The Morning After: Does your car need a rear windshield?

You know those folks who say theyd donate a major organ to own a fancy car? Ask them if theyd feel as comfortable sacrificing a rear window instead. Polestars newest ride has made its North American debut at the NY Auto Show and notably lacks a rear windshield. The rationale is rear passengers get better headroom and a more comfortable ride than in other cars. Drivers, meanwhile, get a high-res display where the rear-view mirror used to be, linked to a live feed from a rear-mounted camera. Given how often peoples heads or luggage obscure the backward view, its a trade Im readily prepared to accept.

Dan Cooper

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Two decades of the customer being the product.

Gmail wasnt the first service that turned its users into the product, but its probably the one were the most comfortable with. After all, while Facebook and its kin have been perpetually slammed for privacy issues, who really gets mad at Gmail? Our anniversary package has a deep dive into the last 20 years of Googles flagship mail product.

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Google says it will destroy browsing data collected from Chromes Incognito mode

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The search giant has settled a recent class-action lawsuit relating to Chromes tracking of Incognito users. It has pledged to wipe out billions of data points it improperly collected and take steps to block any further tracking for five years. (Always a good sign when a company pledges to stop doing something its been told off for doing, but only for a short period.)

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Tekken director apparently keeps getting requests to add a Waffle House stage

They could call it the Waffle Rough-House.

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