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US government removes Kaspersky from approved vendors list

Kaspersky Lab’s ongoing fears that it would lose US government contracts due to its alleged links with the Russian government have been realised. The Trump administration has removed the Moscow-based cyber security company from two lists of approved vendors covering…

Nap capsules pop up in sleep-deprived, overworked China

Nap capsules pop up in sleep-deprived, overworked China Image: VCG via Getty Images By Yi Shu Ng2017-07-12 09:22:14 UTC For a mere $1.50 per half hour, a new capsule napping service is beckoning to sleep-deprived workers in busy Chinese cities.…

Trump sued for blocking users on Twitter

The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University warned President Trump to stop blocking Twitter users. The freedom of speech organization sent the president a letter last month arguing that when Twitter is used by a President, it operates as…

Building “the switch” using machine learning

If you have been around algorithmic trading for a while you have probably heard some version of the “switch” concept. This is one of the holy grails of systematic trading, describing an ability to be able to change the way…