News in Numbers
The number of guests who had their information compromised in a Marriott International Inc., data breach. The information included contact details, loyalty accounts and other personal details like gender and birthday.
The number of electronic devices that Chicago Public Schools will distribute to students to use at home during this period of remote learning. The school district has already distributed 65,000 laptops and tablets to students in need.
The number of minutes that it takes to get positive results from a new coronavirus test that was just approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week. Negative results take 13 minutes to produce.
The number of newly designed ventilators that the vacuum company, Dyson, has promised to the U.K. National Health Service. "This new device can be manufactured quickly, efficiently and at volume.”
The number of Americans that applied for unemployment benefits last week, a devastating reflection of the coronavirus pandemic’s financial impacts. It’s five times greater than the previous record from 1982.
The number of monthly users of the Weather Channel app, which has just released tracking and trending data down to a county level about COVID-19.
The number of U.S. students that are affected by school closures during the COVID-19 outbreak. To slow the spread of the virus, 118,000 schools in the U.S. have closed.
The proportion decrease of consumer interest that U.S. restaurants have experienced during the coronavirus outbreak and social distancing. Preference for take-out and delivery options have doubled and consumer interest in grocery stores has shot up 102 percent.
The amount of money that the Golden Gate Bridge is losing daily amidst the shelter-in-place order that has been enacted in California’s Bay Area and the state as a whole. The Bay Area Regional Transit has also seen ridership loss that accounts for $37 million per month.
The amount that Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has set aside for a small business recovery loan fund, to help businesses struggling from the financial impacts of the coronavirus.
The probable last time that the California state Legislature had to unexpectedly recess. California’s session was suspended on Monday after approving $1 billion in state funding to be put towards the coronavirus.
The number of driver and ID cards that met the Real ID standards, as last reported by the Department of Homeland Security. Three House Democrats have requested that the Oct. 1, 2020 deadline to acquire a Real ID be delayed.
The amount of commission fees the collection of which GrubHub will temporarily suspend to provide relief to restaurants that are financially impacted by COVID-19.
The proportion market loss that bitcoin endured last Thursday in response to coronavirus fears. Known for its high volatility, Thursday’s loss was the largest daily loss in nearly seven years for the cryptocurrency.
The number of years since Boston Dynamics released initial videos of their robots, which were just barely able to walk. A decade later and Boston Dynamics robots are able to run, jump and flip in a very human-like manner.
The expanded number of paid leave days that full-time employees of corporate-owned McDonald’s restaurants will now receive after the fast food company altered its policy in response to COVID-19. “As we proactively monitor the impact of the coronavirus, we are continuously evaluating our policies to provide flexibility and reasonable accommodations.”
The proportion of survey respondents who had not heard about 5G network rollout. Of the respondents who had, 19 percent of iPhone owners believed that they already had a 5G device, though Apple has not yet released a 5G iPhone.
The proportion of total workers that could work from home if needed, based on federal stats about who did (and got paid for it) during 2017-2018.
The estimated number of selfies taken on the campaign trail by Elizabeth Warren before she suspended her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.
The amount of time that “fleets,” or fleeting tweets, will last on Twitter. The social media company introduced these ephemeral tweets as a way to appeal to users who are leery of the public and permanence of normal tweets. The “fleets” will parallel Instagram and Facebook “stories” which only last for a 24-hour period. Twitter will test this model, beginning in Brazil.
The number of Amazon employees among its 55,000 Seattle headquarters staff who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus as the COVID-19 outbreak continues to spread in the U.S.
The number of additional Chicago police officers that will be deployed in trains and on platforms in hopes of combatting a recent crime spike on the city’s rail system. With the added officers, there will be a total of 250 police officers assigned to the Mass Transit Unit as well as 32,000 cameras installed on trains, buses, rail stations and other parts of Chicago Transit Authority’s property.
The proportion of Americans who do not want Internet companies to share user information with political campaigns to target digital ads to certain voters, a Gallup poll discovered. Fifty-nine percent of those surveyed also said that websites should show political ads as long as who paid for the ad, how much the ad cost and who the ad is targeting are disclosed.
The amount that the Federal Communications Commission is fining telecom companies, like T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon, finding that they broke federal law by sharing customer geolocation data without the necessary consent. Critics contend the sanctions are just “a set of comically inadequate fines that won’t stop phone companies from abusing Americans’ privacy the next time they can make a quick buck.”
The proportion of state and local government IT/security professionals who reported that their cybersecurity budget has not changed even though cyberattacks have increased in the past year.
The amount that Google wants to invest in offices and data centers across the nation throughout 2020. “These investments will create thousands of jobs … and opportunities in local businesses in surrounding towns and communities.”
The total loss of the combined market capitalization of Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, and Facebook due to the new coronavirus. Apple and Microsoft each saw losses of approximately $60 billion.
The number of days the average public transportation commuter will spend each year sitting on a bus or train (over 400 hours). A report analyzed 30 U.S. metropolitan areas across the nation and found that Boston, Mass., had the best transit system.
Roughly half of Gen Z Republicans say they think the government should be doing more to solve problems, compared with 38 percent of millennial Republicans and 29 percent of Gen Xers.
The number of records that have been exposed over the past two years due to cloud misconfigurations, which have cost nearly $5 trillion. Forty-one percent of the total breaches were of tech companies, while government agencies made up 10 percent.