Hacker News on 3 January 2018

• Reading privileged memory with a side-channel
• Intel Confronts Potential ‘PR Nightmare’ With Reported Chip Flaw
• NSA’s top talent is leaving because of low pay, flagging morale, unpopular reorg
• Intel Responds to Security Research Findings
• Serious Intel CPU bugs (2016)
• After beating cable lobby, Colorado city moves ahead with muni broadband
• Spotify files for its IPO
• GIMPS Project Discovers Largest Known Prime Number
• HDR Photography in Microsoft Excel (2017) [video]
• Why the U.S. Spends So Much More Than Other Nations on Health Care