Science
China’s Cybersecurity Law comes into effect on June 1 – that’s today. If you hadn’t a clue about this new law, you’re not alone. Tons of business and finance people didn’t know too, either wasn’t being informed or simply don’t care. In fact, experts are as confused as the Chinese authorities who have little information […]
... written on Jun 01 2017United States has deployed not one, not two, but three aircraft carriers toward the Korean peninsula. While it is rare for the U.S. military to deploy two carriers in the same region at the same time, it is almost unheard of to have three aircraft carriers in close proximity to each other. What does Trump […]
... written on May 31 2017Do you know that May 22 is also known as “Bitcoin Pizza Day”? It was the date where Laszlo Hanyecz, a programmer, successfully traded his 10,000 units of digital currency bitcoin (BTC) for 2 Papa John’s pizzas. He posted on a bitcoin forum page – “I just want to report that I successfully traded 10,000 […]
... written on May 23 2017Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder and the world’s richest man, never got a college degree. Not that he cares, but getting a degree wasn’t his priority when most students would be fighting tooth and nail to get into Harvard. He met fellow student Steve Ballmer at Harvard. Unlike Ballmer who stayed and graduated, Gates left […]
... written on May 17 2017Just minutes before House lawmakers were scheduled to vote on the Republican healthcare plan; House Speaker Paul Ryan called off the vote. Apparently, Republicans did not have enough votes (20 votes shy of the minimum 216) to pass the bill, which would have replaced former President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare. But what […]
... written on Mar 27 2017When Marty McFly was sent 30 years into the future in “Back to the Future Part II,” he arrived in a time when where there were hover-boards zipping around, people wore self-lacing shoes and flying cars were the norm. The date was Oct. 21, 2015. Now that we’re already in 2017, there is none of […]
... written on Mar 24 2017The annual meeting of 20 finance ministers from the world’s top 20 leading economies this year has raised millions of eyebrows. The traditional scripts would normally see a pledge supporting globalization and free trade, while opposing all forms of tariffs and rejecting protectionism. Just when globalists and liberalists expect the leaders to stand up, they […]
... written on Mar 20 2017There’re a lot of dishonest business owners out there. We’re not talking about a small family-owned restaurant. We’re talking about multi-billion dollar revenue fast food chain such as Subway Restaurants. Business has been bad that while Subway opened 911 new locations in the U.S. in 2015, it closed 877. Its revenue dropped 4.3% to US$1.11 […]
... written on Mar 02 2017This is not a new discovery, but a gradual realization. How would you answer if your kids ask how many continents are there on planet Earth? You might answer seven – Africa, Asia, Australia, Antarctica, Europe, North America and South America. But if you’re a geologist, you might answer six because Europe and Asia are […]
... written on Feb 17 2017The beauty of Malaysia version of Islam is its perfect definition of “halal (permissible)” and “haram (forbidden)”. Unlike other Arab nations, including Saudi Arabia, Malaysia is perhaps the only Muslim country on planet Earth which consistently conducts its own R&D (research and development) to enrich its encyclopaedia of halal and haram. Last week, in […]
... written on Feb 13 2017
