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Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?
Security questions—the annoying shared secrets used as a secondary form of authentication—have been around forever and are used by just about everyone to deal with users who forget their password. …
AI is my co-pilot: Artificial intelligence’s aviation future
Waymo One, the groundbreaking self-driving taxi service, explained

Enlarge / Hail our robotic cab overlords. (“Hail!” Ha ha!) (credit: Waymo)
Today is a day that fans of self-driving cars have been anticipating for years. Waymo—widely seen as the industry leader—is finally launching its “Waymo One” commercial taxi service
Verizon/AOL helped advertisers track kids online, must now pay $5M fine
Verizon-owned AOL helped advertisers track children online in order to serve targeted ads, in violation of a federal children’s privacy law, and has agreed to pay …
Hackers breach Quora.com and steal password data for 100 million users
Brace yourself for yet another massive data breach. Quora.com, a site where people ask and answer questions on a range of topics, said hackers breached its computer network and accessed …
iOS apps used Touch ID feature to trick users into paying hefty fees
Apple’s App Store has given the boot to two highly rated apps that abused the iOS Touch …
Waymo’s ambitious plans for high-speed taxis could be holding it back

Enlarge / A Voyage car at the Villages, a retirement community in Florida. (credit: Voyage)
In November 2017, Waymo announced that it would start taking drivers out of the driver’s seat of its prototype self-driving vehicles. A year later, Waymo
AT&T makes it more expensive to cancel DirecTV or Internet service
AT&T will start charging customers for the full month after they cancel TV or Internet service, ending its customer-friendly practice of providing a prorated credit for …
Tariffs on Chinese rare-earth minerals create a sticky problem for US competitors
President Trump’s tariffs …