While Google employees push back against and lawmakers ask questions about a rumored version of its search engine for China — with censorship and blacklists for terms like human rights, democracy or protest built-in — The Intercept revealed more details about how it might actually work. According to its sources, a “Dragonfly” prototype was built […]
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Tesla offers ‘immediate’ Model 3 deliveries to boost sales numbers
Tesla is determined to burnish its Model 3 sales figures, and that means getting the EV into customers’ hands as quickly as possible — including through some unconventional methods. Electrek has learned that Tesla is emailing reservation holders promising “immediate delivery” of certain rear wheel drive Model 3s on a “first-come, first served basis.” It’s […]
Decoding the Numbers on Your Credit Card
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‘Ditch refugee institution, look at real numbers’: Netanyahu praises US for axing UNRWA funding
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has thrown his support behind the US decision to pull funding from the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), accusing the aid group of inflating the number of refugees it assists. Speaking at Yad Binyamin on Sunday, Netanyahu said UNRWA is “perpetuating” the plight of refugees and that by pulling funding, […]
Ryanair reveals its numbers are UP – as more flight cancellations across Europe revealed
Ryanair’s flight cancellations affected almost 200,000 passengers last month yet the figures don’t suggest the impact has been too negative. Impressively, the Irish carrier has revealed that its numbers are up, as it releases its July traffic statistics. It raised overall carryings last month by four per cent compared to July 2017, topping 13 million. […]
Valve leaks Steam game player counts; we have the numbers
Enlarge A recently discovered hole in Valve’s API allowed observers to generate extremely precise and publicly accessible data for the total number of players for thousands of Steam games. While Valve has now closed this inadvertent data leak, Ars can still provide the data it revealed as a historical record of the aggregate popularity of […]
TV’s the winner as record numbers join the crusade
A BBC source said: “This is the biggest TV World Cup ever. The last 15 days have produced some of the largest viewing figures – TV and online – in the last 10 years for the BBC. Millions across the country have tuned in to see England’s last-minute winner against Tunisia and their six-goal demolition […]
Weight loss: How many calories are in alcoholic drinks? SHOCKING numbers revealed
Weight loss is often a long and challenging process, with many dieters choosing to give up their favourite foods in favour of healthy, low-calorie options. But something that can prohibit weight loss is actually alcoholic beverages, with many drinks packing in hundreds of unnoticed calories. A recent survey by Finder.com revealed that two thirds of […]
Google I/O 2018 by the numbers
Google took us on a tour of the future during its annual I/O developers conference on Tuesday. The company debuted six new voices for its Assistant AI, rolled out a revamped News App, and showed off its new AR navigation system. Numbers, because how else would we measure progress? 6 new voices: Want to get […]
Equifax breach exposed millions of driver’s licenses, phone numbers, emails
Enlarge (credit: Smith Collection Gado/Getty Images) On May 7, executives of Equifax submitted a “statement for the record” to the Securities and Exchange Commission detailing the extent of the consumer data breach the company first reported on September 7, 2017. The data in the statement, which has also been shared with congressional committees investigating the […]