The dynamic nature of the digital universe must be taken into account. Every new protection technique spawns a new hacking technique designed to get through it. Countries and businesses must always be a step ahead of them in order to beat cybercriminals.The dynamic nature of the digital universe must be taken into account. Every new …
Youngsters grow up without icons to emulateNot exactly shining examples for our young people to emulate, are they? This week, we had an Opposition Member of Parliament biting into a raw fish at a media conference. That went viral. Last week, we saw several Cabinet Ministers involved in black magic, throwing enchanted clay pots into …
Get away from frivolous matters “Was Kamala Harris’ grandfather a Sri Lankan?” That’s one of the key items trending on Sri Lankan social media these days. Not just among teenagers, but among educated Sri Lankans.Sri Lankans love to digress from reality and venture into a fantasy world. Right now, too many educated Sri Lankans are …
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There’s a lot of global power play in South Asia these days. India, China, the US… and now we are likely to have a new global US doctrine with a change in the White House. Sri Lanka hasn’t played the global investment game very well. That’s because we keep confusing economics with geopolitics. Investors want …
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More than seven months after Sri Lanka’s first Covid lockdown, are the country’s state and private sectors better prepared to work from home (WFH) than before? How do we compare with global trends and have we adopted the new technologies that other nations are using?There are now renewed hopes that a vaccine is only a …