Internet moderation isn’t usually a matter of life and death…unless your mods are the Secret Service (Josephine Wolff)

If you virtually prick us, do we actually bleed? Mark Piesing in the FT on the potential for VR to heal things like PTSD….or maybe give them to us.

An interview with Kate Darling on what torturing robot cockroaches can teach us about human empathy (Nur Lalji)

Slate takes IBM’s Watson sentiment analysis engine for a test drive

Self-driving cars can handle anything. Even a woman in a wheelchair chasing a duck, says Google’s Chris Urmson. (Greg Gardener)