I get to “pretend own” a different long-term test vehicle every year. To date, none has truly been a “smartphone on wheels.” Sure, most can mirror my smartphone screen, displaying just 27 of my 256 ...

As cars become rolling computers, some drivers are heading in the opposite direction. Early-2000s vehicles are suddenly ...

There’s a good chance your car knows all about you. Where you’ve been. How fast you drive. If you could’ve been a little easier on the brakes. Even what you look like, thanks to cameras pointed right ...

Your car can hold your address book, garage codes, and recent locations. Clear the right menus, reset the right modules, and stop handing strangers a digital key. Connected cars store detailed ...

Modern cars don't just track you when you're using navigation. Onboard electronics store data about your every move.

Modern cars track drivers through cameras, sensors, and telematics systems. Data is often shared with insurers, marketers, and data brokers. Drivers can review and adjust privacy settings or opt out ...

Modern cars are quietly turning into rolling data centers, and the companies that build them are working to keep that information under tight corporate control, not in drivers’ hands. As lawmakers and ...