Monthly Archives: July 2022

Web scraping and purchasing data sets — the easiest way to get your hands on the world’s most valuable commodity

Today, a growing number of businesses collect public web data through what is commonly known as “web scraping”, in order to gather actionable insights, in real time, deep down into the markets they serve for their customers.  Simply put, web scraping is the action of collecting web data from various website sources, whether it be…

Your motherboard could be infected with some seriously sneaky malware

Cybersecurity researchers from Qihoo360 and Kaspersky have warned some older motherboards could be infected with uniquely sneaky malware.  Motherboard malware, persistent threats usually known as UEFI rootkits, are particularly difficult to remove, as even wiping the hard drive doesn’t eliminate the threat.  This instance, which Qihoo360 dubbed Spy Shadow Trojan, and Kaspersky named CosmicStrand, was…

Veteran investor Jim Rogers predicts the worst bear market of his life, a brutal recession, and limited success for bitcoin. Here are his 10 best quotes from a new interview

Jim Rogers. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Jim Rogers is bracing for an epic stock-market crash and a painful recession. George Soros’ former partner sees the US dollar, energy, and agriculture as solid short-term bets. Rogers ruled out buying bitcoin, arguing governments won’t allow crypto to usurp fiat currencies. Jim Rogers warned a historic stock-market crash is on…

Odds of an economic recession are rising, but the stock market has already priced it in and found its bottom, JPMorgan says

A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, New York, U.S., March 3, 2020. Andrew Kelly/Reuters Odds of an economic recession in the US are on the rise as recent PMI data shows a drop in business activity, according to JPMorgan.But investors shouldn’t fret because the…

Russia faces ‘economic oblivion’ as Western sanctions continue to eat away at GDP, new study says

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his interview with the Russia-1 TV channel in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Friday, June 3, 2022. Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo/Associated Press A new study looked into the severe hit being absorbed by Russian GDP amid wartime sanctions from the…

The Banking Digital Trust Report 2021 Preview

Our second annual Banking Digital Trust survey polled digital banking users of the 10 largest US banks on which factors across six key dimensions—Security, Privacy, Reputation, Reliability, Ease of Use, and Feature Breadth—most influence their level of trust in their banks’ digital channels. We then asked respondents to rate their banks across each dimension to…

Pence’s ex-chief of staff Marc Short says there would have been a ‘massacre’ at the Capitol on January 6 if the ‘mob’ had been closer to the vice president

Then-White House legislative affairs director Marc Short (left) and then-Vice President Mike Pence arrive for a signing ceremony for the Veterans Affairs Mission Act in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, on June 6, 2018. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Marc Short says there would’ve been a “massacre” if rioters had gotten closer…