That’s the number of Mexican agricultural workers who are being held at the border because of a computer glitch. The error has prevented the government from issuing the immigrant visas that would allow them to come into the U.S. for the summer harvest. As the Wall Street Journal reports, it is estimated that California agriculture is losing up to $500,000 to $1 million a day because of the holdup.
That’s how many cars travel per day on the Pulaski Skyway, a 3.5-mile stretch of elevated “superhighway” that connects the Newark airport to the Holland Tunnel. It’s a particularly important and difficult-to-fix piece of the highway system, and it’s the case study that kicks off our new series on infrastructure.
That’s how many TSA workers who passed the vetting process had ties to terrorist organizations, as revealed in a recent investigation. On Tuesday, a House subcommittee will review the process by which airport workers are screened before getting hired. But re-organizing hiring practices may not be as simple as, say, when a company rewrites its rule book. Critics are calling for a larger culture shift within the organization, and that kind of change can take much longer to enact.
That’s how many users Facebook has in the U.S., with virtually unlimited ways to divide them based on demographic information, “likes,” browsing history and more. It’s an absurdly powerful platform, National Review notes, and it’s one 2016 presidential candidates are already leveraging for donors. The killer feature for this election cycle is video, which is far more ubiquitous, targeted and cheap than it was in 2012.
That’s the portion of revenue rights holders will get from Apple Music, Re/Code reported. That’s not out of bounds with similar on-demand streaming services, like Spotify.
That’s what “Jurassic World” made in its record-smashing opening weekend, and about a fifth of that came from the growing but restricted Chinese market. The folks at Vulture talked to an expert in insurance involving “rare and unusual risks,” and it turns out there’s some precedent for the kind of coverage a real-life Jurassic World would have to get.
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