Only 25% of organizations are using artificial intelligence (AI) in their businesses today. Why? Custom AI-enabled solutions are expensive to build, as talented data scientists are a hot commodity today and don’t come cheap. Top performers can easily command over $250,000 in annual salary, which seriously makes us question the money we wasted invested in […]
Our job is to stay on top of the latest tech trends, understand and explain them to our audience simply, assess their investability, and then figure out pure-play ways to invest in them. That job becomes a whole lot easier when you quickly realize a thesis is total shite. Take initial coin offerings (ICOs) which […]
We spend a lot of time looking at what investors are searching for to determine what themes they’re interested in. Some of the findings are insightful. For example, people always search for why a stock is falling, but never ask why it’s rising. That’s because the pain of losing is psychologically about twice as powerful […]
The headlines for data breaches are becoming more and more over-the-top each year. From the Swedish Transport Agency that leaked the sensitive details of undercover agents, military vehicles, and pretty much everything else under the sun in 2015, to the Equifax data leak that led to the exposure of sensitive information (like social security numbers, […]
“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that,” said the American philosopher George Carlin. If your job involves cybersecurity, it’s not just the stupid ones you need to watch out for. Even the most intelligent individuals in your organization can fall prey to the cunning attacks […]
Quantum computing technology is like CBD. We’re told it’s this great wonderful thing that will solve all these problems, but nobody can actually tell if it’s working. That’s why we traveled to Vancouver, Canada to learn How Quantum Computing Software Gets Built by speaking with Landon Downs, Co-founder and President of one of the world’s […]
Investing in some technology themes isn’t so straightforward. Take bitcoin for example. The simplest way is to just go buy some bitcoin and then not sleep well ever again. Or you can invest in a bitcoin ETF which we’ll be taking a look at in a future article, or several “bitcoin stocks” you should definitely […]
Many tech newsletters you’ll find in your inbox these days think the availability of funding is what keeps entrepreneurs from succeeding. “Disadvantaged Group X has only received Y% of venture capital funding,” you’ll hear them say, stamping their feet and demanding that you fund entrepreneurs on some criteria other than their potential to succeed. Take […]
Data isn’t just increasing in quantity; it’s also growing in complexity. Data lakes are now replacing data warehouses. All your online activities now generate unstructured “data exhaust” that’s being mined by sophisticated machine learning algorithms for insights. However, due to increasing data breaches and privacy concerns, regulators have adopted stringent rules and regulations on how […]
It’s been over a year now since our foreign correspondents were roaming the globe – from Nauru to Saudi Arabia – scouting some of the world’s most exciting startups, many of which are flying under the radar. In fact, we found entire countries flying under the radar, like Indonesia’s chatbots and big data, or New […]