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The International Champions Cup is slated for its sixth tournament this summer, and it is shaping up to be the largest one yet. The annual showcase of European teams as they go through their preseasons will feature 18 teams from six leagues, SI.com has learned. According to The New York Times , the competition will be played in tandem with a women's event, the first of its kind. Manchester City, PSG and the NWSL's North Carolina Courage are signed on, with a fourth team to be named. On the men's side, the Premier League's "Big Six" of Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Tottenham, Arsenal and Chelsea will all be making the trip. They'll be joined by La Liga's Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Sevilla; Bundesliga stalwarts Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund; Serie A powers Juventus, Roma, AC Milan and Inter Milan; Ligue 1 champion-to-be PSG and Portugal's Benfica to make up the field that will play its matches across the Unit...

With such massive numbers, Pakistan has enormous potential, accompanied by ample challenges, when it comes to the online space. If we look at growth trends, more than 90% of this number came online in the past 4 years – mainly after the introduction of 3G and 4G technology – and it wouldn’t be entirely incorrect to say that our online ecosystem was not prepared for such massive adoption. For example, Pakistan had no cyber-crime laws until late 2016, our nation’s awareness about basics of internet such as identity theft, phishing, privacy, online harassment, scams and frauds etc. were non-existent and above all, we didn’t – and still don’t know how to productively use the internet. Against this backdrop and dirt cheap internet prices, the entire nation embraced the internet with nothing much to do online except to use the internet for basic telephony (voice and SMS) and social media. State of Social Media in Pakistan With a lawless online space – mainly due to limited capabil...