud.”As we continue to navigate increasingly complex global…