Alejandro Alcolea

Alejandro Alcolea

Writer . 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. LinkedIn

50 published news

December 2024

  1. 17 December
  2. Data Centers Consume So Much Water That It’s Becoming a Problem for Big Tech
  3. 16 December
  4. 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
  5. 08 December
  6. China’s Great Green Wall Reaches New Milestone: Containing One of the World’s Largest Deserts
  7. 07 December
  8. The Gordie Howe Bridge: The Longest Cable-Stayed Bridge in the U.S. Upon Completion and the Heart of a Cross-Border Drama
  9. 03 December
  10. Jaguar Type 00: A Concept Car That Breaks With the Past and Paves the Way for the Future
  11. 01 December
  12. Meet the Vespucci Espresso Machine: A La Marzocco Coffee Maker So Unique That It’s Impossible to Buy
  13. 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, 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

July 2024

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