Microsoft plans to make Cortana smarter with the ability to scan emails and set alerts for commitments you may forget. According to The Verge, it’s part of a new commitment option in Cortana for Windows 10 that’s available to Windows Insiders. It’s not all that different than flight and delivery tracking, both of which Cortana already does, but in this …

Around Christmas, Lance Perkins discovered more than $8,000 of charges to his credit card that were built up by his son through microtransactions. Now, Microsoft has refunded the father’s bill. At the time, Microsoft issued a statement to the disgruntled parent, saying that the Xbox One features more than enough parental services to keep situations like this from occurring and …

Obstetricians and gynecologists need to continue supporting and educating women who breastfeed long after delivery, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) said in an updated committee opinion. Although most women in the United States initiate breastfeeding, more than half wean earlier than they desire and fall short of their personal goals. Recognizing the prominent role obstetrician-gynecologists can play …

Henry Worsley has died after he fell ill just 30 miles short of his goal of becoming the first man to cross the continent solo. Henry Worsley was 71 days in to his attempt to become the first adventurer to cross the continent completely unsupported and unassisted when he was airlifted from the ice on Friday.

A green sea turtle commonly found in tropical waters has been rescued from a beach on Vancouver Island. The turtle is now being treated at the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre. It was found Saturday morning by Parks Canada officers on remote Combers Beach in the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve.

One of Canada’s largest telecom companies is cutting 200 jobs, accounting for four per cent of its workforce, according to a memo to staff on Monday. Rogers Media cited reasons including, “significant pressures from a softening advertising market, fierce competition from global players, and shifting audience consumption habits.”

In this day and age, it’s rare not to be quick with your fingers, but one study is urging all of us to slow down. According to a recent report by researchers at the University of Waterloo, the quality of one’s writing is likely to improve if they avoid typing quickly.

British automaker Aston Martin is giving consumers one last chance to feel like James Bond. Christie’s will auction one of the specially-made Aston Martins in London on February 18 to promote the release of the latest Bond movie, Spectre, on Blu-Ray.

Blizzard leaves 18 dead in the East Coast with flooding and stranded cars. The storm dropped snow from the Gulf Coast to New England. Among the thousands of stranded travelers was Defense Secretary Ash Carter, whose high-tech aircraft, the Doomsday Plane, couldn’t land at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland after returning from Europe. Carter was rerouted to Tampa, Florida.

Woman Charged With Robbing Two Dearborn Heights Banks Implying She Had Bomb. Candace Glover-Carter, 35, allegedly got away with $4,000 on Jan. 14 after telling a bank teller at Comerica Bank, 4401 S. Telegraph Road, that she had a bomb.

Members of the Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals will begin holding information pickets this week in Winnipeg and northern Manitoba. The union said their bargaining committee is negotiating with province this week and has set a tentative deadline of January 31.