Hacker News with Generative AI: Data Usage

Cybertruck Owner Blowing Past 1.28 TB Data Cap: Coincides with Updates (torquenews.com)
A Cybertruck owner reports that his truck sent and received 940 gigabytes of data in just one month, causing him to exceed his 1.28 terabyte internet cap. Interestingly, he notes that his wife’s Model 3 used only 2.5 GB of data during the same time frame.
5G networks meet consumer needs as mobile data growth slows (ieee.org)
Is the worldwide race to keep expanding mobile bandwidth a fool’s errand? Could maximum data speeds—on mobile devices, at home, at work—be approaching “fast enough” for most people for most purposes?
Ads chew through half of mobile data (nextpit.com)
Many people see adverts as the scourge of the internet but they remain the major, and in many cases, only, revenue stream for online media publishers. Another blow has been struck to online advertising recently, however, as a study has revealed how it could constitute for as much as 79 percent of the mobile data consumed by each web page.