Factualities for August 28, 2019
August 28, 2019
Summer is coming to an end. But the flow of undocumented, slightly crazy statistics continues.
Our crazy number of the week is:
33. Number of counts of theft and attempted theft leveled at Xoogler Anthony Levandowski, the self driving car wizard. Source: New York Times
Other factualities we noted are:
3. Number of unicorns in Japan. Source: Financial Times (pay walled, you lucky reader)
22. Number of regions for Amazon AWS’ 69 availability zones. (No, we don’t know what regions and zones are either.) Source: Infoq
70. The percentage of the total crypto market Bitcoin has. Source: Next Web
74. The percentage of streaming video sessions throttled by AT&T. Source: Engadget
2,000. Number of surveillance cameras from unauthorized vendors in use by the US government. Source: Forbes
4,100. Number of unsafe or recalled product listings on Amazon. Source: Arstechnica
20,000. Size of the police case backlog created after a cyber security firm found its cyber security system breached. Source: Inquirer
30,000. Number of devices US Customs and Border Patrol searched without a warrant in 2018. Source: TechCrunch
501,000. The number of “fewer jobs” the US has. We think this means, more people out of work or just chilling with their mobiles. Source: AP
21.6 million. The number of fake accounts Microsoft LinkedIn has block in the first six months of 2019. Source: Geekwire
57 million. Number of people in the US living with a disability. Are those mobile apps accessible? Source: Next Web
$100 million. Number of probable downloads of the malware dropper Android CamScanner from the Google Play Store. Source: Bleeping Computer
$150 million. Cost of electricity to power the new Cray super computer for five years. Source: The Next Platform
12 trillion. The number of transistors on a new chip specifically designed for artificial intelligence/machine learning. Slashdot
Stephen E Arnold, August 28, 2019
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