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Hyundai’s New Hydrogen SUV Offers 435 Miles of Range and 1-Ton Towing

The updated Nexo SUV gets all-new styling cues, the most prominent of which are in the front fascia and lightingHyundai Motor CompanyHyundai has unveiled its second-generation Nexo SUV in South Korea, featuring a fresh design, improved range, and, for the first time in the FCEV category, towing capability.Surprisingly, Hyundai has been producing the hydrogen-powered...

AI Crawlers Have Led to a 50% Increase in Wikimedia Commons’ Bandwidth Usage

Image Credits:Riccardo Milani / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP / Getty ImagesThe Wikimedia Foundation, which oversees Wikipedia and several other crowdsourced knowledge projects, reported on Wednesday that multimedia download bandwidth from Wikimedia Commons has risen by 50% since January 2024.According to a blog post published Tuesday, this surge isn’t driven by human...

Researchers Suggest OpenAI Trained its Models on Paywalled O’Reilly Books

Image Credits:Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto / Getty ImagesOpenAI has faced multiple accusations of using copyrighted content without permission to train its AI models. A new paper from the AI Disclosures Project, an organization focused on AI transparency, makes a serious claim that OpenAI has increasingly relied on non-public, unlicensed books to train its advanced AI models.AI...

TikTok is Discontinuing its Instagram Rival, TikTok Notes

Credit: PixabayTikTok is shutting down its Instagram-like app, TikTok Notes, on May 8. The photo-sharing platform, which was launched for testing last year in Canada, Australia, and Vietnam, is being discontinued.Users of TikTok Notes are being informed of the decision and redirected to ByteDance-owned Lemon8, a move that makes sense given the similarities between...

Tesla’s First-Quarter Sales Plunge in Europe

Credit: PixabayTesla's sales continued to decline in March across several European markets, hit by both consumer boycotts over Elon Musk’s policies and an aging vehicle lineup.In France, Tesla sales dropped 36.8% compared to the previous year, according to the Automotive Platform (PFA), amid a slight downturn in the overall electric car market. Sweden saw...

Mark Cuban Supports Skylight, a TikTok Alternative Powered by Bluesky’s Underlying Technology

Image Credits:Skylight SocialSkylight, a startup challenging TikTok with a more open alternative, is launching its mobile app to the public on Tuesday after just 10 weeks of development. Supported by Mark Cuban and other investors, Skylight joins a growing list of apps built on the AT Protocol—the same technology behind the social network Bluesky...

‘City-Killer’ Asteroid Impact Remains Possible—Just Not on Earth

Image of 2024 YR4 obtained on 27 January 2025. (NASA/Magdalena Ridge 2.4m telescope/New Mexico Institute of Technology/Ryan)Asteroid 2024 YR4 is making headlines again, but there's still no reason to panic—at least for Earth. The asteroid remains no threat to our planet, with collision odds stuck at a minuscule 0.001 percent. However, the Moon might not...

Roblox Collaborates with Google on Advertising

Image Credits:Roblox/GoogleOn Tuesday, Google announced a partnership with gaming company Roblox, enabling advertisers to buy and expand Roblox’s Rewarded Video and other immersive ad formats.According to Roblox, marketers aiming to reach the platform’s predominantly Gen Z audience can now use Google Ad Manager to place video ad purchases, including the Rewarded Video format.Expanding...

CERN Report Confirms Feasibility of 56-Mile Particle Collider

Future Circular Collider would triple the LHC's size. CERN confirmed no technical barriers to building the $17 billion Future Circular Collider (FCC). Director Fabiola Gianotti stressed its importance for Europe's physics leadership amid rising competition from China. A feasibility study supports a 91-km (56-mile) tunnel under the French-Swiss border, over three times longer than the...

ChatGPT isn’t the Only Chatbot Attracting More Users

Image Credits:Malorny / Getty ImagesOpenAI’s ChatGPT may be the world's most popular chatbot app, but competitors are gaining traction, according to analytics firms Similarweb and Sensor Tower.Similarweb, which tracks web traffic to chatbot platforms, has observed steady growth among rivals like Google’s Gemini and Microsoft’s OpenAI-powered Copilot. In March, Gemini’s daily web visits averaged...