Nathan Yau

Emoji usage and age generations

Statistical Visualization / emoji, New York Times

For NYT’s the Upshot, Eve Washington, Larry Buchanan, and Claire Cain Miller examined…
OpenAI accidentally makes attack bots

Artificial Intelligence / attack, bot, OpenAI

Multiple bots exploited a vulnerability in OpenAI’s security system to gain internet access.…
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Set expectations and verify

The Process / Large Language Model, mistakes, trust

This week, we talk flimsy results and how to work on things that build trust over content.
Origins of American city names

Maps / cities, Henry Gannett, history, names, Wall Street Journal

In the early 1900s, Henry Gannett cataloged the origins of city names in…
IKEA complexity index

Data Sources / complexity, furniture, Greg Technology, IKEA

Speaking of IKEA, the IKEA complexity index by Greg Technology is a catalog…
Most common color of IKEA sofas over time

Infographics / color, European Correspondent, furniture, IKEA

For the European Correspondent, Toon Vos counted the color of all the couches…
Where to see the total solar eclipse in Europe

Maps / eclipse, Europe, Reuters

The last total solar eclipse over Europe was in 1999. One will be…
Eclipse path in Europe

Maps / eclipse, Europe, New York Times

A total eclipse path is passing through Europe this week. The New York…
Flock wanted to tap dashcams in rideshare vechicles to add to surveillance data

Data Sharing / 404 Media, Flock, privacy, rideshare

To augment its network of license plate readers, surveillance company Flock drew up…
Mapping rooftops after an earthquake

Maps / Akash Wadhwani, buildings, earthquake, OpenStreetMap

For sheets.works, Akash Wadhwani visualized the mapping efforts of volunteers after an earthquake…
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Flowing into the future

The Process / future, past, present

This is issue No. 400 of the Process. Four hundred. It only took me eight years.
Vehicles with the highest and lowest death rates

Statistics / death, fatal crashes, HLDI, IIHS, vehicles

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has been estimating death rates by vehicle…
Lawn mowing game as traveling salesman problem in disguise

Statistics / game, Pudding, traveling salesman

The Pudding made a game that challenged players to figure out the best…
Timeline of the future

Statistics / future, Manifold, prediction market

As anyone who has watched a time travel movie or is Natasha Bedingfield…
Google rolls back its fake satellite image machine

Artificial Intelligence / fake, Google, misinformation, NPR, satellite imagery

Last week, Google released a feature for Google Earth that let anyone use…
Datatype font turns text into charts

Software / font, Frank Tisellano

Enter text and get some charts using the Datatype font. There’s a bar…
Botched map of Africa in U.S. government presentation

Mistaken Data / generative, presentation, Reuters

In a presentation by the State Department, a generated map provides all the…
Google makes it easy to generate fake satellite imagery

Mistaken Data / ethics, generative, Google, Nano Banana, satellite imagery

Google’s image generation model Nano Banana is now a few clicks away in…
English word teachings as a window into how everyday life changed

Infographics / English, Jasmine Nackash, Pudding, words

For the Pudding, Jasmine Nackash compared the dictionary of essential words taught to…
Classic literature journeys mapped

Maps / Chris Moran, fiction, literature, travel

While we’re on the subject of mapping fiction, PlotLines by Chris Moran is…

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