What do you do when a terrorist group shares your company’s name?

Virtual scanners now allow online shoppers to “try on” clothes at home before ordering. It may not be to everyone’s taste, but it’s a cheaper and more convenient alternative to shopping in person.

The political importance of privacy is plurality. Only when people grow and mature in a protected world of home and hearth can they find the space and freedom to think independently and thus differently.

Finland has a plan for an app that would incorporate taxis, bicycles, buses, driverless cars, and even ferries into a single user experience that could do away with the need to own your own car.

A major energy executive warned that Europe can expect a rough winter, as its Russian gas supplies will likely be siphoned off as they transit Ukraine.

Colorado has released its first study on the state’s legal pot market. Demand is far greater than expected, and is concentrated among a small group of heavy users.

The surge of unaccompanied children attempting to cross the border is being driven by the apparently widespread belief that they’ll be allowed to remain in the U.S. The numbers, unfortunately, support this perception: many minors are ordered to be sent home, but the actual number of deportations remains much lower.

Libyan oil output is slowly recovering, but supply risks abound there and in Iraq, as well. Things would be a lot worse without America’s shale revolution.

Turkey has already voiced support for an independent Iraqi Kurdistan, and recently took yet another important step toward making peace with its Kurdish population.

China and Russia are making power plays in Latin America, and Argentina’s debt problems may provide an opening.