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Cybercriminals and cybersecurity are a cat-and-mouse pair. Only that at different times they keep swapping their roles. This week, I am listing 12 use cases for AI to prevent cybercrime. Classification problems (categorical target variable)  1. Real-Time Anomaly and Attack Detection in Large-Scale Network Flow Data A security operations centre monitors enterprise network traffic, generating…

You know exactly what you should do. You even want to do it. Yet somehow you don’t. Instead, you check your phone, rearrange your desk, make another cup of tea, or convince yourself you’ll start tomorrow. Why? That is procrastination. But why does it happen? I have had my own struggles with personal productivity over the years. Interestingly,…

The 16th India-Japan Annual Summit, held in New Delhi, advanced the Special Strategic and Global Partnership by establishing a 16-point roadmap for economic security, artificial intelligence, and energy resilience. The summit solidified mutual defence ties and set an ambitious target of 10 trillion Yen ($ 68 Billion) in Japanese investment to establish India as a…

This week’s edition looks at what it really means to build a life in America. A landmark Supreme Court ruling settled a question that mattered to thousands of Indian immigrant families. An Indian-American CEO marked the country’s 250th birthday with an extraordinary pledge to its children. And four Indian-born achievers were recognised among America’s greatest…

Prime Minister Takaichi is in India for her first visit since coming to power with an overwhelming majority earlier this year. No post-war Japanese prime minister has enjoyed a stronger lower-house mandate than she does today. India shared a close relationship with Shinzo Abe; now it’s time to build an equally consequential one with his…

Scientists can make a cell from scratch now. That’s a useful tech for solving many global problems Nature took more than 500mn years to make the first cell, and a few billion to arrive at intelligence thereafter. But we humans have cobbled together both in fewer than 50. Of AI we needn’t say more, but…

This week, we are tracking: Chetan-Ketan-Siya saga: Can Indian parents learn to handle a no? Faith, cash and blind spots: Inside the Ram Mandir donation row India’s economy is running hot but watch the skies The New Cool War: Paris and Washington trade heated words over Acs The GOAT Cup: Messi, Mbappe, Ronaldo and the…

One of the beliefs of modern business management and management gurus is that ‘middle’ size entities both in Manufacture and Services and ‘middle’ management tiers will disappear over a period of time due to technology progress and intense competition which requires large Goliath size entities.  The very small businesses will remain but the ‘middle’ layer…

Over the past few weeks, India found its way to my desk from four different directions. First came the news from near Lohagad Fort in Maharashtra. Ketan Agarwal’s death during a trek was being investigated as murder. Then I saw a video from Jaipur. A son was allegedly assaulting his elderly father. Before I could…

Why do we believe in coincidence? Because we are suckers for drama There’s loss. And then there’s cruel fate. The two are completely different creatures. This duality is playing out in the post-mortem of World Cup exits, which draw no less passion than the wins. That Ivory Coast, DR Congo, and Senegal’s hopes of reaching…