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When you hear the word drone, images of warfare or high-tech surveillance come to mind. But the former editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine and a young Tijuana programmer have a different idea. They believe drones will revolutionize our daily lives.

Kanwalinder Singh, standing in front of Audi's first 4G car, pitches Qualcomm's vision for a more connected car, Sept. 26, 2014.

Smartphones On Wheels: A Safer Alternative To Texting While Driving?

Cars are becoming more like huge, rolling smartphones. Will embedding features right into the dashboard reduce driver distraction? Or make crashes more common?

Elliot Rodger as seen in a YouTube video.

Alleged Shooter In California Left Vast Digital Trail

Through videos and online statements, 22-year-old Elliot Rodger showed an extravagant lifestyle, but also revealed he was haunted by his virginity and inability to woo women.

NPR recently asked Southern California millennials to share their thoughts on branding and advertising. One attendee got the word from his mother.

How Do You Market To Millennials?

Young people between the ages of 18 and 35 spend hundreds of millions of dollars a year. NPR asked some in this group how brands and corporations can get their attention.

Co-hosted by Joe Lamp'l (a.k.a. joe gardener, pictured) and Garden Girl Patti Moreno, the 26-part public television series GROWING A GREENER WORLD blends the latest trends in eco-friendly living with traditional gardening know-how.

GROWING A GREENER WORLD: Seed Savers Exchange - Saving The Planet By Saving Seeds

Saturday, March 29, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / On Demand. Joe and Patti travel to Decorah, Iowa where the Heritage Farm houses one of the world’s 1,400 seed banks and helps celebrate their 35th anniversary.

Josh Nelson, the CEO of Great Lakes Communication, stands in the computer room at his company's offices in 2007. Today, the company processes more than 2.5 million phone calls per month from distant companies providing teleconferencing and chat room services.

Google's Voice Is Silent In Some Rural Areas

Google Voice, the phone management service offered by Google, is blocking customers' calls to about 100 phone numbers that were generating excessive long distance fees in the Midwest. Lawmakers and AT&T have cried foul, and the dispute is renewing focus on a controversial practice that lets some phone companies charge inflated fees.

Hari Sreenivasan reports and anchors video news updates throughout the day on the NEWSHOUR's website and will appear on the broadcast, as well as NEWSHOUR WEEKEND, anchoring a summary of the day's headlines from the newsroom.

PBS NewsHour Weekend

Airs Saturdays & Sundays at 5 p.m. on KPBS TV (beginning Sept. 7, 2013)

Database Flaws Cloud Sunshine On Industry Payments To Doctors

A federal website set to go live Tuesday will disclose drug and device companies' ties to doctors. The release marks a milestone, but the information will be incomplete and may be misleading.

Scott Adams Explains 'How To Fail At Almost Everything' (Except Dilbert)

Adams managed to turn his failure at office work into a gigantic success — a syndicated comic strip about a hapless, cubicle-bound engineer. In his new book, How To Fail At Almost Everything And Still Win Big, Adams offers some sage advice such as: "Goals are for losers."

Television 2.0: A Closer Look at Google TV

Your favorite YouTube video synched up on TV as easily as your Thursday night lineup? With Google TV, it's happening right now. Culture Lust contributor Aaron Watanabe investigates TV's digital upgrade. TiVO who?

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