Factualities for April 3, 2019

April 3, 2019

Believe ‘em or not. Each week we ask ourselves, “What happened to those students who received D grades in Statistics 101? We think we know.

< 1 percent. The percentage of criminalized money seized by investigators from the funds flowing through the international financial system. Source: BBC

2 percent. Percentage of carbon emissions for which Volkswagen says it is responsible. Source: One News Page

3. Number of stickers required to crash a Tesla’s smart software. The stickers must be placed on the road on which the vehicle is traveling. Source: Extremetech

Four. Number of beers per day required to stunt developing brain growth by 47 percent. Source: New Atlas

13. Number of languages in which the US census will collect data. Source: NPR

21 days. If Mr. Trump closes the border, Americans run out of avocados in three weeks. Source: Guardian

30. Number of video games China’s information authority has just approved. Source: Reuters

33 percent. Businesses which will not invest in smart software. Source: Digital Journal

50 percent. Percentage of third generation keyboards at Basecamp which have failed. Source: TechRepublic

50 percent. The percentage of the Sony smartphone workforce to be terminated by 2020. Source: Nikkei

51.2 percent. Ownership stake of Google in Burning Man. Source: MixMag

70 percent. Chromium’s share of Web browsers. Source: Samuel Maddock

83 percent. Percentage of people happy to work alongside robots and 78 percent “are ready to take on new roles.” Source: Computer Weekly

300. The maximum number of search results Google returns for a query. Source: Digital Reader

1,000. The number of Google professionals objecting to the composition of the Google ethics group for artificial intelligence. Source: Technology Review

$172,222. The amount of money Knight Capital lost per second during a 45 minute outage. Source: Hmmz.org

$117 million. Amount Intel has recently invested in 14 start ups. Source: Venture Beat

1.5 billion. Number of Gmail users. Daiji World

Stephen E Arnold, April 3, 2019

Written by Stephen E. Arnold · Filed Under Factualities, News

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