As cars become more like PCs on wheels, what's to stop a hacker from taking over yours? In recent demonstrations, hackers have shown they can slam a car's brakes at freeway speeds, jerk the steering ...

As one who reviews lots of embedded software looking for safety issues, I have been intrigued by the Toyota recall, and am anxiously awaiting the verdict on the computer controlled throttle issue.

Despite the hype that liberation day will dawn soon and cars will drive themselves, there’s no realistic chance that full-on self-driving will be available before 2030, and then only in a tiny number ...