The news in numbers

THE KEY FIGURES DRIVING THE LATEST ISSUES AND TRENDS IN TECHNOLOGY.

7%

CHANCE THAT SPACEX FOUNDER AND TESLA BOSS, ELON MUSK, WILL MOVE TO MARS. HE’S MADE THE CLAIM SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE, BUT NEVER ATTACHED A FIGURE OF PROBABILITY TO IT. HE’D BETTER HURRY UP – SPACEX’S FIRST MARS MISSION IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR 2022.

100,000

NUMBER OF HOLOLENS HEADSETS THAT THE US ARMY IS EXPECTED TO BUY FROM MICROSOFT IN A US$480 MILLION DEAL. THE HEADSETS WILL BE USED FOR TRAINING AND LIVE COMBAT PURPOSES. “AUGMENTED REALITY TECHNOLOGY WILL PROVIDE TROOPS WITH MORE AND BETTER INFORMATION TO MAKE DECISIONS,” MICROSOFT SAYS.

$8.3 million

AMOUNT OF MONEY FACEBOOK HAS PLEDGED TO HELP TRAIN LOCAL JOURNALISTS IN THE UK – AND SO HELP COMBAT THE SPREAD OF “FAKE NEWS”. THE COMMUNITY NEWS PROJECT MONEY WILL BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE TRAINING OF JOURNALISTS.