Hacker News with Generative AI: Data Usage

How crawlers impact the operations of the Wikimedia projects (wikimedia.org)
Since the beginning of 2024, the demand for the content created by the Wikimedia volunteer community – especially for the 144 million images, videos, and other files on Wikimedia Commons – has grown significantly. In this post, we’ll discuss the reasons for this trend and its impact.
Wikimedia, Web Crawlers, Data Usage, Open Source
7 points by panic 23 days ago | 1 comments
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.
Cybersecurity, Data Usage, Electric Vehicles, Tesla, Internet
10 points by voisin 32 days ago | 1 comments
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?
5G, Mobile Networks, Consumer Needs, Data Usage, Bandwidth
233 points by saigovardhan 73 days ago | 361 comments
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.
Mobile Advertising, Data Usage, Internet Revenue, Online Media
220 points by mahirsaid 111 days ago | 245 comments