An AI just beat top lawyers

The latest ‘man versus machine’ contest, conducted by legal AI platform LawGeex in the presence of law professors from Stanford University, Duke University School of Law, and University of Southern California. The contest pitted 20 experienced human lawyers against artificial intelligence (AI) technology  trained to evaluate legal contracts. AI with 94% accuracy beats human lawyers who just managed to achieve on an average 85% accuracy. The time taken by AI to complete the task was 26 minutes, while the human lawyers took 92 minutes on average.readmore@Mashable

Deep condolences for 1st female Super Star

Bollywood Veteran actress Sridevi, wife of producer Boney Kapoor, passed away late in the night reportedly due to cardiac arrest in Dubai at the age of 54. She suffered a cardiac arrest while she was taking a bath. She went with her family to attend her nephew Mohit Marwah's wedding in Dubai. Actor Sanjay Kapoor, Sridevi’s brother-in-law, told, “We are completely shocked. She had no history of a heart attack.” An autopsy has been conducted and a chartered flight has flown to Dubai to bring her body back to India. Her funeral will be held at Mumbai’s Pawan Hans in Juhu, Ville Parle. readmore@ET

1st T20I and Records: Ind Vs SA

India's winning streak is continued in South Africa after registering their 1st T20I win by 28 runs at the New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. Batting first, India posted their highest total of 203/5 runs and S.Dhawan scored (72/39), the fastest 50 against South Africa in T20Is by any Indian Cricketer. Whereas SA managed 175/9 while chasing.  Bhuvneshwar Kumar (5/24) becomes 2nd Indian bowler and  1st Indian pacer to take 5 wickets in T20I. He also became the 1st India pacer to take a five-wicket haul in all 3 formats. readmore@ICC

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India thrashes South Africa by 8 wickets in the 6th ODI

India thrashes South Africa by 8 wickets in the 6th ODI  at the SuperSport Park in Centurion to the conquer the series by 5-1. After losing the toss, the hosts were offered to bat 1st where they posted 204 in 46.5 overs. Shardul Thakur took (4/52) while Jasprit Bumrah took (2/24 ) and Yuzvendra Chahal (2/38). After a magnificent bowling presentation, skipper Virat Kohli (129*/99) led with the bat to help India complete the chase in just 32.1 overs. India is the 2nd country after Australia (who played a seven-match series in 2002) to beat the Proteas by 5-1 at their home in a bilateral ODI series. readmore@ICC

"Facebook is most evil company in the world," : Paytm Founder

On WhatsApp's payments feature, Paytm Founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma has said, "We are opening our banking system to the biggest of possible fraud." Sharma accused National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) of favoring foreign players as three-factor authentication is mandatory for all Indian payment players, then why not in case of WhatsApp. He thundered during an interview with CNBC, “Facebook isn’t just an evil company, it’s the most evil company in the world...Mark Zuckerberg is known for playing cheap business tactics. "You were talking about privacy problems a few days back in this country, but we are not talking about privacy problems in this case," he said. readmore@BloomBergQuint

Hackers stole $17 million from Russian banks

A central bank official said hackers stole more than 1 billion roubles ($17 million or ₹110 crore) from Russian banks using the Cobalt Strike security-testing tool (a security tool used to test the strength of an organization’s cyber defenses ) in 2017 but the hackers used it to attack banks in Russia and Europe. Central bank Deputy Governor Dmitry Skobelkin told in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk that 21 “waves of attacks” using Cobalt Strike had been recorded in 2017. “More than 240 credit organizations were hit by the attacks, 11 of which were successful. The amount stolen was more than 1 billion roubles,” he also said. readmore@HindustamTimes

Amazon rare job cuts at its headquarters

E-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc. is cutting several hundred corporate jobs from its Seattle headquarters and global operations. “As part of our annual planning process, we are making headcount adjustments across the company...small reductions in a couple of places and aggressive hiring in many others,” an Amazon spokesman said. “For affected employees, we work to find roles in the areas where we are hiring.” Currently, the company has 3,900 corporate jobs open in Seattle and 12,000 such positions open worldwide. The company continues hiring as Amazon’s global headcount stood at 566,000 in December,  66 percent higher than the last year.
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No guarantee of fulfilling Rajasthan budget announcement

Rajasthan government led by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has announced big budget ahead of the polls scheduled later this year. This Rajasthan gov. budget emphasises on ₹8,000-crore loan waiver for farmers (one-time crop loan waiver up to ₹50,000 for small and marginal farmers, exemption of Lagaan on land and constitution of Rajasthan state Farmers Debt Relief Commission for settlement of crop loans on merit basis),  ₹650 crore tax relief and ₹44,135 crore expenditure on social and community schemes. But according to News18, Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has reportedly said that fulfillment of the announced budget is not guaranteed. “People must trust BJP government’s track record,” Raje said. readmore@India

Priya Prakash Varrier: A new internet sensation

Malayalam actress Priya Prakash Varrier, whose wink, smile and the style of proposing a boy in a valentine special song clip 'Manikya Malaraya Poovi' from her debut Malayalam movie 'Oru Adaar Love' became an overnight sensation. This viral video song gathered more than 1.5cr. views on YouTube as of now. This movie is a romantic comedy film and is scheduled to release on 1st March 2018. watch@YouTube

India's 1st ever ODI series win in SA

India defeated South Africa by 73 runs in the 5th ODI at the St. George's Park in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday, to take an unassailable 4-1 lead in the 6-match series. India finally claimed his 1st ever ODI series win in South Africa. Rohit Sharma (115/126) runs inning helped India to set a challenging target of 275-run for the Proteas. Whereas Indian bowlers led by Kuldeep Yadav (4/57) and Hardik Pandya (2/30) bowled South Africa out for 201 in 42.2 overs. This is India's 9th consecutive bilateral ODI series win since January 2016.readmore@ICC