Google Home adds reminders to its voice-control repertoire

You can already use Google Home to order from Walmart, watch CBS All Access on your TV and hear daily news updates from former-VP Joe Biden. Now, Google has just updated Home with the ability to set reminders with your voice. The company confirmed to…

Pinterest's Lens tech powers Target's visual search tool

Pinterest gave us all access to its Lens tool last March. In May, the company added some new foodie options, including a way to find recipes based on photos of your meal. It’s basically a reverse image search that helps you shop for stuff you see on…

Lyft offers drivers 24/7 access to support services

Today, Lyft announced a few new features for its driver support app that are meant to make the process of getting help simpler and easier to navigate. First, the Lyft Driver app will now include a button that will allow drivers to quickly connect wit…

'Platoons' of autonomous Freightliner trucks will drive across Oregon

Most of the self-driving truck attention has revolved around Tesla’s much-teased reveal of its EV big rig next month and all the auto companies rushing to introduce their own electric models. But there’s another autonomous truck-related race to devel…

New Study Suggests FOMO May Have A Few Benefits

New research shows a little FOMO, or fear of missing out, might be just enough to get us out the door.

The KKK Killed This Girl 54 Years Ago. Her Sister Hopes The World Never Forgets.

Denise McNair was the youngest victim of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing by the KKK in 1963.

Here’s How You Can Help People In Puerto Rico

3.5 million Americans are enduring “apocalyptic” conditions right now because of Hurricane Maria.

Latest Obamacare Repeal Bill Is Even Worse Than The Last One

It “opens the door to very bare-bones coverage.”

In North Carolina’s Trans Equality Fight, This Teen Is On The Front Lines

“Trans people are actual people. We just want basic human rights.”

Rural Maternity Wards Are Closing And Women’s Lives Are On The Line

In the mountains of western North Carolina, pregnant women don’t know where to deliver.