Factualities for March 6, 2019
March 6, 2019
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1,600. The amount of horsepower in the Koenigsegg Jesko. Source: CNet
1,600. Number of Teslas held in Chinese customs. Sources: Caixing Global
28 days. The average life of a scooter in Louisville, Kentucky. The interval is almost as long as Google’s commitment to high speed Internet in the city. Source: Oversharing
36. The number of months Moldovan developers reported flows of misinformation and fake news to Facebook. Facebook took action in February 2019. Source: Buzzfeed
23 million. Number of times Chinese nationals with a low social credit (social behavior) score were stopped from buying train or airplane tickets. Source: AP
40 percent. Number of artificial intelligence start ups in Europe which are not involved in AI. Source: The Inquirer
45 percent. The percentage of Americans who have had a brother or sister, parent, spouse or child spend time in jail or prison. Source: Cornell University
32 billion. Number of “compromised credentials” in the SpyCloud database. Source: Venture Beat
18 percent. Percentage of minors in Facebook’s for-pay monitoring service. Source: TechCrunch
$23 million. Incentives to be paid to Amazon has to take “a certain amount” of office space in the once thriving Crystal City complex. Source: Washington Post
43. The number of patents Apple was granted on January 1, 2019. Source: Patently Apple
70,000. Number of Chromecasts seized by hackers to promote PewDiePie. Source: Android Authority
Stephen E Arnold, March 6, 2019
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