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In July 2024, the blue screen of death appeared on millions of Windows devices. This informative image revived science fiction anxieties: what if our dependence on digital technology led to our downfall? Plunged into a deep blue... heavy with menace. On a solid blue background, a disgruntled smiley greets us with this message: "Your computer has encountered a problem and needs to restart". On July 19, 2024, this dreaded screen went around the world. Chaos. Confusion. Paralysis. The terms chosen by the media to describe this breakdown carry universal anxieties: those of our dependence on machines and their possible failure. Cybersecurity expert Nicolas Arpagian looks back at this global breakdown. Film critic Rafik Djoumi analyzes the impact of the digital crash in the world of science fiction. #Microsoft #ComputerBreak #Windows Credits: AFP/ANDREW LEESON/DIANE DESOBEAU ALAMY AP ARCHIVE/EUROPA PRESS/DANIEL LIPPITT AURIMAGES/COLUMBIA/COURTESY EVERETT COLLECTION BLOOMBERG BRIDGEMAN IMAGES/REUTERS/JEFF CHRISTENSEN CBS NEWS CROWDSTRIKE GETTY IMAGES/BOSTON GLOBE/EUROPA PRESS NEWS /ANTHONY KWAN INA INDIA TODAY L'ECHO REUTERS/BING GUAN SHUTTERSTOCK/CLS DIGITAL ARTS THE GUARDIAN THE NEW YORK TIMES TALK TV TIME TIMES NOW OUEST FRANCE 00:37 What is the blue screen of death? 01:22 The computer crash of July 19, 2024 02:12 Crowdstrike, responsible for the crash 04:42 The day Bill Gates saw the blue screen 06:40 Science fiction and the computer crash