02-Sep-2021
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Welcome to another edition of Weekly Data Stories. Keeping you updated on interesting stories told by data from around the web, and the world.
This week we explore global warming, sneaker bots, buy-bots for rent, and some surprising data about what attributes popular pieces of music share.
Be sure to check us out again next week for more weekly Data Stories.
 | That Time Faulty Data Collection Various ways that the EPA collected data from major industries created multiple gaps which eventually impacted the amount of pollution we all breathe. https://www.eenews.net/articles/research-shows-gaps-in-how-epa-oil-industry-measure-methane/ |
 | Everything You Wanted To Know About Sneaker Bots But Were Afraid To Ask It’s a brave new world that our feet live in, and using bots to buy shoes is part of all that now, apparently. https://www.complex.com/sneakers/how-to-use-sneaker-bots/ |
 | Renting Out A Bot To Buy Stuff You Don’t Really Need PC Mag rented a bot to buy some graphics cards and we are all worried about the future now. https://www.pcmag.com/news/how-do-bots-buy-up-graphics-cards-we-rented-one-to-find-out |
 | Surprise Beats Musical data collected over the decades shows people prefer a “harmonic surprise” in the beats, especially when you compare hit singles over the last 60 years. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/08/hit-songs-rely-on-increasing-harmonic-surprise-to-hook-listeners-study-finds/ |
Race For The Most Olympic Medals (GRAPH)
It was a real close race right up to the end.
Source: Reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful
That wraps it up for this FAST5 Update. See you next week!
