My first thought was

Car: Payment declined, disabling brakes.bin

but then I noticed "The company also says that it could allow the second owner of a BMW to activate features that the original purchaser declined. "

which to me says "We can charge a second owner to unlock features that the original purchaser already bought"

Of course not, they'll replace it with something of 'equal' value like True Canine Crime TV or a 24 hr channel of someone dunking biscuits into a really hot cup of tea.

I'm sure the politicians know this. I bet they're just waiting for the tech companies to offer up some lobbying dollars so they'll amend it with blanket immunity for any/all data breaches.

He has the same condition as Trump. Hes so used to saying what he wants and getting away with it that he has lost the ability to think about the consequences of what he is going to say. I call it Entitled Prick Syndrome.

A lot don't but there isn't much choice these days.

also FWIW Steam says 80.5% on Win10 and 13% on Win7. I'd bet GOG etc have a higher percentage on Win7.

OMG its been almost 4 hours since Elon Musk was in the news, about time he made more outlandish statements.

I would instantly reject the two options that would allow logins without my consent and PINs are less secure than a good password.
This whole thing is just Microsoft continuing its "i'm late to the party but I do that too (albeit badly)" attitude to features these days.

Yeah, we need to make sure nobody else tries to embarass the US Government by showing they're guilty of genocide & war crimes.

Sunlight eh... I guess that makes Google a melanoma?

You are right that a lot don't want it but it will never happen. Some people think MS users are here for the Kool-Aid but most aren't. Apple still has this whole cult thing going on so they tend to get away with planned obsolescence and their customers don't object to buying overpriced hardware because its shinier than the current model.

Most windows users get a PC then stick with it until they feel the need to upgrade. Look at how many are still using Windows 7 & XP.
Sure there are some who are die hard Microsoft fans but for most, they use it because its convenient, it came with the PC or because
of some software that requires it (usually games or business/industrial software). Things are changing and as time go on less and less
people will be in this situation which is why they're making the change from the Microsoft Tax to the Microsoft Rent.

Its a tax aimed at corporations that engage in tax avoidance using a Double Irish With A Dutch Sandwich kind of scheme. Governments frequently complain about corporations doing this but never usually do much about these loopholes because their bigger donors also use them. This is just taking a weak shot at looking like they're doing something about it by targetting some of the most visible corporations doing it. The loopholes close in 2020 anyway so this is mostly for image and really little more than pissing in the wind. I'm sure their accountants already have backup schemes planned.

I think its too late. Discord is the new Skype.

No choice because May & the Conservatives are losing to their opposition on every policy except security.

Wow a slight increase even though cinema prices have skyrocketed years. None of which changes anything I said.
The industry is spending more on marketing in a pathetic attempt to compensate.
They could try to make better movies but they seem to think spending more polishing a turd is better.
Maybe get your head out the movie industry's ass before commenting next time.

http://entertainment.howstuffw...
http://www.hollywoodreporter.c...
https://variety.com/2016/film/...