#device-reliability tag

Microsoft gives Windows Update a Ctrl-Z for bad drivers

Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery lets Microsoft automatically roll back problematic Windows Update drivers to the last known good version without user or partner action.

Tech industry

fromTheregister

1 month ago

Enterprise PCs are unreliable, unpatched, and unloved

Apple and Google devices show superior software update rates and reliability compared to Microsoft devices, according to Omnissa's findings.

fromwww.theguardian.com

2 months ago

Is it smarter to have a dumb home? We've seen clients unable to flush toilets'

When the smart home devices Elly Bailey was expecting in the post never showed up at her Gold Coast home, she was frustrated. As a technology reviewer, these products were crucial for her work. When she eventually found the cause, she had to laugh. It wasn't a sticky-fingered neighbour or a rogue delivery driver causing her to miss parcels, but her smart doorbell the very thing she'd hoped would prevent missed deliveries, and part of exactly the range of internet-connected devices she was meant to

Gadgets

fromTheregister

3 months ago

Windows fails to tip the scales in grocery store deployment

Using a full Microsoft Windows installation for simple grocery-scale weighing is unnecessary and increases the risk of failures like Recovery errors.

Artificial intelligence

fromComputerWeekly.com

7 months ago

AI investments threatened by 'fundamentally unreliable' IoT connectivity | Computer Weekly

Unreliable global IoT connectivity jeopardizes AI investments and operations, with only 2% achieving required connectivity and 34% reporting AI adoption hindered.

Gadgets

fromMashable

9 months ago

Is Google Home another victim of ensh*ttification? Redditors discuss, Google responds.

Google's smart home ecosystem is criticized for becoming unreliable, with users expressing frustrations over device performance and functionality.