Alba Mora

Alba Mora

Writer . At Xataka On since

An established tech journalist, I entered the world of consumer tech by chance in 2018. In my writing and translating career, I've also covered a diverse range of topics, including entertainment, travel, science, and economy. LinkedIn

164 published news

December 2024

  1. 13 December
  2. Grok Is Now Available for All Users: This Is How to Use X’s AI Tool

September 2024

  1. 18 September
  2. How to Set Up Your Wi-Fi Network Securely Using the SSID and Authentication Method
  3. 08 September
  4. Content Delivery Network, Explained: How a Group of Servers Helps the Web Load Faster

August 2024

  1. 25 August
  2. Cobalt Is One of the Highly Sought-After Metals on Earth. The Reason? Its Crucial Role in Lithium Batteries
  3. We've Long Wondered Why the Chernobyl Wild Boars Were So Radioactive. It Turns Out It Has Nothing to Do With the Nuclear Disaster
  4. 24 August
  5. Four Vision Pro Users Share Their Experiences After Five Months With the Headset: A Promising Future, a Limited Present
  6. The Alternative to Air Conditioning Doesn’t Require Electricity: All You Need Is Clay and a Good Design
  7. Awkward Silence: A Breakdown of the Emotional Intelligence Technique That Transformed the Responses of Steve Jobs, Tim Cook, and Jeff Bezos
  8. 23 August
  9. Dawn Aerospace’s Rocket-Powered Aircraft Has Successfully Completed a Crucial Flight Test. It’s Now Setting Its Sights on Breaking an Enormous Record
  10. A Grad Student Discovered a Forgotten 'Fat Mac' at His Mom's House. He Plugged It in After 30 Years and Got a Big Surprise
  11. 21 August
  12. This Apple Designer Received an Original ‘Apple Watch’ From 1998. It's Waterproof and Has a Watch Dial That's Upside Down
  13. I’ve Tested the Boox Palma: A Promising Concept, but a Disappointing Fusion of a Phone and E-Ink Screen Reader
  14. 19 August
  15. The Nostalgia Industry Is Still Going Strong. A Familiar Face Is Reaping the Benefits: Fujifilm
  16. ‘I Swear It’s There.’ Apple CEO Claimed There Was an iPhone in a 1670 Painting. He Didn't Know How to React
  17. These Colors Aren't for Show: A Breakdown of Green, Brown, Blue, and Turquoise Hydrogen
  18. 18 August
  19. This Employee Has Been Working at Apple His Entire Life. He Started at 14 and Now Has Twice as Much Experience As Steve Jobs
  20. This Phone Promised to Revive Nokia 15 Years Ago, Had Amazing Hardware, and Was a Strong Competitor to the iPhone. I’m Still in Love With the Nokia N900
  21. 17 August
  22. The Romans Had a Major Industry That Played a Crucial Role in Their Conquest of Britain: Beer and Salt
  23. The Best Weather Apps for Your Phone
  24. All Black Mirror Episodes Ranked From Best to Worst
  25. 16 August
  26. The Webb Telescope Has Successfully Penetrated the Nucleus of a Neighboring Galaxy, Which Is Home to a Fiercely Active Black Hole
  27. New Tool for Creating Deepfakes for Free Rekindles Debate on the Dangers It Poses
  28. Former Google CEO Claimed Remote Work Won’t Help Win the AI Race. He Apologized 48 Hours Later
  29. Warren Buffett Sold Half of His Apple Shares. The Tax Bill on the Sale Is the Same as Spotify’s Annual Revenue
  30. China Produces More Batteries Than Any Other Country. The Problem: They’re Not Storing Energy Efficiently
  31. 15 August
  32. A New Study Says 94% of Excel Tables Contain Errors: How a Formula Can Cause an Economic Disaster
  33. This Instagram Photo of People Doing Yoga on the Deck of a Ship Reveals a Nuclear Secret India Was Trying to Hide
  34. Developing Error Correction for Quantum Computers Is Becoming Increasingly Complex, But There’s Still Hope
  35. An Increasing Number of North Korean Spies Are Carrying Out Remote Work for U.S. Companies to Finance Their Nuclear Weapons
  36. China’s Constellation of Satellites Is Unsettling the Pentagon. It Can Track a Fighter Jet as Well as an Asteroid
  37. 14 August
  38. Quantum Teleportation Is a Reality and Holds the Potential to Revolutionize the Way We Transfer Information
  39. Japan Was the Dominant Force in the Chip Industry in the 1980s. This Is How It Plans to Reclaim Its Former Glory
  40. Japanese Researchers Reveal the First Prototype of Magnetically Levitated Cars. It’s as Promising as It’s Experimental
  41. The New Gemini Showcases Google’s Ambition: To Have Us Continuously Talk to Our Phones
  42. 13 August
  43. Google Pixel Watch 3: Google’s New Smartwatch Is Available in Two Sizes and Doesn't Fear the Sun
  44. Google Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL: Available in Two Sizes and Armed With the New Tensor G4, They Want to Be the Best Android Phones of the Year
  45. Google Pixel 9: It May Not Have the ‘Pro’ Name, But It’ll Once Again Be One of the Smartest Purchases
  46. TSMC and Samsung Have a New Rival That Promises to Surpass Them in Terms of Efficiency. It’s Located in Japan and Is Preparing 2 nm Chips
  47. A Serious Vulnerability Is Affecting AMD Processors. Not All of Them Will Receive a Patch to Fix It
  48. 12 August
  49. A Recent Lab Accident Has Produced ‘Wonder Wood,’ a Super-Black Material That Can Absorb More Than 99% of Light
  50. The World Is Obsessed With ‘Perfect Teeth,’ Despite the Prevalence of Fake Teeth in Movies and Television
  51. EssilorLuxottica Used to Be a Traditional Eyewear Company. Now, It’s Embracing Technology, and Meta and Google Want a Slice of It
  52. The U.S. Needs to Get Rid of Its Diesel Trains. It’s Rapidly Replacing Them With Hydrogen Trains
  53. 11 August
  54. A Brief History of Paul Otlet, the Little Known Grandfather of the World Wide Web
  55. A Google Engineer Moved Into a Truck Parked on the Company’s Campus. He Avoided Paying Rent and Kept 90% of His Salary
  56. 09 August
  57. The U.S. Wants to Triple Its Solar Panels. To Reach Its Goal, It Has a Brilliant Idea: Using an Army of Robots
  58. SpaceX Is Already Testing a New Engine for Starship Described As ‘A Work of Art.’ Yet, the Competition Is Skeptical
  59. Beware of Falling in Love With Your Chatbot: OpenAI Warns That GPT-4o May Reduce Users' Need To Socialize With Humans
  60. Google Has Gone 20 Months Without Being Able to Address One of Its Biggest Threats in History: ChatGPT
  61. Humane Is Struggling to Survive. The Problem: More Users Are Returning Its AI Pin Instead of Buying It
  62. The DMA Has Accomplished What Was Once Thought Impossible: Apple Will Now Allow Various Types of External Links in Apps
  63. Nicolás Maduro Intensifies His Battle Against Elon Musk and Orders 10-Day Ban on X in Venezuela
  64. 08 August
  65. Some Americans Are Brewing Beer Using Water From Showers and Toilets. And There’s Good Reason for It
  66. 80 Trillion Watts: A UK Startup Has Fired the World’s Most Powerful Cannon to Demonstrate Nuclear Fusion
  67. Microsoft Wants Its Engineers in China to Leave the Country. They're Not So Sure
  68. Winning a Gold Medal in Countries Like South Korea Is Better Than Winning the Lottery. Some Olympic Athletes Will No Longer Have to Worry About Money
  69. This Object Has Been Puzzling Astronomers. All They Know Is That It’s Traveling at 1.2 Million Mph Toward the Center of the Milky Way
  70. The Golden Age of AI Is Experiencing Its First Significant Slowdown: A Market Correction or a Bursting Bubble?
  71. 07 August
  72. Google Has Killed Off the Chromecast. Farewell to a Friendly and Affordable Product That Helped Us Enjoy TV Like Never Before
  73. Paper Straws Are Often Touted as a Great Alternative to Plastic, But There's a Small Problem: They’re Toxic
  74. Apple Accidentally Leaves Some of Its AI Prompts Out in the Open: ‘Do Not Hallucinate’
  75. Google TV Streamer (4K): Say Goodbye to Chromecast and Hello to the New Premium Set-Top Box With Google TV
  76. NASA Has Asked SpaceX to Postpone Its Next Flight. It Could Potentially Need It to Rescue the Boeing Crew
  77. Advertising Revenue on Elon Musk’s X Has Dropped Dramatically, So the Platform Decided to Sue a Group of Advertisers
  78. Samsung Has Just Revolutionized Electric Car Batteries, Improving Their Range, Charging Time, and Lifespan
  79. Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra Review: The Watch Samsung Needed to Face Off Against the Apple Watch Ultra on Equal Footing
  80. 06 August
  81. How Much Money Did Tech Giants Lose on Monday? The 'Magnificent Seven' Had One of the Worst Days in Their History
  82. Pegasus Is a Revolutionary Hybrid Flying Car: It Can Travel on the Highway and Fly for up to Three Hours
  83. In China, an Increasing Number of Young People Are Dissatisfied With the Future That Awaits Them, So They’re Pretending to Be Birds
  84. Safari Aims to Revolutionize the Web Browsing Experience. How? By Enabling Users to Eliminate Distractions
  85. Google’s New Monopoly Status Has Unexpected Collateral Damage: Apple
  86. Google Has Just Suffered a Major Loss in a U.S. Antitrust Lawsuit: The Search Giant Staggers
  87. Elon Musk Is Suing OpenAI and Sam Altman Again: Microsoft’s Multibillion-Dollar Deal Is in the Spotlight
  88. 05 August
  89. The Millionaire Heir to Hermès Adopted His Gardener. His Fortune Evaporated Before It Could Reach His Garden
  90. Scientists Have Unveiled the Origin of the Mysterious Gas Enveloping the Moon. The Culprit: Very Tiny Rocks
  91. In 1904, the U.S. Hosted the Worst Olympic Games in History. It Featured a Marathon Winner Who Won With the Help of a Car and Events for ‘Primitive' People
  92. Arc, I’m Sorry for What I Said About You. You’re the Best Browser in the Whole World
  93. OpenAI Has Developed an AI Text Detector That Works Almost Flawlessly. It Doesn't Want to Bring It to the Market
  94. Logitech's Controversial 'Forever Mouse' Doesn’t Need Subscriptions. It Needs to Be Repairable
  95. 04 August
  96. Say Goodbye to Spam Calls With This Google Feature. I’m Never Going Back After This
  97. Scientists Have Discovered Supplements That Can Enhance Memory in the Elderly: Prebiotics
  98. 03 August
  99. For Decades, People Visited This New York City Skyscraper Without Knowing That the Joints Holding It Together Couldn't Handle the Weight
  100. 02 August
  101. Toyota Is in the Eye of the Storm: The Company Acknowledges That It Sold 14 Models With Fake Safety Tests Over the Last Decade
  102. Boeing’s Attempt to Compete With SpaceX’s Dragon Has Failed: Starliner Has Just Lost Another $125 Million
  103. It's Not the Olympic Games, It's a Casting Call for John Wick 5: Shooters Are the Sensation of Paris 2024
  104. Intel Is Laying Off More Than 10,000 Workers. The Semiconductor Giant Is Facing Challenging Times
  105. 01 August
  106. There’s a Lot of Buzz About Nvidia, But Another AI Company Is Even More Profitable in 2024 (With Some Nuances)

July 2024

  1. 31 July
  2. Nothing Phone (2a) Plus: A Powerful Mid-Range Phone That Keeps Its Distinctive Look
  3. Want to Have as Much Money as Jeff Bezos? You’d Need to Work for 45 Years Earning $2.1 Million per Hour
  4. Friend Is an AI Wearable That Listens to You 24/7 and Wants to Be Your Best Friend
  5. Meteorologists Warn That Debby, the Next Tropical Storm in the Atlantic, Could Be on the Horizon
  6. Logitech Has a Clear Vision for the Mouse of the Future: It Has a Lifetime Subscription
  7. OpenAI Has Started to Roll Out One of the Most Anticipated (and Revolutionary) ChatGPT Features: Its New Voice Mode
  8. 30 July
  9. Smartphones Appeared to Have Replaced Cameras for Good, Until the Rise of Mirrorless Cameras
  10. Apple Is Starting to Roll Out Its AI to the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. So Far, It’s Everything But Revolutionary
  11. Ford Wanted to Compete With Tesla in the Electric Car Market. It’s Facing an Issue Called ‘A $5 Billion Loss’
  12. Marvel Needed an Extraordinary Plot Twist to Revive the MCU. Its (Risky) Bet Is Robert Downey Jr.
  13. Apple TV+ Has Finally Given In: The Platform Is Reportedly Planning on Introducing Ads Into Its Programming
  14. 29 July
  15. The Internet Is Fuming Over the 'Satanic' Parody of the Last Supper at the Olympics, But It's Actually Another Painting
  16. This Is a Ferrari Executive's Method to Avoid Deepfake Scams: Ask the Scammer a Question That Only the CEO Would Know the Answer to
  17. ChatGPT Is Now Integrated Into Synchron’s Brain Implants, a Potentially Life-Changing Mental ‘Click’
  18. Elon Musk Posted a Deepfake of Kamala Harris. The X CEO Has Violated the Platform’s Rules
  19. Marvel Revolutionizes Comic-Con With the Surprise Return of Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom and Sneak Peaks of Avengers and Fantastic Four
  20. Apple Intelligence Will Reportedly Not Be Available With the Launch of iOS 18
  21. Trump Vows to Transform the U.S. Into a Haven for Crypto: ‘Never Sell Your Bitcoin’
  22. 27 July
  23. Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 Review: The Flip Format Is Starting to Make Sense in a Foldable Phone That Improves Its Cameras Significantly
  24. 26 July
  25. OpenAI Just Announced SearchGPT, a Direct Challenge to Google’s Search Engine
  26. 25 July
  27. Elon Musk Has Activated the World’s ‘Most Powerful AI Training Cluster.’ It’s Equipped With 100,000 Nvidia GPUs
  28. Astronauts Have Relied on Diapers for Decades During Their Missions. They Finally Have an Alternative: Drinking Their Own Urine
  29. ‘They Are Inoperable': Toyota Is Facing a Class Action in the U.S. Over Problems With Its Hydrogen Car
  30. Paris Created a QR Code System to Enhance Security for the Olympic Games. It’s Resulted in Widespread Frustration
  31. OpenAI Will Reportedly Lose $5 Billion This Year. Without Investment, It’s Impossible to Sustain the Ruinous AI Business
  32. 24 July
  33. Deadpool & Wolverine Is the Best Character Film and Oxygen for Marvel, but Not the Revolution the Genre Needs
  34. U.S. Makes Huge Breakthrough in Nuclear Fusion Research by Managing to Confine Plasma in a Magnetic Mirror
  35. Scientists Have Been Studying Magic Mushrooms for Years Without Fully Understanding How They Worked. Until Now
  36. Spotify Plans to Introduce a New Deluxe Plan as Part of a New Tech Trend: Base, Body, and the Cherry on Top
  37. Meta Has Unveiled the ‘World’s Largest and Most Capable’ AI Model, Surpassing OpenAI’s GPT-4o in Various Aspects
  38. Engineers Are Developing Nuclear Spacecraft Again. NASA Says We're Going to Need Them
  39. 23 July
  40. China Banned Mukbang in 2020. Now, a Streamer Reignited the Debate When She Died While Binge Eating in a Live Stream
  41. We Suspected Consuming Caffeine While Being Sleep Deprived Wasn’t Very Healthy. A New Study Has Just Confirmed It
  42. Elon Musk Sets a Date for the Arrival of Optimus at Tesla Factories. It's the First Step Before Selling Them to Other Companies
  43. The Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones Changed the Way We Look at Fantasy. And Not Just for the Better
  44. Bill Gates Predicts a Near-Term Decline for Current AI. His Bet on the Future? ‘Metacognitive’ AI
  45. This Is What the New Google Chromecast Will Reportedly Look Like: Goodbye to the Dongle, Hello to the Set-Top Box
  46. 22 July
  47. We Spend Too Much Time Sitting and Are Just Now Beginning to Understand How Detrimental It Is for Our Health
  48. This Airline Went 32 Years Without Updating Windows. It Was the Only One That Escaped the Global CrowdStrike Outage
  49. Amazon Has Revised Its Return-to-Office Policy. Going to the Office for Coffee Isn’t Enough: Employees Need to Stay
  50. To No One’s Surprise, a Recent Study Has Revealed That Money Does Indeed Bring Happiness. The More Money, the Better
  51. Kernel Mode, Explained: This Is How Windows Security Operates and How CrowdStrike ‘Bypassed’ It to Cause Chaos
  52. The First Floating Solar Park in the Swiss Alps Has Paid for Itself in Just 2.8 Years. The Key: Its High Altitude
  53. You've Never Sat on a Toilet Seat This Pricey: This Throne Is Made Out of Old Phones and Is One of Only Two in Existence
  54. 20 July
  55. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 Review: An Evolution as Contained and It Is Logical for the Foldable Phone With the Best Software on the Market
  56. Canon EOS R1 and Canon EOS R5 Mark II: Four Years Later, Canon Finally Showcases How It’ll Revolutionize Autofocus
  57. 19 July
  58. NASA’s Curiosity Rover Accidentally Cracked Open a Rock on Mars, Revealing a Yellow Treasure
  59. GPT-4o Mini Is Now Available on ChatGPT for Free. OpenAI Is Using Muscle Against Google and Anthropic With This Small Model
  60. From Hospitals to Small Businesses: How the CrowdStrike Incident Brought Global Paralysis to Unexpected Places
  61. NASA Just Paid SpaceX $267,000 to Develop an Emergency Plan to Rescue Astronauts on the ISS
  62. The Glitch That Demonstrated the Fragility of Airports Worldwide: How CrowdStrike Became the Biggest Story on a Dramatic Summer Day
  63. How to Fix the CrowdStrike and Microsoft Bug on an Affected Computer
  64. What Does CrowdStrike Do? Here's What You Need to Know About Microsoft's Cybersecurity Provider, Which Is Behind the Global IT Outage
  65. 18 July
  66. Andrej Karpathy, OpenAI Co-Founder and Former Head of AI at Tesla, Has a New Mission: Transform Education With AI-Powered Teachers
  67. SpaceX Is Building a Spacecraft to Destroy the International Space Station. It’s Four Times More Powerful Than the Dragon
  68. 17 July
  69. ‘Be Careful With Chinese Students:’ The U.S. Warning to ASML and Dutch Universities
  70. Volvo Wanted to Make It Big by Selling Cars Online Like Tesla, But 0% of Its Customers Have Gone This Route
  71. TikTok Attempted to Circumvent the DMA by Claiming It Was Illegal. The EU Court Isn't Buying It
  72. Claude Is ChatGPT's Biggest Rival, and You Can Now Download It on Your Android Phone
  73. An Astronaut Took a Picture of a Red Sprite From the ISS. It’s an Extremely Difficult Phenomenon to Photograph
  74. The U.S. Ban on Kaspersky Generates Its First Casualty: All Employees in the Country Will Be Laid Off
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