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Enjoy the Winter Olympics in Sochi, but watch out for the internet of things

Efforts to control what’s available online stem from a mistrust of people who might otherwise have access to forbidden information

In the roiling complexity of our inner selves, it matters enormously, which emotions wind up on top

Musk insists that people would move to the Red Planet in droves if the cost can be brought down to somewhere near the median price of a US home, around $200,000

The latest ‘Star Wars’ movie is not only fun, but also puts forth some pertinent ideas worth discussing

When we are ignored by those around us, stress levels rise. It is time to look up from our screens and say hello

We will go on shedding data and others will go on scooping it up and that’s because we made that big decision when we chose to live in symbiosis with the world wide web

We tend to pretend that recounts offer magical solutions to election disputes — they don’t

Overcriminalisation matters because the criminal code can no longer sort out the law-abiding from the non-law-abiding, with a steep price to be paid

Maybe someone will come up with a clever and effective solution

During Obama’s first year in office alone, the US conducted more drone strikes than in the entire eight years of George W. Bush’s presidency

Not intervening in Syria may not hurt Obama, but it will damage US credibility