Factualities for February 13, 2019
February 13, 2019
Data, data everywhere. The joy of two much data and analysis paralysis thrills anyone who revels in “real” facts. Professors of statistics, however, may not be amused.
$80 billion. The cost of poor customer service in 2018. Source: IBM
$2 billion. The amount IBM is “betting” to improve the hardware used for artificial intelligence by 1,000 times. What happened to quantum computing? DarkCyber does not know. Source: HPC Wire
164. The number of times faster IBM cloud functions can perform 100,000 forecasts. Source: IBM
$79. The amount each iPhone user spent on apps in 2018. Source: TechCrunch
$70 million. The cost of romance fraud to victims looking for love. Source: Sky News
10 percent. Percentage of a sample of “respondents” who said they have dated a person to gain access to that individual’s Netflix account. Source: Boy Genius Report
32 percent. Percentage of Canadian seafood samples mislabeled; that is, fish marked as sea bass could have been catfish. Source: University of Guelph
Six. The number of cancer types a single drug successfully treats. Source: London Economic
16,000. Number of flaws in the software for Google Chrome discovered by the science club inspired tool called Clusterfuzz. Source: Google
84 percent. The percentage of people in the UK between the ages of 18 and 24 use the Internet as their primary source of news. Source: Dark Web News
288,000,000. The square footage Amazon’s warehouses, offices, retail spaces, and data centers occupy. Source: The Atlantic
$85,000,000. The amount Google earns per day in profit. Source: IT Pro Portal
33 percent. The percentage of “news” produced by Bloomberg’s automated editorial system. Source: The envious New York Times
Stephen E Arnold, February 13, 2019
Factualities for February 6, 2019
February 6, 2019
Did you pay attention in Statistics 101? If you did, some of these data may bring back recollections about what’s required for valid outputs. Test your knowledge.
$13 billion. The amount of revenue Apple generated fro China in the last 12 weeks. The number is 27 percent lower than the number reported one year ago for the comparable quarter. Source: CNBC
$7.37. Facebook’s average revenue per user. This number is up 19 percent year on year. Source: CNBC
$22.4 billion. The amount of money raised by startups in the San Francisco Bay area in 2018. Startups in the rest of the US raised $24.9 billion. Source: Crunchbase
6 hours, 42 minutes. The average amount of time an individual spends online every day. The total time spent online per year is more than 100 days. Source: Metro
356. The number of Iran linked Facebook accounts removed from the service. The reason? “Coordinated inauthentic behavior.” Source: Facebook
24,500. The number of injection drug users in San Francisco. Source: Marginal Revolution
4.3 million. The number of times Google Play apps facilitating malicious apps were downloaded. Source: Arstechnica
267,000. The number of DirecTV subscribers lost by AT&T after a $5 price hike. Source: Motherboard
20 percent. The percentage of “people” in the world who believe the economic system is working for them. Source: Palladium Magazine
Fourth place. The rank of Iran’s cyber army in size among world powers. Source: IDG
1,580. Number of counterfeiting arrests the US Secret Service made in 2018. Source: LA Times
$17.9 billion. The cost of revenues for Google in 2018. The number is up 26 percent year on year. Source: CBR Online
Stephen E Arnold, February 5, 2019
Factualities for January 30, 2019
January 30, 2019
Numbers are everywhere. Believe these outputs or not.
- One. The number of autonomous vehicles required to output the same amount of data as 3,000 non autonomous humans. Source: The New York Times
- $21.2 million. The amount spent by Google on its DC centric lobbying in 2018. Source: Thomson Reuters
- 57 percent. The percentage of the population trusting non governmental organizations. Source ZDNet
- 90 percent. The percentage of VPN applications compromising user security and privacy. Source: Trusted Reviews which we trust, right?
- $3.1 million. Funding Google has provided to Wikipedia. Google’s total funding of Wikipedia in the last 10 years has reached $75. million tax deductible dollars. Source: Wired
- 81 percent. The percentage of Amazon’s facial recognition systems’ accuracy. Source The New York Times
- Number five. The rank of Apple among smartphone vendors in China. Source: Macrumors
- 50 percent. The number of fake Facebook users. Source: Zerohedge
- $1.27 billion. amount spent by mobile users for the top 10 video streaming apps in 2018, a 62 percent increase. Source: Sensor Tower
- Four percent. The percentage of Monero mined by bots in 2018. Source: ZDNet
- 57 percent. The percentage of Netflix subscribers who would quit the service if Netflix ran commercials. Source: Net Imperative
- $60 billion. Amount of money Apple spent with American manufacturers in 2018. Source: Apple Insider
Stephen E Arnold, January 30, 2019
Factualities for January 23, 2019
January 23, 2019
Statistics, statistics—More plentiful than snowflakes. Believe these or not.
- 8,600. The number of molly tabs a drug dealer in Tacoma, Washington, had in his possession. Source: The News Tribune
- 16 million. The number of US households receiving over-the-air TV. Source: TechCrunch
- $56 million. The amount of “dark net market” transactions in a single month. Source: Reuters
- 77 million. The number of Americans who talk to their vehicles. Source: Recode
- $500 million. The amount Microsoft is “providing” to address housing issues in Seattle. Source: Quartz
- 773,000,000. Number of email addresses offered for sale. Source: Wired
- $1 billion. The amount Disney lost in 12 months with its video streaming endeavors. Source: CNBC
- 20 to 40 percent. The percentage price increase for Tesla recharges. Source: The Verge
- 74 percent. The percentage of Facebook users in a Pew sample who did not know that Facebook keeps track of user interest and clicks in order to sell ads. Source: TechCrunch
Stephen E Arnold, January 23, 2019
Factualities for January 16, 2018
January 16, 2019
Data are everywhere. And we know that the information in nuggets is credible, accurate, and essential for making decisions quickly. What’s wrong with using factualities? Nothing. Absolutely solid gold in each item.
One hour. The lead time a pilot has when relying on IBM Watson to predict turbulence. Now for horse races. Source: Jim Harris
100,000. The number of times spyware is downloaded from the Google Play service. Source: Digit.in
$3.7 million. Amount generated by a hacking group using the Ryuk ransomware. Source: Ars Technica
100. The number of types of inappropriate content banned by Chinese authorities. Source: Financial Times with a pay wall to make the factoid more valuable.
244. Number of secret Netflix categories. Source: Netflix Codes
$11. Cost of a training program which will teach you to do well on a programming interview. Source: Next Web
$17,164 per hour. The cost to run 2.5 million AWS HPC Tasks using 40,000 EC2 Spot Instances for 8 hours. Source: Jeff Barr, Amazon guru
48 percent. In 96 months, the growth of people viewing television over-the-air. Source: Techcrunch
Ah, crunchy factualities. Good for the mobile decision maker. Tasty too.
Stephen E Arnold, January 16, 2019
Factualities for January 9, 2019
January 9, 2019
The New Year is off to a calculating start. Here are some factualities gathered when some people were watching balls dropped, corks popped, and snacks snacked.
20 percent. Percentage of Americans who think they have a food allergy. 10 percent do. Source: Neuro Science News
Four percent. Percentage of ride hailing users who take the service once a week. Source: Pew Research
75 percent. Percentage of venture capital firms with zero female partners. Source: Recode
1000 times bigger. The size of the virtual reality market compared to the augmented reality market. Evidence presented? None. Source: TechCrunch
5 million. Number of passport records Marriott lost to hackers. Source: Wall Street Journal pay wall
200 million. Number of smartphones Huawei shipped in 2018. Source: Android Central
100 million. Number of Amazon Alexa devices sold. In what interval, The Verge doesn’t include those data.
More than the GDP of Iceland. Amazon’s R&D spending for 2019. Source: Quartz
$22 million. Amount a seven year old made on YouTube in 2018. Source: Next Web
24 frames per hour. The speed of the very slow movie player. Source: Digital Reader
Looks like 2019 has numerical momentum.
Stephen E Arnold, January 9, 2019
Factualities, January 2, 2019
January 2, 2019
Anyone can create facts. How about these “factualities” for the second day of the new year?
1,000,000. The number of Web sites allegedly seized by the US government. The data suggest lawyers are often iffy in the math department. Source: TechDirt
58 million. The number of YouTube videos removed by Google in the third quarter of 2018. Engadget
101 million dollars. The amount Dataiku, a French outfit, has raised for its collaborative data science platform. Two points: That’s a hefty sum for French Silicon Valley type companies. And Dataiku has some Dassault Exalead alums. Source: Techcrunch
150+. The number of companies to which Facebook allegedly gave user data. Source: Slashdot
75 percent. The number of artists whose work is in US museums. Source: Technology Review
90 percent. Spam calls made in India by telecom companies. Source: Quartz
300 percent. The amount by which spam calls grew in 2018. Source: Verge
20 percent. The percentage of US adults who get their news from social media. Source: Pew Research
49 percent. The relative number of cloud databases which are online but not encrypted. Source: Dark Reading
46 percent. Percentage of organizations surveyed by Tata, an Indian services firm, which have implemented artificial intelligence. Source: Venture Beat
21. Number of Google self driving autos attacked in Arizona. Source: Business Insider
80 percent. The number of Bitcoin wallets which hold less than $100. Source: Next Web
I want to start the new year with a renewed commitment to believe almost everything I read on the Internet.
Stephen E Arnold, January 2, 2018
Factualities for December 26, 2018
December 26, 2018
Accurate data are everywhere on the Interwebs. Here’s a selection of rock solid factoids for your consideration. Believe ‘em or not.
1,700. Number of voice recording Amazon sent to a random person. Source: Threat Post
31. Number of major scandals in which Facebook was involved. Source: Buzzfeed
1. The number of requests from Slovakia’s government to Apple for help unlocking an Apple device. Source: Apple
1. Number of Microsoft products in wide use among Googlers. What’s the product? Visual Studio Code. Source: CNBC
11. Number of shirt buttons equipped as spying devices requested by the US embassy in Frankfurt, Germany. Source: Russia Today
1,000 dollars. The amount one would have to pay a Facebook user to quit the service. BoingBoing
Stephen E Arnold, December 26, 2018
Factualities for December 19, 2018
December 19, 2018
Real data are hard to come by. We have selected a handful of thrilling items of information which underscore the level of analytic excellence reported today.
One. The number of delivery robots which burst into flames on the
UC Berkeley campus. Source: Business Insider60 billion. Number of chickens killed each year for food. Source: Metro
50 percent. Of the top 10 top apps in the Apple Apps Store, half are from China.
Source: Sensortower$4.6 billion write off. Source: Bloomberg
100. Number of people Google has working on its Chinese search engine which is not really a thing yet. Source: Recode
$7532. Amount Google fined for its failure to comply with Russian law pertaining to search. Source Inquirer
168. Number of mules used to move counterfeit currency from Point A to Point B in Europe. Note: These are humans, not four legged beasties. Security Week
58 million. Number of videos YouTube removed for violating “community guidelines” in the last 12 weeks. 2018. Source: The Hill
Stephen E Arnold, December 18, 2018
Factualities for December 12, 2018
December 12, 2018
Remember Statistics 101. I even kept my textbook. But in today’s zip line world where the trips are often controlled and surrounded by fluffy polystyrene, looking at hard “real” facts can be fun. Believe ‘em or not:
- $1.25 million US. The amount Google pays a 14 year old developer who resides in India. Source: Rexcharles Blog
- 70 percent cost reduction. Savings reported by FBI after moving its Counterterrorism Division data to Amazon Web Services. Source: Sociable.co
- 2 to 1. The rate at which AMD cpus allegedly outsold Intel CPUs in Germany. Source: Inquirer
- 100 million. Number of accounts at Quora (which has questions and answers about security) lost in security breach. Source: Quora
- $22 million. How much a seven year old makes on YouTube.Source: BBC
- Four. The number of currency counting machines broken during counting of $31 million in paper currency was seized from a Chinese home. Source: Lithub
- 24 number of Amazon workers harmed when robot broke open a container of bear repellent. Source: Futurism
- 87. the percentage of US corporations which have “immature” analytics. Source: Gartner (an outfit which is good with numbers most of the time)
- 47.17. The percentage of Android devices with malware. Source: Express
Stephen E Arnold, December 12, 2018
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