In this episode:

• The price of a Virgin Galactic ticket has risen to a mighty R6.5 million ($450,000)
• FTC chides Facebook for using ‘privacy’ as a pretext to ban researchers
• The Moscow Metro is test-driving letting users pay for tickets using just their faces

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