Society
Pew study maps four distinct groups shaping how Americans engage in public life
A new Pew Research Center study from the Pew-Knight Initiative, released July 16, looked across a range of behaviors, political activity, civic…
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Hugo Rojas is the editor of GCN. With a Master of Science in Engineering, he specializes in technology, data, and science, and brings a human-centered perspective informed by psychology.
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Technology
Over $200 million in contracts now depend on the forum posts ordinary people type for free, and the reason AI companies are paying that much for casual conversation surprised even the platforms collecting it
Every day, millions of Americans open a browser, type out an opinion, answer a stranger's question, or recommend a product on a…
Technology
A comment you left on a forum years ago is now part of a $550 million forecast analysts just put on the table, and the number changes how the entire internet thinks about free content
Most people who use online forums do not think about money when they type a reply. They are answering a question, settling…
Energy
Cushing crude stocks fell below 20 million barrels for three weeks; EIA publishes explainer on tank-bottom risk
Crude oil inventories at storage facilities in Cushing, Oklahoma, fell below 20 million barrels during the week ending June 19 and remained…
Society
Most Americans are shedding nearly one close friend every year, and the everyday habit that researchers tracked across 60,000 people turns out to fill the gap in ways nobody predicted
Think about the last time a stranger said something to you on a checkout line. Or the last time you thanked the…
Society
More than half of American workers feel lonely on the job, and the everyday habit that researchers say counteracts it carries a $406 billion price tag that stunned even the economists who ran the numbers
Picture an ordinary Tuesday morning. You clock in, open your laptop, and spend the next eight hours interacting with dozens of people,…
Automotive
Honda confirms it will end U.S. Prologue EV sales after the 2026 model year
Honda has confirmed it will stop selling the Prologue electric SUV in the United States after the current model year ends, leaving…
Automotive
Kia recalls 462,869 Telluride SUVs after 2024 seat motor fire fix fell short
Kia America has recalled 462,869 model year 2020, 2024 Telluride vehicles built from January 9, 2019, through May 29, 2024, because a…
Energy
The U.S. is projected to need nearly 26 million home EV chargers by 2030, and the forgotten gray box on the wall that decides whether the lights stay on is already sending an unexpected bill to the grid
It sounds like the dream upgrade: buy an electric vehicle, hire an electrician for a Saturday, and wake up every morning to…
Energy
Around 80% of EV energy is topped up at home, and what that daily ritual demands from the wires under your street is a tab running into the hundreds of billions that nobody budgeted for
The pitch is almost perfect. Buy an electric vehicle, bolt a Level 2 charger to your garage wall, and wake up every…
Technology
Google rebuilds all 3,977 Android emoji in 3D for World Emoji Day
Google used World Emoji Day on July 17 to reveal the full scope of its Noto 3D project, disclosing that all 3,977…
Society
Pew study sorts Americans into four civic engagement groups, finding most are spectators or outsiders
A major new Pew Research Center study released Wednesday found that American civic engagement does not fall along a single spectrum but…