A survey by identity verification provider @Regula shows that a sizable chunk of their companies were targeted by one of three methods of advanced identity fraud.

As a recent survey by Microsoft shows, fakes, scams and abuse, caused by AI, are what online users worldwide are most worried about.

Americans see plenty of culprits for the ongoing #fentanyl crisis that is taking tens of thousand of American lives each year. According to a #YouGov / #Economist poll conducted in November 2023, people put the most blame on drug dealers who illegally sell fentanyl

China and India had sent the most highly skilled #migrants abroad as of the latest available date. Yet, compared to the size of their populations, the numbers are comparably low.

North American and European universities are cutting research links due to geopolitical tensions far more drastically than in other regions of the world, according to data from the International Association of #Universities .

According to the gay travel index, last year’s leading destination Malta is joined at the top by Spain, Canada, New Zealand and Portugal as the safest for #LGBT + travelers. At the other end come Saudi Arabia, Iran, the Republic of Chechnya in Russia and Afghanistan.

#Prevention is the best way to stop disease in its tracks. A survey by Statista Consumer Insights shows the nations where regular #medical #check -ups are common practice. South Korea (61 percent) and Brazil (52 percent) serve as role models.

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Which Countries Are Hitting the United Nations Development #Aid Target?

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How Much of Student Loans Has #Biden Cancelled?

#Airbus Beats #Boeing for Deliveries in 2024

The top 8 #festivals worldwide in terms of gross revenue generated $192 million in 2023. Topping the charts are the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, one of the biggest independently-owned music festivals in the U.S. taking place in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park since 2008.

A recent Statista Consumer Insights survey shows that when it comes to choosing where to buy a ticket for an event, a majority of U.S. Americans surveyed favored #Ticketmaster . 61 percent of online event ticket buyers had engaged in business with the platform.

One attempt to quantify and index the status quo of ocean ecosystem health is the annual #Ocean Health Index. As our chart shows, four out of five of the lowest-scoring countries with more than 100,000 residents are located on the African continent and in the Middle East.

March was the 10th #hottest consecutive month on record for each respective month of the year, according to new data from the European Union's Copernicus #Climate Change Service.

As an analysis of the 100 most promising AI start-ups shows, OpenAI raised around $14 billion in capital through partnerships with Microsoft and other investments, and its potential market capitalization is currently estimated at around $80 billion.

Would you associate certain character traits to being typical of an only child? How about for the eldest or youngest? April 10 is National Siblings Day and to mark it, we’re looking at the question posed in a YouGov survey in the United States in October 2023.

Each person in the European Union generated an average of 131 kilograms of food #waste in 2021, according to estimates by the European statistics office Eurostat. This is based on data from the 27 member states.

Would you eat laboratory-grown #meat ? This question, posed recently to respondents of Statista's Consumer Insights survey, seems to divide opinions.

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The Leaders of U.S. #Neobanks and #Payments

As our chart with data from the 2019 Global Burden of #Disease study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington shows, no other behavioral risk factor comes close to the disease burden of #smoking .

As Americans celebrate National #Beer Day on April 7 – the anniversary of the Cullen-Harrison Act, which marked the end of Prohibition in the United States – what better way to honor this historic day than by finding out what their favorite brews are?

As the following chart shows, the non-alcoholic beer segment is poised for strong growth in the years ahead. Following a small setback in 2020 due to Covid-related lockdowns and lifestyle changes, which hit the out-of-home segment particularly hard, the industry is back on track.