Alejandro Alcolea

Alejandro Alcolea

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At Xataka On since

Writer at Xataka. I studied education and music, but since 2014 I've been writing about my passion: video games and technology. I specialize in product analysis, photography, and video. My body is 70% coffee.

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148 published news

June 2025

  1. 15 June
  2. We’ve Been Using Whales to Contact Aliens for Years. As It Turns Out, Whales Have Been Trying to Communicate With Us, Too
  3. 05 June
  4. The Nintendo Switch 2 Might Seem Unoriginal. After Trying It Out, I Can Say It’s 100% Nintendo
  5. 01 June
  6. Some People Are Adding Cordyceps Fungus to Coffee for Weight Loss. Its Effectiveness Is Unclear

May 2025

  1. 28 May
  2. Japan’s Toll System Failed for 38 Hours, but Thousands of Drivers Still Paid
  3. 26 May
  4. Japan’s Economy Is Becoming Increasingly Reliant on a Unique Phenomenon: Fans Who Are Completely Devoted to Their Idols
  5. 25 May
  6. Ancient Canine Bones Tell a Surprising Story: Dogs Were Already Man’s Best Friend 16,000 Years Ago
  7. 24 May
  8. In Their Quest for More Nutritious Coffee, People Are Adding an Ingredient That Actually Tastes Awful: Spirulina
  9. 19 May
  10. The Cybertruck Wanted to Be Apocalypse-Proof. The Lamborghini Rezvani Knight Just Overtook It
  11. Physical Video Games Have Become Mere Paperweights. It’s a Disaster for Video Games as an Art Form
  12. 18 May
  13. Looking to Boost Your Protein Intake? Try ‘Proffee’
  14. A Programmer Didn’t Like How His Coffee Maker Brewed Coffee. He Spent 100 Hours Trying to ‘Hack’ It
  15. 17 May
  16. A North Korean Spy Wanted to Infiltrate a Crypto Company. He Applied for a Job but Failed to Answer Questions About Halloween
  17. Steve Jobs Introduced an Emulator in 1999 That Allowed Any Mac to Run PlayStation Games. Sony Wasn’t Happy
  18. 12 May
  19. Replacing Air Force One Has Become a Nightmare for the U.S. The Qatari Royal Family Is Offering a Controversial Solution
  20. In the Golden Age of MP3, Sony Made a Disastrous Mistake: It Put Malware on Its Music CDs
  21. The Rock-Paper-Scissors World Cup Actually Exists. It’s No Joke
  22. This Car Cost $4.5 Million. Its Owner Has to Pay $8,000 Extra Every 37 Miles
  23. 11 May
  24. Solar Panels That Clean Other Solar Panels: The Photovoltaic Industry Has Entered a Self-Replicating Phase
  25. Taiwan’s National Palace Museum Holds a Unique Treasure: A Chinese Love Letter to Pork Belly
  26. 05 May
  27. Apple Is Struggling to Meet Its Environmental Goals. The Solution: Extensively Planting Trees
  28. 03 May
  29. This Map Illustrates What Earth Will Look Like in 250 Million Years, and It Looks Like the U.S. Will Have New Neighbors
  30. 01 May
  31. Home as a Trench: The ‘Nail Houses’ That Resisted Urban Expansion in China

April 2025

  1. 30 April
  2. The Coffee Industry Says the Current Price Surge Is Unsustainable: $8 for a Cappuccino Is Too Much
  3. 28 April
  4. Due to a Shortage of Steel, Ships in World War II Were Built Using an Unusual Material: Concrete
  5. 27 April
  6. This 2,000-Year-Old Computer Has Captivated the World for Decades. Some Say It Never Actually Worked
  7. 26 April
  8. Plants Are the New Pets. Owners Even Choose to Bury Them in Their Gardens When They Die
  9. Relabeling Products in South Korea: This is the Strategy Chinese Companies Are Using in the Ongoing U.S. Trade War
  10. For Centuries, People Thought Birds Flew to the Moon During Winter—Until an Arrow Shot in Africa Landed in Germany
  11. U.S. Deserts Have 1,200 GW of Solar Power, Which Could Be Used for AI Development. The Technology Is Ready, but Tech Companies Are Hesitant
  12. 21 April
  13. Olive Leaf Tea Sounds Like a Perfectly Healthy Drink. Scientists Aren’t So Sure
  14. 20 April
  15. Sex Can Be Deadly for Many Male Species. Octopuses Have a Unique Strategy to Survive: Injecting Venom Into Their Partner
  16. 18 April
  17. The World’s Fastest Electric Car Looks Like Something Out of Batman’s Garage. Its Secret: It ‘Trains’ in a 19th-Century Tunnel
  18. 16 April
  19. Contrary to Popular Belief, Not All Pirates Used the Same Flag. It Was Their Way of Introducing Themselves to Others
  20. 15 April
  21. Don’t Put Coffee Up Your Butt, Scientists Say
  22. 14 April
  23. The Divisumma Calculator Was Olivetti’s Mechanical Masterpiece. It’s Become a Retro-Futuristic Icon
  24. 13 April
  25. The Australian City of Darwin Has a Population of 250,000, Including 100,000 Wild Crocodiles
  26. 12 April
  27. Coffee Doesn’t Contain Cholesterol, but It Can Increase It. Researchers Discover the Best Brew to Lower the Risk
  28. 05 April
  29. China Introduces a Powerful New Tool Amid Rising Incidents Involving Undersea Cables: A Colossal Radial Cutter
  30. 03 April
  31. Archeologists Keep Uncovering Ancient Corpses as Glaciers Melt. It’s a Race Against the Clock

March 2025

  1. 31 March
  2. Forget Your Go-To Cocktail: Drinking Coffee Is All the Rage at Daytime Raves
  3. China Is Breaking Records in Its Pursuit of Oil. Its Latest Feat: Drilling Asia’s Deepest Vertical Well
  4. Pooping Outside Your Gut’s ‘Goldilocks Zone’ Might Be a Sign of Poor Health
  5. 24 March
  6. The World’s Smallest Microcontroller Is the Size of a Black Pepper Flake. It Opens Up ‘Unlimited Possibilities’
  7. Chinese Researchers Discover a Way to Recycle 99.9% of Electric Car Batteries: The Glycine in Your Protein Shakes
  8. 23 March
  9. We’ve Been Domesticating Avocados Since the Pleistocene. It Took Us 8,000 Years to Perfect Them
  10. 22 March
  11. We Thought There Were 8 Billion People on Earth. Researchers Say the Real Number Could Be Much Higher
  12. 17 March
  13. Interchangeable Heads and Terrifying Faces: These Five Puppets Are Turning Archaeology Upside Down
  14. 16 March
  15. Canada Wanted the U.S. to Get a Taste of Its Own Medicine, So It Targeted Coffee: Don’t Say ‘Americano,’ Say ‘Canadiano’
  16. 15 March
  17. Airlines Always Let You Bring a Parachute on Board. The Only Problem: It’s Useless
  18. This Fly Larva Turned Its Butt Into a Termite’s Head. The Big Question: What Will It Look Like as an Adult?
  19. 10 March
  20. BYD Debuts a James Bond-Like Car That Can Launch a Drone. Now the Question Is: What For?
  21. 08 March
  22. Meet China’s ‘Water Dragon,’ the World’s Largest Amphibious Aircraft
  23. While the Rest of Japan Shrinks, Tokyo Grows. This Phenomenon Has a Name: Ikkyoku Shūchū
  24. We Spent Years Trying to Reinvent the Wheel. It Turns Out It Was as Easy as Replacing It With Pilates Balls
  25. 07 March
  26. One Key Fact Explains Why China Might Challenge America’s AI Dominance: DeepSeek Is 8.5 Times Cheaper to Run Than ChatGPT
  27. 05 March
  28. Eggs Are Getting So Expensive in the U.S. That Some Companies Have Found an Unusual Solution: Renting Out Chickens
  29. 02 March
  30. This Curious Image Puts Humanoid Robots Side-by-Side in a Pseudo Police Lineup
  31. 01 March
  32. Thousands of Years Later, the Great Wall of China Is Still Revealing Secrets: It Turns Out It’s Older Than We Thought
  33. BMW Doesn’t Want to Hear Anyone Talk About Solid-State Batteries: ‘There Is Still a Long Way to Go With Lithium-Ion’
  34. It May Look Like Toothpaste, But It’s Actually Coffee in a Tube. This Is the Quick Caffeine Fix That You Can Even Spread on Toast
  35. Meet the ‘Tesla of the Seas,’ a Start-Up That Wants to Reinvent Container Ships With Sails
  36. With These Solar Panels That You Can Install Like Stickers, China Wants to Conquer Every Surface

February 2025

  1. 25 February
  2. ‘Not Mission Critical’: The U.S. Is Reportedly Starting to Dismantle Its Electric Car Charging Network
  3. 24 February
  4. There Was a Time When Poop Powered the Economies of Half the World. This Is the Rise and Fall of Guano
  5. A Startup Claims to Have a Solution That Could End China’s Monopoly on Rare Earth Elements: Hard Drives
  6. Saudi Arabia Resumes Work on the World’s Tallest Skyscraper After a Seven-Year Delay. We’ll See How Long It Lasts
  7. 23 February
  8. Researchers Have Been Smelling 5,000-Year-Old Mummies for Months to Recreate the Scents of Ancient Egypt
  9. Meta Has the Key to Lead in the AI Era: A Submarine Cable That Will Circle the Earth More Than Once
  10. 22 February
  11. The World’s Longest Sea Bridge Is in China and Features an Unusual Material: Bamboo
  12. 16 February
  13. Chinese Submarines Are Known for Being Very Noisy. That May Change With This New Generation of Vessels
  14. The New Space Race Has Created Junk That Acts Like a Boomerang. It’s Also Raised the Risk of Colliding With Aircraft
  15. 15 February
  16. Communicating With Your Cat Has Never Been Easy. A Study Claims to Have Found the Key: Blinking
  17. 10 February
  18. The Glass of Wine Before Bed to Help You Sleep Has a Very High Price That Goes Far Beyond Empty Calories
  19. 09 February
  20. Radiation Hasn’t Created a Superhero, But It’s Bestowed Unexpected ‘Healing’ Powers on a Common Material: Concrete
  21. 08 February
  22. Sugar Has Long Been the Main Ingredient in Soft Drinks. It’s Also Contributed to a Silent Pandemic
  23. 06 February
  24. The Rise and Fall of BlackBerry: A Look at Status Symbol Erased by the iPhone
  25. 01 February
  26. While Dogs Became Useful, Cats Became Irresistible: New Study Explores the Mystery of Feline Domestication

January 2025

  1. 28 January
  2. Chernobyl Is Full of Radioactive Dogs. Researchers Say It Has Nothing to Do With the 1986 Nuclear Accident
  3. The Concept of ‘No Service’ Is Dead: SpaceX Has Activated Direct-to-Cell Connectivity on Its Starlink Satellites
  4. 27 January
  5. Malaysia Painted Glow-in-the-Dark Markings on Its Roads to Enhance Nighttime Visibility. There Was Just One Problem: The Cost
  6. 25 January
  7. These Newly Discovered Baths in a Pompeii Villa Give Us a Glimpse at the Dark Side of Roman Luxury
  8. 20 January
  9. Roasting Coffee at Home Using an Air Fryer? You Won’t Understand It Until You Try It
  10. 19 January
  11. Saudi Arabia Is Wasting So Much Money on The Line That It’s Created a $27 Million Deficit
  12. While Searching for Treasure, They Found Gold. This Is the Dmanisis Gora, the Mega-fortress in the Caucasus Mountains Built 3,000 Years Ago
  13. 18 January
  14. There’s a Problem With Traditional Bricks. Sugarcane and Sand Alternatives Might Be the Solution
  15. 14 January
  16. The U.S. Is Set to Reopen an Antimony Mine That’s Been Closed for 30 Years in Response to Challenges Posed by China
  17. 13 January
  18. The Ever Given Blockage Was a Multi-Billion Dollar Disaster. It Also Had a Significant Negative Impact on the Environment
  19. 10 January
  20. China Keeps Increasing Its Coal Consumption Despite Its Commitment to Renewable Energy
  21. 04 January
  22. Google Has a Stunning Interactive Map of Submarine Cables That Lets You See the Skeleton of the Modern World
  23. 01 January
  24. This iPhone Has No Cameras, but It’s Real. In Certain Places, It’s What You Need if You Want to Take Your Phone to Work

December 2024

  1. 30 December
  2. A Filter Made of Squid Bone and Cotton Could Be the Solution to Our Microplastics Problem
  3. 22 December
  4. China Was Short on Land for a New Airport. The Solution: Building It on a Massive Artificial Island
  5. 17 December
  6. Data Centers Consume So Much Water That It’s Becoming a Problem for Big Tech
  7. 16 December
  8. The Study of Two Wines From 1,500 Years Ago Reveals an Intriguing Truth: Choosing One Over the Other Was Already a Symbol of Social Status
  9. 08 December
  10. China’s Great Green Wall Reaches New Milestone: Containing One of the World’s Largest Deserts
  11. 07 December
  12. The Gordie Howe Bridge: The Longest Cable-Stayed Bridge in the U.S. Upon Completion and the Heart of a Cross-Border Drama
  13. 03 December
  14. Jaguar Type 00: A Concept Car That Breaks With the Past and Paves the Way for the Future
  15. 01 December
  16. Meet the Vespucci Espresso Machine: A La Marzocco Coffee Maker So Unique That It’s Impossible to Buy
  17. China Has Developed a Stealth Material That Could Make Fighters Invisible. It’s the ‘Key for China to Win Future Wars,’ Developers Say

November 2024

  1. 24 November
  2. A Look Inside the Varna Necropolis: The Greatest Treasure of Antiquity and the Mystery of a Civilization
  3. 16 November
  4. China Launches a New Type of Lifeguard: Autonomous Boats Equipped with Cameras and AI Systems
  5. AI Energy Consumption Is Often Overestimated, Officials Say. There Is a More Pressing Matter: Air Conditioning
  6. 09 November
  7. Researchers Have Just Reinvented the Brick. It’s Just Like It Was Thousands of Years Ago, but With a Modern Twist
  8. 05 November
  9. Nintendo Alarmo Isn’t Just an Alarm Clock. It’s Also a New Way to Play Doom
  10. 04 November
  11. Believe It or Not, Saudi Arabia Is Fully Committed to Neom. Now, It’s Constructing a Massive Cube That Could Fit 20 Empire State Buildings

October 2024

  1. 21 October
  2. In Their Relentless Fight Against Alzheimer’s Disease, Scientists Have Discovered an Unexpected Ally: Coffee
  3. First-Class Seats Are a Thing of the Past. Airlines Are Now Focused on Offering Business Class Seats That Go Beyond Luxury
  4. 12 October
  5. South Korea Recycles 97% of Its Food Waste. The Key: Either Pay to Recycle or Get Fined
  6. 07 October
  7. In Just Two Years, We’ve Gone From a Buttonless iPhone to an iPhone With the Most Buttons Ever. It’s an Excellent Decision
  8. 05 October
  9. The U.S. Lost a Destroyer in World War II. Almost 80 Years Later, Underwater Drones Found It at the Bottom of the Pacific Ocean

September 2024

  1. 30 September
  2. What Apple Giveth to You, Apple Taketh From You: The Simple iPhone 16 Setting That Improves All Your Photos
  3. The Worst Drought in 70 Years Has Increased the Price of Colombian Coffee. It Looks Like It’ll Get Worse in 2025
  4. 24 September
  5. Bill Gates Knows Exactly What He’d Do if He Was 20 Years Old: A Startup 100% Dedicated to AI
  6. 21 September
  7. This Is Transgenic Wood, a Sustainable Alternative to Concrete That Has the Potential to Revolutionize Construction
  8. 10 September
  9. According to This Chart That Ranks Countries by Beer Consumption, China Is Beer Country

August 2024

  1. 19 August
  2. These Colors Aren't for Show: A Breakdown of Green, Brown, Blue, and Turquoise Hydrogen
  3. 17 August
  4. The Romans Had a Major Industry That Played a Crucial Role in Their Conquest of Britain: Beer and Salt
  5. 12 August
  6. A Recent Lab Accident Has Produced ‘Wonder Wood,’ a Super-Black Material That Can Absorb More Than 99% of Light
  7. The U.S. Needs to Get Rid of Its Diesel Trains. It’s Rapidly Replacing Them With Hydrogen Trains
  8. 09 August
  9. The U.S. Wants to Triple Its Solar Panels. To Reach Its Goal, It Has a Brilliant Idea: Using an Army of Robots

July 2024

  1. 17 July
  2. ‘Be Careful With Chinese Students:’ The U.S. Warning to ASML and Dutch Universities
  3. 16 July
  4. The First Commercial Aircraft ‘Made in China’ Has Been a Success. It’s Preparing to Take On Airbus and Boeing
  5. Someone Put an Apple AirTag and an Android Tracker in the Mail. The Results Aren't Good News for Google
  6. 15 July
  7. We've Gone From Robot Dogs to Dominate the World to Robot Dogs to Help Blind People. This Is China's Robot Guide Dog
  8. 12 July
  9. America's Hypersonic Aircraft Has Been an Open Secret Since 2007. China Used the Intel to Get Ahead
  10. 08 July
  11. As It Turns Out, There’s Another Terrestrial Species That Can Heal Wounds and Perform Surgical Amputations: Ants
  12. 02 July
  13. The Tour de France Has a Team Dedicated Exclusively to One Crucial Task: Erasing the Penises Painted on the Roads
  14. 01 July
  15. This Interactive 'Google Maps' of World War II Is the Best Way to Immerse Yourself in the Conflict's Battles

June 2024

  1. 30 June
  2. Japan Has the Key to the Next Evolution of Robots: Wrapping Them in Human Skin
  3. 11 June
  4. A Comparison of the Militaries of the World's Global Powers, Illustrated in a Handy Chart
  5. 10 June
  6. All the Games Unveiled at Xbox Showcase 2024, Including the 14 Best Upcoming Titles
  7. Microsoft Announces Three New Xbox Series Consoles for 2024, Including the Rumored Xbox Series X All Digital
  8. 09 June
  9. In 1955, Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Felt Its Name Was Too Complicated to Reach Foreign Markets, So It Changed It to 'Sony'
  10. 04 June
  11. Persians Already Invented Air Conditioning Thousands of Years Ago: This Is How Their 'Wind Catchers' Worked
  12. 01 June
  13. After Thousands of Years, Researchers Have Discovered a New Cat Color. It's Called ‘Salty Licorice’

May 2024

  1. 28 May
  2. The Biggest Mayan Discovery 'in Decades' Has Sparked a Profound Realization: We Know Very Little About Its Civilization
  3. 27 May
  4. Texas Was an Oil Giant, Now It’s a Solar Energy Titan: The State Already Produces More Energy Than California
  5. We Knew That Mexico's Mummies Were Creepy, But Now We Know That They're Also Biohazard Risks
  6. 25 May
  7. Geisha Is the Most Exclusive Coffee on Earth. It Has Unexpected Origins
  8. 22 May
  9. Every Once in a While, We Come Across 1,700-Year-Old Roman Dodecahedra. We Still Don’t Know What They Were Used For
  10. 21 May
  11. Venice’s Downfall Won’t Be Tourism or Sea-Level Rise, but Rather the Tree Trunks It Was Built On
  12. 15 May
  13. There's a Problem With the Mayan Ruins: They’re Becoming Inaccessible Due to Violence
  14. 13 May
  15. U.S. Military Shows Off Its Manta Ray Robot. It’s Huge, Autonomous and Ready for Long Underwater Missions
  16. The U.S. Has Long Debated Banning Decaf Coffee. The Fight Has Reached a Critical Moment
  17. 07 May
  18. Apple Watch Series 9 Review: Restrained Ambition for What is Still the iPhone’s Best Companion
  19. 05 May
  20. This Is Ocean Farm 1, the Giant 360-Foot Wide Cage That Can Farm 1.6 Million Salmon
  21. 04 May
  22. iPhone 15 Pro Review: A Look Beyond the Spec Sheet

April 2024

  1. 17 April
  2. Best Mid-Range Smartphones 2024
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