Study Shows Average American Spends 97% of Day Retrieving 6-Digit Codes
By
The Onion Staff
A snack-sized bagel for a snack-sized appetite.
Summary
A study reveals that the average American spends 97% of their day retrieving six-digit validation codes, equating to 23 hours daily on this task.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledOur findings suggest that U.S. residents spend roughly 23 hours each day—or 160 hours every week—attempting to log in to online services, being told they need to check their phone for a six-digit code, and then entering that code into the website or app for verification.
Technology increasingly shapes everyday life.
Many Americans have to skip meals due to the time spent on this task.
You might also wanna read
Google's Debug program seeks EPA approval to release 64 million modified mosquitoes in California and Florida
Google's Debug program plans to release up to 64 million genetically modified "good" mosquitoes in California and Florida over two years to
bit.ly·1h ago
The dangers of anthropomorphising AI: Why we must see machines as machines
This article argues that anthropomorphising AI—projecting human thoughts, feelings, and intentions onto machines—is a natural but dangerous
ethics.org.au·3h ago
Researchers Work to Decode the "Black Box" of Reservoir Computing and Brain-Inspired AI
This article explores Reservoir Computing (RC), a specialized form of recurrent neural networks (RNNs) that mimics biological brain processe
akmaier.substack.com·4h ago
Vera C. Rubin Observatory Set to Discover Millions of Asteroids and Transient Phenomena in Big-Data Astronomy Era
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile is preparing to begin operations, designed to capture the entire Southern Hemisphere night sky every
quantamagazine.org·4h ago
Experimental demonstration of quantum communication advantage for Euclidean distance calculation using coherent state fingerprints
This paper presents an experimental demonstration of quantum advantage in communication complexity for the Euclidean distance problem. The r
arxiv.org·5h ago
Quantum research reveals when entanglement hinders rather than helps channel discrimination
This research paper investigates the role of entanglement in quantum channel discrimination, challenging the common assumption that more ent
arxiv.org·5h ago