Hedge funds turn to dark web for an edge
Financial News
Is the dark web fair game? Hedge funds are faced with legal and ethical dilemmas as they consider the dark web as a source of alpha. Read More
Sequencing the data scientist genome
WatersTechnology
The data scientist is today what the developer was in the 80s and 90s. Elusive, in high demand and critical to capital markets. Read More
A future full of black boxes
Institutional Investor
AI investing will perform better as it matures but its processes will become more complex and opaque to human operators. The question is: Does one outweigh the other? Read More
The economics of quantitative investing
The Market Mogul
It’s simple economics, really: Machines are less expensive than humans, giving quant funds the opportunity to reform fee structures. Read More
Privacy complaint made against Google
The Washington Post
Google hits a snag on its journey to connect online and brick-and-mortar transactions: an FTC investigation. Read More
A primer on the data collected by cars
The New York Times
Your car already collects a ton of information about you — from texts to fuel consumption to driving habits. But who owns all the data and where does it go? Read More
The marriage of AI and satellite data
Hyperallergic
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are using satellite imagery to predict the median household income in some neighborhoods. The program might be a bit whimsical but the concept is there. Read More
The devil wears Prada and understands data
The Economist
Fashion forecasting is big business. Firms like Inditex and H&M are betting on data-driven analysis to help predict the next major trends. Read More