By Stu Hutson

On 6 May, the US stock market experienced a peculiar ‘minicrash’ when what seems to be a mishandled trading order temporary sent stocks plummeting. The dramatic episode on Wall Street underscores how small errors can substantially upset data-heavy systems, and deciphering the error afterward can be a seemingly impossible task. (Click here to continue reading)

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