Factualities for September 26, 2018
September 26, 2018
Believe ‘em or not:
- 58 million. The number of new jobs artificial intelligence will create by 2022. Source: Forbes
- 183.9. The top speed a woman reached riding a bicycle. Source: National Public Radio
- 55 percent of millennials prefer learning via YouTube. 59 percent of Generation Z prefer learning via YouTube. Source: Axios
- 71 percent. The percentage of startups in Israel focusing on business to business applications based on artificial intelligence. Source: Forbes
- 557,000. Number of backlogged US security clearances in the last 90 days. Source: FAS.org
- $783. Average monthly p9ayment of an Uber or Yelp driver in 2017. Source: Technology Review
- 2.0 billion euros. Amount raised by startups in France in the first six months of 2018. Amount raised in same period in 2017: 2.6 billion euros. Source: Bloomberg
- Everyone. The number of people Twitter will ask about its policy changes. Techcrunch.
Yep, numbers one can trust. Like “everyone.”
Stephen E Arnold, September 26, 2018