Was it right to fine a bakery for refusing to make a cake with the message, "support gay marriage"?

I think individuals should be free to refuse to spread messages they disagree with, and most other organizations too, but not publication companies. Publication companies should be considered common carriers, required to publish whatever customers will pay for, unless there is so much competition that there is no difficulty finding one to publish whatever you want to publish.

The Myth of the ISIS Encrypted Messaging App.

The UK has given permission to make genetically modified human embryos and experiment on each one for two weeks.

The two-week limit seems hypercautious to me; there would be nothing wrong with keeping them for 5 months. However, implanting them into a woman would require advance consent to a mandatory abortion. While abortion is safer and less traumatic than giving birth, it is not something to ask lightly.

"Internet assistants" have a secondary danger, beyond just snooping on their users and being SaaSS (Service as a Software Substitute).

It is amusing how someone can be blind to the dangers of these things and worry only about a secondary danger. The secondary danger is real, and the article makes a valid point — but don't forget the primary dangers.

Kansas took away a veteran's children as he was preparing to move to Colorado, because he lawfully used medical marijuana in Colorado.