...then Alexa will make your vacuum cleaner trip you on the stairs

Maybe don't point it at the sticky notes on your screen or the bottom of your keyboard

There are many countries where everyone can go and vote - even illegals and tourists. The voter needs to dip his hand in a UV glow ink to prevent multiple voting, that is all. For example South Africa and India.

In Africa, people steal entice trains - locomotive, wagons, containers, the lot

Soon they can make a chicken that will grow up into an egg, putting a new spin on that age old conundrum

Given a choice by a time lord, would you prefer the Middle Ages and the Spanish Inquisition over the 21st Century heat rays?

You forgot - Spaceman is still flying his roadster out there somewhere in earth-mars orbit.

Since SpaceX is making a big loss, combining the companies will reduce tax payments for the merged entity.

The moral of the story is: Don't cross a US border with anything electronic.

Just ask the NSA

I am wondering whether such a small sample will contain anything from the original Phobos, or will simply be relatively recent space dust, which one can gather anywhere, even from the roof of your house.

Darwin is at work. Corals have been around for a ling time - much longer than us monkeys.

Linux was pretty damn bad in 96. I only started to use it on my daily driver in 98.

Organ pipes need air to play a tune

The EU systems that I have used at the European Innovation Councilworked pretty good.