Javier Lacort

Javier Lacort

Senior Writer . At Xataka On since

I write long-form content at Xataka about the intersection between technology, business and society. I also host the daily Spanish podcast Loop infinito (Infinite Loop), where we analyze Apple news and put it into perspective. LinkedIn

98 published news

November 2024

  1. 21 November
  2. Nvidia Has Broken Its Revenue Record Once Again. Yet, the Company Is Much Smaller Than It May Seem
  3. 15 Years of Systematic Destruction: Google Has Reportedly Been Deleting Anything That Could Compromise It in the Future
  4. 20 November
  5. The Succession of Tim Cook (V): Eddy Cue, the Services Visionary
  6. 13 November
  7. The Succession of Tim Cook (IV): Greg Joswiak, the Guardian of the Brand
  8. 06 November
  9. The Succession of Tim Cook (III): Craig Federighi, the Charismatic Software Leader
  10. 04 November
  11. I’ve Used the reMarkable Paper Pro for Two Weeks. While It May Seem Incredibly Limited, This Is Actually Its Greatest Strength
  12. Apple Reportedly Has a Strategy to Make the Vision Pro More Affordable. It’s the Same One It Used With the Apple Watch
  13. 03 November
  14. Meredith Whittaker Spent 13 Years at Google Before Becoming One of the Company’s Worst Nightmares. Now, She Has a Plan
  15. 02 November
  16. In Olden Times, Car Buyers Only Had to Look Under the Hood. Now, They Have to Look at the Processor, Too

October 2024

  1. 30 October
  2. The Succession of Tim Cook (II): John Ternus, the Leading Candidate
  3. 29 October
  4. You Still Can’t Use the New Magic Mouse While Charging—And That’s Exactly What Apple Wants
  5. 28 October
  6. After 14 Years of Secret Research, Apple Is Launching Its Most Ambitious Project to Date to Revolutionize Healthcare
  7. 27 October
  8. Everyone Uses Notion as a Note-Taking Web, but the Company Has Bigger and Much More Ambitious Plans
  9. 26 October
  10. Nike Faces the Biggest Crisis in Its History. However, It Has an Ace up Its Sleeve: Tim Cook
  11. 25 October
  12. Tesla’s Revenue Has Skyrocketed, but It Has Almost Nothing to Do With Selling Cars
  13. 24 October
  14. 45 Minutes With Lenovo CEO Yuanqing Yang: The Chinese Company Is Obsessed With Leading the AI Era
  15. It’s 2024 and San Francisco’s Muni Metro Is Still Running on 5.25-inch Floppy Disks
  16. 23 October
  17. The Succession of Tim Cook (I): This Is the Legacy He’ll Leave Behind as Apple’s CEO
  18. 14 October
  19. I Tested ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode. It’s the Beginning of Something Huge
  20. 12 October
  21. Tesla’s Latest Event Highlights an Open Secret. Musk Doesn’t Want It to Be a Car Manufacturer, but a Software and AI-Driven Enterprise
  22. 10 October
  23. SoftBank Invested $500 Million in OpenAI After ChatGPT Comforted Its CEO on Difficult Nights
  24. 09 October
  25. Two AI Pioneers Won the Nobel Prize in Physics. Here's What They Have to Say About AI and Its Risks
  26. 08 October
  27. Google’s Former CEO Advocates for More AI Data Centers: ‘We Are Never Going to Meet Climate Goals Anyway’
  28. 05 October
  29. I Visited the Garage Where Hewlett and Packard Created HP 85 Years Ago. This Is Where Silicon Valley Was Born
  30. 03 October
  31. The iPhone SE Is Apple’s Missing Link. Keeping This Fossil Around Comes at a Price
  32. Everyone Made a Blind Bet in OpenAI’s Investment Round Except for Two Companies: Microsoft and Nvidia
  33. HP Is Betting Big on AI in the Workplace. It Wants to Transform Printing and Everything Else

September 2024

  1. 30 September
  2. Mark Zuckerberg Saw the Future in 2016. His Roadmap for Meta Is Succeeding With Great Accuracy
  3. 26 September
  4. HP Is Using AI to Try to Transform Printing, a Boring Task, Into Something Fun
  5. 24 September
  6. Telegram Caves to the Pressure: It Will Provide User Data to Governments That Request It
  7. 22 September
  8. Introverts of the World, We’re Taking Back the Internet
  9. 19 September
  10. This Is SocialAI, the Social Media Platform Where You’re the Only Human and All Your Interactions Are With an Army of Bots
  11. 17 September
  12. The Mass Adoption of Foldable Phones Is Still a Dream. They’re Still Expensive and Fragile
  13. 16 September
  14. Apple Gives All iPhone 16 Models the Same Amount of RAM. The Standard Unit Gets Closer to the Pro and Is More Future-Proof
  15. Apple Will Reportedly Release New M4 Macs and iPads in October, Marking the Beginning of the AI Era in Macs
  16. 13 September
  17. The Decline of the ‘Apple Culture’: How Blind Devotion Turned Into Critical Enthusiasm
  18. 11 September
  19. More Than 43,000 People Spent Years Searching the Internet for ‘Celebrity Number 6,’ a Former Model From Spain. She Had No Idea
  20. Goodbye, FineWoven Cases. Apple Will Stop Selling Them After Only One Year
  21. 10 September
  22. The Generation That Was Born Digital Has a Tech Problem. The Culprit: Physical Keyboard
  23. Apple Watch Series 10: Thinner Than Ever With a Spectacular Screen and Redesign
  24. 09 September
  25. The AirPods Max Get a Subtle Makeover: Same Chip, New Port, and New Colors
  26. 07 September
  27. This Is How NVIDIA Makes Money: A Breakdown of a Company That Began in Gaming and Now Dominates Data Centers in the Era of AI
  28. 04 September
  29. Elon Musk Has Emerged as an Unpredictable Geopolitical Force, and No One Knows How to Stop Him
  30. 03 September
  31. Elon Musk Uses Starlink to Bypass Brazil’s X Ban, Pitting Satellite Technology Against Government Orders
  32. Beyond the iPhone 16. Everything We Expect (and Don’t Expect) From Apple’s September 9 Event
  33. 02 September
  34. The New Mac Mini M4 Has Been Leaked. This Release Will Mark Its First Major Update in a Long Time
  35. 01 September
  36. The Podcasting Crown No Longer Belongs to Apple or Spotify. Google Is Now King, Through YouTube That Is

August 2024

  1. 30 August
  2. Search Alternative iAsk AI Is the Latest Threat to Google’s Dominance. It Works Surprisingly Well
  3. 29 August
  4. Nvidia Has Once Again Broken Revenue and Profit Records, But Even That Wasn’t Enough to Satisfy the Market
  5. 28 August
  6. This Is How Telegram Makes Money: A Look at a Business That Keeps Thinking of Ways to Monetize, But Continues to be Unprofitable

July 2024

  1. 14 July
  2. I Tried to Replace My MacBook Pro With the New iPad Pro. I Was Stopped by iPadOS
  3. 08 July
  4. I’ve Been Using Mac and iPad for 15 Years. This Is My Experience With the Surface Pro 11
  5. 05 July
  6. Moshi, a Real-Time AI Assistant, Is Challenging Silicon Valley From Europe
  7. A Hacker Gained Access to OpenAI’s Internal Messaging System, Adding to More Fuel to the Fire About Its Security
  8. 02 July
  9. OpenAI Is Setting Up the Stage for the Release of GPT-5, With Sam Altman Promising a ‘Significant Leap Forward’
  10. The Great 'Fake Meat' Crisis: McDonald’s Has Given Up on McPlant, and Beyond Meat Is Plummeting

June 2024

  1. 30 June
  2. Bing Has Accomplished What Seemed Impossible for Years: Taking a Bite of Google Search's Market Share
  3. 27 June
  4. Apple Prioritizes Longevity Over Repairability. It Justified Its Decision in a 24-Page Document
  5. OpenAI Is Making It Hard to Identify the Advantages of ChatGPT Plus, a Risky Strategy That Could Be Visionary
  6. 22 June
  7. AI Isn’t Ready to Understand Our Food Orders Yet. A Giant Like McDonald’s Just Proved It
  8. 20 June
  9. Ilya Sutskever's New AI Company Was Born After the Crisis That Almost Ended Sam Altman. It Wants to Become What OpenAI Couldn't Be
  10. 19 June
  11. Meta Is Serious When It Comes to Wearables. Look at What It Just Did With Reality Labs
  12. 18 June
  13. Officials Used AI Cameras to 'Read' Emotions on UK Subways. The Problem: Passengers Knew Nothing About It
  14. 17 June
  15. Sam Altman Is Reportedly Considering Transforming OpenAI Into a For-Profit Company. It Would Be the Ultimate Plot Twist
  16. 14 June
  17. Apple Has Integrated the Reminders App Into Calendar. You'll Need to Know the Difference to Avoid Chaos
  18. The Internet Brought Us ‘Spam.’ AI Is Bringing Us 'Slop'
  19. 13 June
  20. The iOS 18 Customization Controversy Isn’t Just About Aesthetics. It’s a Battle Between Purists and Nonconformists, and There's a Clear Winner
  21. An Amazon Tribe That Recently Gained Access to the Internet Has Been Accused Internationally of Being Addicted to Porn. It’s Not True
  22. 12 June
  23. From Startup to French National Gem in 12 Months: This Is the Meteoric Rise of Mistral, Europe’s Biggest Hope to Break Into AI
  24. 11 June
  25. Siri Receives a Major Upgrade Courtesy of Apple Intelligence. It’s Finally Making the Leap We’ve Been Anticipating for Years
  26. Apple's Historic Partnership With OpenAI Is Now Official. Here's What That Means
  27. I’ve Been Using the Ultrahuman Glucose Monitor for Two Weeks Even Though I’m Not Diabetic. While I’ve Learned About My Body, The Device Isn't for Everyone
  28. 10 June
  29. New Cybertruck Owner Find Out Car Doesn't Fit in His Parking Space. Tesla Is Threatening Him With a $50,000 Fine if He Sells It
  30. 06 June
  31. Nvidia Has Just Surpassed Apple as the World’s Second Most Valuable Company
  32. 04 June
  33. This Startup Wanted to Revolutionize Mortgages With AI. Now, It’s Facing a Barrage of Lawsuits
  34. Instagram Is Testing Out Ads You Won’t Be Able to Skip
  35. Elon Musk's X Is Now Rated 'XXX'. New Twitter Openly Embraces Porn
  36. In the AI Era, Microsoft Will Need Those Who Turned Their Backs on It in the Mobile Era: Developers
  37. 02 June
  38. A Generation That's Eternally Unfocused: 'I Can't Do Anything for 15 Minutes Without Checking My Phone'

May 2024

  1. 30 May
  2. A Note to My Past Self: Download Everything You Love
  3. 29 May
  4. Sam Altman Will Lead the OpenAI Security Committee That Oversees Sam Altman’s Work. It Doesn’t Sound Like a Great Idea
  5. Elon Musk and Meta AI Chief Yann LeCun Are Openly at War on X: ‘Try Harder!’
  6. 28 May
  7. The U.S. Government Doesn’t Want China to Conquer Its Electric Car Market. The Reality Is That China Barely Sells Any Cars There
  8. 26 May
  9. It’s Not Your Imagination: There Are Fewer Smartphones Launched Than Ever Before. We Have the Data to Prove It
  10. 25 May
  11. My Life Before Smartphones Proves That Memory Can Be Deceiving
  12. I Went to an Apple Store at 3 a.m. on a Tuesday to Find Out Who Buys Apple Products at 3 a.m. on a Tuesday
  13. 23 May
  14. Generative AI Creates a Gap Between Local and Cloud-Based Models. There’s Room for Both
  15. 22 May
  16. The OpenAI Crisis Six Months Later: The Board May Have Been Right About Sam Altman's Dishonesty
  17. The Mac vs. PC War Seemed a Thing of the Past. Now, It’s Coming Back
  18. 21 May
  19. Copilot Is No Longer Just a Personal Assistant: Now it’s Part of the Team. Specifically, Microsoft Teams
  20. OpenAI Thought Using a Scarlett Johansson-like Voice in ChatGPT Was a Great Idea. Scarlett Johansson, Not So Much
  21. Microsoft Introduces Copilot+, the Next Generation of AI-Powered PCs
  22. 16 May
  23. Apple Announces New Accessibility Features for iPhone and iPad. There's Even One to Help Reduce Motion Sickness
  24. 14 May
  25. Google Injects Generative AI Into Its Search Engine, Which Can Now 'Search For You'
  26. Microsoft Pumped $10 Billion Into OpenAI. That Still Wasn't Enough to Get Access to the ChatGPT App for Windows
  27. 10 May
  28. Who Is John Ternus? Meet One of the Leading Contenders to Succeed Tim Cook as Apple CEO
  29. 08 May
  30. Apple Announces New Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro and the First Pencil Pro with Haptic Engine

April 2024

  1. 19 April
  2. Apple Vision Pro Review: Incredible Potential, Imperfect Result
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