Some Memories

BREAKING: Former PM Dr Mahathir Mohamad is the opposition's choice for interim Prime Minister until @ anwaribrahim can get a royal pardon and take over. PKR President @ drwanazizah is the deputy PM pick. # GE14 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/mahathir-named-malaysian-opposition-s-prime-minister-pick-9840014

His bet paid off: his popular English teaching app Liulishuo or LingoChampraised US$100 million in July, putting him in the growing ranks of successful Silicon Valley alumni lured back to China by the promise of a brighter future. His decision is emblematic of an unprecedented trend with disquieting implications for Valley stalwarts from Facebook Inc to Alphabet Inc's Google.

Gruss  said Meltdown was the more serious problem in the short term but could be decisively stopped with software patches. Spectre, the broader bug that applies to nearly all computing devices, is harder for hackers to take advantage of but less easily patched and will be a bigger problem in the long term, he said. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/security-flaws-put-virtually-all-phones--computers-at-risk-9830532