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 November 21, 2018
November 21, 2018
Believe ‘em or not.
- $1.17 million. Russian bank cash losses due to cyber attacks at Russian banks in the first eight months of 2018. Losses were down from $16.46 million in the same period in 2017. Source: Reuters
- 4,300. Number of blockchain start ups in the world. More than 200 are in Israel. Source: No Camels
- 35 million. Allegedly the number of US voter records for sale on the Dark Web. Source: TechRadar
- One. The number of Google pop up hardware stories in Bucktown, Illinois. Source: ABC 7 Chicago
- $2.2 billion. Size of the quantum computing market in 2025. Source: Site Pro News
- 33 percent. The percentage of university historians from ethnic minorities who experience discrimination. Source: Independent
Stephen E Arnold, November 21, 2018
Factualities for November 14, 2018
November 14, 2018
Believe ‘em or not. I am not the least suspicious of round numbers.
- 50 percent. Percent of WhatsApp users who do not know that Facebook owns the messaging application. Source: The Next Web
- $100 million amount PwC (a consulting firm) will spend on training employees who are self starters. Source: Techcrunch
- Less than one second. Time required to destroy a low end drone with a 50 kilowatt laser. (Your PowerPoint laser will be less than five milliwatts.) Source: Gizmodo
- One. Rank of the US in economic competitiveness. Source: Next Big Future
- Three years. How long an Apple iPhone will last. Source: Cult of Mac
- Six percent. Growth in global Internet access growth, which was down from 19 percent in 2017. Source: Technology Review
Stephen E Arnold, November 14, 2018
Factualities for November 7, 2018
November 7, 2018
Believe ‘em or not.
- 900 percent. Amount Facebook inflated its ad watching data. Source: Slashdot
- $390 billion. Size of the global cyber weapon market in 2014. Estimated growth rate: 4.4 percent. Source; Transparency Market Research
- 66 percent. Calculated segment of the US population which has
heard about software robots. Source: Pew - $1 billion. The amount Massachusetts Institute of Technology will spend for its Schwarzman College of Computing which will focus on artificial intelligence. Source: Digital Trends
- 2019. When Jeff Bezos will send tourists into space. Source: Recode
- $45 billion. Amount invested in Softbank’s Vision Fund. Source: Quartz
Stephen E Arnold, November 7, 2018
Factualities for October 31, 2018
October 31, 2018
Believe ‘em or not. More satisfying, symmetric numbers from assorted data mavens:
- 50 percent. The volume of government censor requests for censoring YouTube content.
Source: Inquisitr - 800. Number of spam accounts Facebook purged. Source: SFGate
- Zero. The number of times Google mentioned its Android operating system during its Made by Google 2018 keynote. Source: 9to5Google
- 40,000. Number of facial recognition cameras monitoring 11 million uighurs in China. Source: Business Insider
- 30 million. Number of DuckDuckGo searches delivered on one day in October 2018. By comparison, Google delivered only 3.5 billion daily searches. Source: Slashgear
- 111 million active profiles on Google Plus in 2015. (This number will soon be zero because consumer Google Plus has been killed off by lax security and possibly interesting management methods.) For a point of reference, Facebook has two billion active profiles or 18 times the traction of Google Plus. Source: CNet
Stephen E Arnold, October 31, 2018
Factualities for October 24, 2018
October 24, 2018
Believe ‘em or not, especially the nice, round, chubby numbers:
- 33 percent of US adults hit with identity theft. Source: DarkReading
- 45 out of 50 companies illegally void warranties for electronics. Source: Reddit.com
- 000000. Kanye West’s iPhone pass code. Graham Cluley
- $50,000 per hour. Cost of Flying the F 35 fighter aircraft for one hour.
Source: New York Times page A 19 October 12, 2018 - 29 million people. Number of individuals probably affected by the September Facebook breach. Source: Facebook
- 30 000. Number of US Department of Defense personnel records which may have been breached by hackers. Source: Cyberscoop
Stephen E Arnold, October 24, 2018
Factualities for October 17, 2018
October 17, 2018
Hey, hey, believe ‘em or not.
- 33 percent of US adults hit with identity theft. Source: DarkReading
- 45 out of 50 companies illegally void warranties for electronics. Source: Reddit.com
- 000000. Kanye West’s iPhone pass code. Source: Graham Cluley
- $50,000 per hour. Cost of Flying the F 35 fighter aircraft for one hour. Source: New York Times page A 19 October 12, 2018
- 29 million people. Number of individuals probably affected by the September Facebook breach. Source: Facebook
- 30 000. Number of US Department of Defense personnel records which may have been breached by hackers. Source: Cyberscoop
Beyond Search loves round numbers. So satisfyingly accurate-like.
Stephen E Arnold, October 17, 2018
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
Factualities for Wednesday, August 15, 2018
August 15, 2018
Believe these items or not. We found them interesting:
- China has built 350000 5G cell sites; the US, 30 000
Source: CNBC - Five billion videos are watched around the world each day, with the vast majority of viewers being between 18 and 49-years-old. Source: Express tabloid newspaper
- Americans are now spending 11 hours each day consuming media. Source: Quartz
- Criminal activities account for just 10 percent of Bitcoin transactions. DEA via CCN.com
- Google will lose $50 million or more in 2018 from Fortnite bypassing the Play Store. Source: Techcrunch
- Baltimore will pay a person $176,800 to maintain Lotus Notes. Source: Baltimore Sun newspaper
Real or fake? A question smart software will have to answer. We cannot.
Stephen E Arnold, August 15, 2018
Facebook Versus YouTube: Understanding 13 to 17 Year olds
June 1, 2018
I read “Teens Have Abandoned Facebook”. The source is the Daily Mail, and I believe everything I read in the British tabloid. What caught my attention was the big usage gap, if the data are accurate. A couple of highlights:
- In 2014, more than 70 percent of those 13 to 17 used Facebook. Today that usage figure is 51 percent. (Like most surveys, the nuts and bolts of the method are not provided.)
- Also, teens in the sample voted with their eyeballs. More than 80 percent use Alphabet Google’s YouTube.
- Finally, I learned that more than 90 percent of the 13 to 17 crowd own or have access to a smartphone, not a plain vanilla cheapo device. A smartphone.
The source of the data is the Pew outfit. Since I am not too interested in teenagers and their “usage patterns,” check out the write up.
Stephen E Arnold, June 1, 2018
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