Paul Graham: Let in the programmers, but not the lawyers, bankers, doctors
Paul Graham in his latest treatise argues that the USA should allow more foreign tech workers into the country.
Econtalk: Artificial Intelligence still not that intelligent
Progress on artificial intelligence as we know it today is almost all the result of brute force and not actual intelligence.
N reasons why the spooks love Tribler
Great security analysis of promises-to-make-bittorrent-anonymous app Tribler
Apple Pay: 4 lessons Bitcoin needs to learn
Apple Pay launched in the US on October 20, 2014, and has been doing very well. 1 million cards added in the first 3 days. In the first 3 weeks, just one me...
Umbrella Movement: Legality versus Morality
Can contravention of the law be justified on moral grounds?
Why Apple Watch needs the iPhone
Apple has done it again. It’s taken a product category filled for decades with failed products that saw little success even among dedicated nerds and re-inve...
Hong Kong helpers: low pay isn't racism
There is racism in Hong Kong towards domestic helpers. It's not because of the pay.
Racism in Hong Kong
You don’t move to a foreign country where most people look different than you and stay for very long if you can’t put up with mild racism. I always expected...
Bitcoin's end game
I had the good fortune to (literally) travel around the world last month with multiple stops in the USA, Europe and Asia talking with customers and friends a...
Bitcoin exchanges' SSL more secure than banks'
In case you’ve been living in a cave, a major security flaw was found in the security software that powers more than two-thirds of the Internet’s secure webs...
How English Killed Bitcoin
Mt. Gox finally died and may be taking Bitcoin with it. Cause of death? English. Here’s how:
Secrets Revealed on China Mobile iPhone Launch Day
Today, Apple officially kicked off their alliance with China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile carrier with almost 800 million subscribers. While mainstream...
5 problems with Uber in China and why I love it!
Many of us in the Hong Kong tech community have followed the Uber closely from afar - watching with jealousy as our friends in the valley and NYC tweet about...