When electricity was first installed in the White House in 1891, President Benjamin Harrison and his wife were afraid of electrocution because of the new concept. They refused to touch light switches, so the staff had to turn the lights on and off for them.
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In the UK in 2019, renewable energy generated more electricity than fossil fuels for the first time. Also, did you know Norway gets 0% electricity from coal? And Germany has installed 1 kW of renewable capacity per person in the last decade? a) (Climate change is the biggest global issue of our time, but there are some things to feel positive about!)
Squeaky floors were the best home security in 17th-century Japan. You’d expect Japanese feudal lords to live in pristine houses with the sturdiest materials – and that is mostly true, save for their squeaky, creaky floors. Nightingale floors were flooring systems that “chirped” when somebody walked on it. They were installed in temples and palaces to alert of intruders. The floors were built in a way that the flooring nails rub against jackets or clamps, causing squeaking noises.
3 Students once installed keystroke loggers onto their teacher’s computers to hack and sell grades to students. According to reports, the student was later sent to prison for stealing test answers and selling them to other students on campus. The spyware that the student installed was found during a routine check-up of campus computers.
As many as 80% of Hong Kong’s toilets are flushed with seawater. In the 1950s, Hong Kong found the perfect solution to an overall lack of freshwater and installed a separate water distribution and waste-water management system. This system has since been installed in many coastal communities such as the Marshall Islands. Not only does it save precious drinking water, but it’s also even been found to be better for marine ecosystems!
89% of Desktop Users Use Antivirus, in Contrast to 70% of Laptop Users Who Use Antivirus. Interestingly, more desktop users have installed antivirus software programs on their platforms than laptop users. According to Statista, nearly 90% of desktop users have antivirus software on their devices, while 80% of laptop users have antivirus.
About 1.3 Billion Smartphones have Antivirus Software Installed. With the increasing number of malware on smartphone devices, there is a growth in users’ awareness of the need for updated antivirus apps. In 2013, there were 325 million smartphones with antivirus apps installed, but that number has grown to 1.3 billion smartphones with antivirus apps.
Only 49% of Mobile Users Use an Antivirus App. Despite being very prone to malware attacks, less than half of smartphone users globally have installed antivirus apps. It shows that cyberpunks still target many smartphones.
According to Avast Antivirus Statistics, 55% of Computer Antivirus Software Globally is Outdated. While many would like to claim to have installed a functional antivirus program on their devices, reports show that many individuals are still prone to attacks. Recent research by Avast showed that many users still have outdated software running on their computers.
Linux is a Kernel: Linux is essentially a kernel and not an operating system. The term “Linux” is commonly used to refer to operating systems based on the Linux kernel such as Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Mint, and so much more. These are correctly referred to as Linux distributions or flavours since they ride on the Linux Kernel, which is the core of any operating system and interfaces the underlying hardware with the operating system and installed applications.
China has been the largest market for industrial robots since 2013, with 140,492 units installed in 2019. Although the sector was slowed down by the pandemic, it was estimated that China has already recovered from its “industrial slump.”