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- Meta and TikTok challenge fees paid to fund EU’s new DSA | Meta is objecting to loss-making companies paying nothing, while TikTok claims ‘flawed third party estimates’ were used to calculate its user numbers https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/8/24065809/meta-european-union-digital-services-act-monitoring-compliance-charge-challenge 2 comments technology
- ILO Report - 50 million people worldwide in modern slavery - Latest estimates show that forced labour and forced marriage have increased significantly in the last five years. https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_855019/lang--en/index.htm 17 comments worldnews
- Russia Spending an Estimated $900 Million a Day on Ukraine War https://www.newsweek.com/russia-spending-estimated-900-million-day-ukraine-war-1704383 2440 comments worldnews
- Netflix estimates 100 million households are sharing passwords and suggests a global crackdown is coming https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/19/netflix-warns-password-sharing-crackdown-is-coming.html 4773 comments technology
- Netflix Estimates ‘Squid Game’ Will Be Worth Almost $900 Million https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-17/squid-game-season-2-series-worth-900-million-to-netflix-so-far?srnd=premium 143 comments business
- Rent prices are almost certainly higher than the government's estimates https://pomp.substack.com/p/the-economic-data-cant-possibly-be 35 comments economy
- AMC and GME Short Interest Estimated https://finance.yahoo.com/m/1cd0d536-fd7c-3cf6-ae04-8e58061ec00c/amc-and-gamestop-lead-a-meme.html 7 comments wallstreetbets
- Quantifying badness: 538's Elo forecast estimates a 51% chance of the 1-4-1 Eagles winning the NFC East, where all 4 teams are in the bottom 12 of the skill ranking. https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/jehwsa/quantifying_badness_538s_elo_forecast_estimates_a/ 30 comments nfl
- Half of Indians may have had coronavirus by February, government panel estimates https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-india-cases/half-of-indians-may-have-had-coronavirus-by-february-government-panel-estimates-iduskbn2740e7 3 comments india
- IMF estimates global Covid cost at $28tn in lost output | Business https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/oct/13/imf-covid-cost-world-economic-outlook 7 comments worldnews
- Chinese scientists have come up with a new estimate for the incubation period of Covid-19, which is around 7.76 days, longer than previous estimates of 4 to 5 days. https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/33/eabc1202 8 comments science
- Experts and Trump’s advisers doubt White House’s 240,000 coronavirus deaths estimate https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/04/02/experts-trumps-advisers-doubt-white-houses-240000-coronavirus-deaths-estimate/ 3 comments politics
- The probability of dying after developing Coronavirus symptoms is 1.4% in Wuhan, China, new research suggests — far lower than initial estimates https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-case-fatality-rate-wuhan-china-lower-than-estimates-study-2020-3 69 comments worldnews
- CIES (research group within the International Centre for Sports Studies) - Top estimated transfer values https://football-observatory.com/img/sites/b5wp/2019/wp279/en/ 23 comments soccer
- Recent Study Estimates That 50% of Web Sites Using WebAssembly Apply It for Malicious Purposes https://www.infoq.com/news/2019/10/webassembly-wasm-malicious-usage/ 71 comments programming
- Over a period of 115 million years, the Earth's climate sensitivity to a doubling of CO₂ ranged from ~3.5°C-5.5°C. This suggests that the modern estimate of climate sensitivity is relatively low. https://eos.org/research-spotlights/past-climate-sensitivity-not-always-key-to-the-future 5 comments science
- U.S. stock market forgoes $5 trillion in returns thanks to trade war, estimates Deutsche Bank https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trade-wars-cost-us-stock-market-5-trillion-so-far-estimates-deutsche-bank-2019-05-31?mod=mw_theo_homepage 4 comments politics
- Apple Paid an Estimated $5-$6 Billion to Settle Qualcomm Dispute, Plus $8-$9 Per iPhone in Royalty Fees https://www.macrumors.com/2019/04/18/apple-qualcomm-estimated-settlement-terms/ 18 comments technology
- Are there any estimates for how much water is in Mars' Korolev Crater? https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/20/world/mars-express-ice-nasa-insight/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_content=2018-12-21T18%3A59%3A53&utm_source=twCNN&utm_term=image 3 comments askscience
- Economist at Trade Partnership estimate steel and aluminum tariffs will eliminate 16 US jobs for every one US job they create https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-is-waging-a-trade-war-in-the-dumbest-way-possible/2018/06/07/88a2d302-6a96-11e8-bf8c-f9ed2e672adf_story.html?noredirect=on 82 comments politics
- Anyone has an estimation on the cost of this board? If it's around 250, I'll probably buy it for the 8700K https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z370-AORUS-Gaming-7-rev-10#kf 24 comments intel
- Women's marches draw estimated 2.5 million people across country http://thehill.com/homenews/news/315506-womens-marches-draw-estimated-25-million-across-country 45 comments politics
- Narendra Modi govt spending on subsidy to exceed Budget estimate by Rs 9,000 cr http://www.financialexpress.com/economy/narendra-modi-govt-spending-on-subsidy-to-exceed-budget-estimate-by-rs-9000-cr/464149/ 89 comments india
- Norway plans to cull more than two-thirds of its wolf population - up to 47 of Norway's estimated 68 wolves are expected to be shot https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/16/norway-wolf-cull-government-wwf-friends-earth-environment-protest 112 comments europe
- Brexit: What Was One Now Becomes Two -- "Centre For Economic Performance (CEP) estimates that the U.K. would suffer a fall in income by 6.3% to 9.5% of GDP — similar to the loss the U.K. experienced during 08 financial crisis." http://www.sbeconomic.com/#!brexit-what-was-one-now-becomes-two/j0y7s/576d3bde0cf256ba3d3f2bcc 10 comments europe
- US could spend $2.6 trillion less on health than original Obamacare estimates http://www.cnbc.com/2016/06/20/us-could-spend-26-trillion-less-on-health-than-original-obamacare-estimates.html 6 comments politics
- Bank of America estimates that inflation in Venezuela could almost reach 200 percent this year http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-17/in-land-of-200-inflation-mastercard-s-business-is-doing-great 4 comments worldnews
- An estimated minimum of 268,940 tons of plastic found floating in the world's oceans. http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111913 4 comments science
- Costco Earnings Beat Estimates for the First Quarter http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-10-08/costco-earnings-beat-estimates-for-the-first-quarter-in-five#r=read 32 comments business
- Covert US drone strikes killed and estimated 253 people in 2013 http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/31/5260910/covert-us-drone-strikes-killed-253-people-in-2013-report-estimates 47 comments worldnews
- Netanyahu's estimate for Iran nuclear breakout "Sheer Nonsense" http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/john-glaser-intelligence-foreign-policy-world/2013/nov/20/netanyahus-estimate-iran-nuclear-breakout-sheer-no/ 4 comments worldnews
- A sweeping census involving more than 100 scientists and lasting almost a decade has estimated that Panama's San Lorenzo forest is home to an estimated 25,246 arthropod species. The study is the most extensive survey of insects, spiders, and their relatives ever undertaken. http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/12/panama-forest-boasts-tens-of-tho.html 28 comments science
- "The American Journal of Preventative Medicine estimates over 25,000 pregnancies a year are a result of rape." http://eclectablog.com/2012/08/what-republican-senate-candidate-todd-akin-reminds-us.html#.udibooffva4.reddit 13 comments politics
- Google tries new approach with real time traffic estimates for Google Maps http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-04-google-approach-real-traffic.html 6 comments technology
- New survey techniques improve narwhal population estimates http://www.wildbiology.com/research/new_survey_techniques_improve_narwhal_population_estimates.asp 10 comments science
- How did they move it? - Each of these stones measures 10 feet thick, 13 feet high, and is over 60 feet long. Knowing the density of limestone permits weight estimates of over 1.2 million pounds. [PICS] http://hurculuj.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-did-they-move-it.html 2 comments science
- How Freepers react if you show them the Tax Estimator comparing the candidates' plan. (See 2nd comment, by Brucey's Mom) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092128/posts#comment 7 comments politics
- Ocean Temperatures and Sea Levels Rise 50 percent Higher than Previously Estimated https://publicaffairs.llnl.gov/news/news_releases/2008/nr-08-06-07p.html 3 comments science
- The Myth of Software Estimation http://jeffspost.wordpress.com/2007/08/26/the-myth-of-software-estimation/ 9 comments programming