Because hybrid and electric vehicles make little noise at low speed, carmakers add synthetic sounds to alert pedestrians. Designer Danielle Venne explains her composition process for the Nissan Leaf.
Self-driving cars are increasingly common in a handful of U.S. cities, but as their numbers grow, so do reports of problems. The Verge’s Andrew Hawkins says humans are less tolerant of robocars’ errors than of the safety risks posed by other humans.
Passwords are an enormous security risk, and big tech companies are looking at passkeys as a tentative solution to the perils of password breaches and lost phones. Chester Wisniewski of Sophos unlocks the secrets of the technology.