Jody Serrano

Jody Serrano

Editor in chief

At Xataka On since

Editor in Chief at Xataka On. Before joining Webedia, I was a tech reporter at Gizmodo and The Messenger. While I've covered all sorts of things related to technology, I'm specialized in writing about social media, Internet culture, Twitch, and streamers.

jody.serrano@xataka.com

134 published news

March 2025

  1. 28 March
  2. Delaware Passes ‘Billionaire’s Law’ to Prevent a DExit by American Corporations. Its Inspiration: Elon Musk
  3. 27 March
  4. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Wants to 'Make Frying Oil (Beef) Tallow Again.' Experts Say Otherwise
  5. 26 March
  6. Wanna Buy a Sex Toy Online in Texas? Proposed Law Says You’ll Have to Provide Your ID
  7. 25 March
  8. Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Taking Weather Balloons Out of the Sky. It Could Have Serious Consequences
  9. 24 March
  10. ‘Zombie Deer Disease’ Isn’t a Joke. Scientists Warn That There Could Be Human Cases One day
  11. 21 March
  12. Retiring the American Penny Could Create an Entirely New Problem Around Another Coin: Nickels
  13. 20 March
  14. Not Even Apple Can Make Apple TV+ Work. The Service Has Created a Billion-Dollar Hole in the Company’s Finances
  15. U.S. Officials Are Ramping Up Seizures at the Border. Curiously, the Most Confiscated Item Isn’t Drugs, It’s Eggs
  16. 19 March
  17. Texas Says It Wants to Ban AI-Generated Child Porn. It May End Up Banning Popular Anime Shows Instead
  18. 18 March
  19. Starbucks Lawsuit: A Man Suffered Third Degree Burns After Dropping Hot Tea in His Lap. He Was Just Awarded $50 Million
  20. 17 March
  21. U.S. Egg Shortage: Finland Says Sorry, Declines to Send Eggs to America
  22. 14 March
  23. Researchers Are Getting Closer to Creating the Ultimate Search-and-Rescue Workers: Cyborg Cockroaches
  24. 13 March
  25. Homes in the World’s Largest 3D-Printed Neighborhood Take One Week to Print. This Is What They Look Like
  26. 12 March
  27. Girl Scout Cookies Lawsuit, Explained: Do America’s Cookies Really Contain Harmful Metals and Toxins?
  28. 11 March
  29. You Should Probably Check on Your Old Warner Bros. DVDs: They May Be Affected by Disc Rot
  30. 10 March
  31. In California, Even Politicians Think Bigfoot Is Important. One Wants to Officially Recognize It by Law
  32. 07 March
  33. Texas Helped Big Betters Buy a $95 Million Jackpot. Now, It’s Investigating Whether There Was Foul Play
  34. 06 March
  35. Former Enemies Reunite to Bring Social Media Dinosaur Digg Back to Life
  36. 05 March
  37. The Trump Administration Briefly Considered Putting the FBI’s Headquarters for Sale. Then, It Changed Its Mind
  38. 04 March
  39. States Are Moving to Ban Weather Modification, Enshrining Conspiracy Into Law
  40. 03 March
  41. Blue Ghost Lander Becomes Second to Land on the Moon, the First to Land in One Piece

February 2025

  1. 28 February
  2. Ohio Lawmaker Wants 'Boneless' Chicken Wings to Truly Have No Bones
  3. 27 February
  4. The Lander Athena Has One Primary Mission: Landing Upright on the Moon
  5. 26 February
  6. How to Watch Blood Moon From U.S. on March 13
  7. 25 February
  8. The Gold in Fort Knox, Explained: Why Trump and Musk Are Suddenly Obsessed With Checking to Make Sure It’s Still There
  9. 24 February
  10. Link Click Is an Underrated Gem That’ll Make You Want to Dive Into Donghua
  11. 21 February
  12. Something Is Happening to the American Lobster in Maine. If It Continues, It Could Send Waves Through the U.S. Fishing Industry
  13. 20 February
  14. Coca-Cola’s Newest Hit Isn’t Related to Soda at All. The Company Is Raking In Cash by Selling Milk
  15. 19 February
  16. DOGE Stimulus, Explained: Why You’re Suddenly Hearing About $5,000 to $8,000 Checks on Social Media
  17. 18 February
  18. Spanish Soccer League Ordered ISPs to Block Access to Cloudflare to Stop Piracy. It Ended Up Blocking a Lot More Than Illegal Streams
  19. 17 February
  20. TikTok Hack Advises Airline Passengers to Put Their Seatbelt Around Their Ankles for Better Sleep. It's Not a Good Idea
  21. 14 February
  22. Back to Plastic: Trump Has Declared War on Paper Straws. Here’s What the Science Says
  23. 13 February
  24. Duolingo Said Its Owl Was Dead and Created the Internet's Biggest Mystery
  25. 12 February
  26. 200,000 Sign ‘Denmarkification’ Petition That Calls for Denmark to Buy California From Trump
  27. 11 February
  28. 'Frostbite on Exposed Skin in as Little as 10 Minutes': Millions Across U.S. Brace for Winter Storms and Extreme Cold
  29. 10 February
  30. 'Montoya, Por Favor': How a Spanish Reality TV Star Became a Worldwide Meme
  31. 07 February
  32. Federal Authorities Say They Will Begin Asking People to Present REAL IDs on Planes in May 2025—for Real This Time
  33. 06 February
  34. How Federal Employees Can Keep Their Communications Private Amid Trump’s DEI Crackdown
  35. 05 February
  36. Montoya, Explained: How Temptation Island Proves Language Is No Barrier for Understanding Drama on the Internet
  37. 04 February
  38. This Is Klarna’s Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the CEO Who Says AI Will Replace Human Jobs
  39. 03 February
  40. Trump Released Billions of Gallons of ‘Beautiful Water’ to Help Put Out the California Wildfires. Experts Say It’s a Dangerous Move

January 2025

  1. 31 January
  2. Newly Discovered Zombie Fungus Forces Spiders to Leave Their Lairs and Die Out in the Open
  3. 30 January
  4. Elon Musk Wants to Keep a Close Eye on the Government. The Solution: Sleeping in the DOGE Offices
  5. 29 January
  6. Amid New Pay-or-Go-Away Policy, Starbucks Tested Out Panic Buttons in Stores
  7. 28 January
  8. Astronomers Thought They’d Found a New Asteroid Near Earth. It Turned Out to Be Elon Musk’s Space Trash
  9. 27 January
  10. Elon Musk’s DOGE Wants to Retire the American Penny
  11. 24 January
  12. A Rare Flower Whose Name Means ‘Giant, Misshapen Penis’ Bloomed for the First Time in Years. It Smells Like Rotting Flesh
  13. 23 January
  14. Donald Trump’s Return to the Oval Office Means He Can Focus on His Weird Obsession: Making Showerheads and Toilets Great Again
  15. 22 January
  16. The Planetary Parade, Explained: How to Watch the Rare Planetary Alignment This Month
  17. 21 January
  18. ‘BIG TTS, DEE NUTZ, SM0LL PP’: Florida License Plate Denials Are Proof That Some Never Grow Out of Their Teenage Boy Era
  19. 20 January
  20. Does This Supergiant Sea Bug Look Like Darth Vader to You?
  21. 17 January
  22. Goodbye, Big Brother: GM Banned From Sharing Its Drivers’ Geolocation and Behavior Data With Insurance Companies
  23. 16 January
  24. Not Everyone Will be Banned From Using TikTok. It Looks Like the Biden Administration Made Some Exemptions
  25. 15 January
  26. With TikTok Ban Looming, Americans Say They’ve Found the Next Best Thing. Ironically, It’s a Chinese App Called RedNote
  27. 14 January
  28. Starbucks Has a New Message for the Public: Don’t Come In If You’re Not Going to Buy Anything
  29. 13 January
  30. What Caused the California Fires? Investigators Are Looking Into Arson, an Electrical Tower, and an Old Fire
  31. 03 January
  32. Pornhub Is Now Banned for 120 Million People in the U.S., but the Fight Over Porn Isn’t Over Yet
  33. 02 January
  34. The Internet’s New Queen Isn’t a Person, It’s the Walmart Copy of the Exclusive Birkin Bag

December 2024

  1. 31 December
  2. Superyachts Aren’t Doing It for Some Millionaires Anymore, so This Company Came Up With an Alternative: Luxury Submarines
  3. Someone Stole Keanu Reeves’ Exclusive Rolex Watch in Los Angeles in 2023. It Was Just Found It in the Most Random Place: Chile
  4. 30 December
  5. Hertz Dangles Cheap Used Teslas in Front of Customers in Effort to Offload Fleet
  6. 27 December
  7. Regulators Sue Walmart for Illegally Opening Bank Accounts for Its Spark Delivery Drivers Without Their Consent
  8. 26 December
  9. Florida Is Debuting a New Material for Building Roads. There’s Just One Problem: It’s Radioactive
  10. 23 December
  11. Long-haired and Bearded Men Are the Latest Jesus Commodity, and They’re Making Bank
  12. 20 December
  13. RIP Murder Hornet. Insect That Took Pleasure in Ripping Off Honeybees’ Heads Declared Eradicated in the U.S.
  14. 19 December
  15. Virginia Chosen as Site for World’s First Commercial Nuclear Fusion Power Plant. Its Goal: Generating Electricity for 150,000 Homes
  16. 18 December
  17. New FTC Rule Will Force Companies Make Hidden Fees Obvious, but That Doesn’t Mean They’re Going Away
  18. 17 December
  19. This Church Considers Psychedelic Mushrooms to Be Religious Sacraments. It Says the Universe Is Telling It to ‘Get Out of San Francisco’
  20. 16 December
  21. City Has a Plea for Residents: Stop Putting Googly Eyes on Public Sculptures
  22. 13 December
  23. The ‘Most Dangerous Toy in History’ Includes Real Samples of Uranium Ore. It Just Sold for $16,500
  24. 12 December
  25. Oldest Gun in the U.S. Found in Ruins of Spanish Stone-and-Adobe Building. It’s 480 Years Old and Was Never Fired
  26. 11 December
  27. Texas Prevents People From Owning More Than 6 Dildos. Now Lawmakers Want to Ban Sex Toys at Walmart
  28. 10 December
  29. With New Ban, New Orleans Declares War on Mylar Balloons. Releasing One of Them Carries a $1,000 Fine
  30. 09 December
  31. Museum Worker Find Thousand-Year-Old Medieval Sword While Out for a Swim
  32. 05 December
  33. Secret U.S. Agency Is Paying $5 Million to Remove America’s Spy Satellites From New Vera Rubin Observatory Images
  34. 04 December
  35. The ‘Deaths in 2024’ Wikipedia Page Is the Most-Read of 2024. Here Are the Top 25 Most Popular Wikipedia Entries
  36. 03 December
  37. The Blue Grinch Meme Is Everywhere. Here’s What the ‘That Feeling When Knee Surgery Is Tomorrow’ Actually Means
  38. 02 December
  39. Crypto Millionaire Creates Real-Life Treasure Hunt in the U.S. The Prize: Five Boxes With Jewels, Gold, and a Moon Rock

November 2024

  1. 27 November
  2. The Debate Over American Water, Explained: Why Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Wants to Ban Fluoride in Water
  3. 26 November
  4. Bird Flu Virus Found in Raw Milk in California, Highlighting Risks as Drink Goes Mainstream
  5. 25 November
  6. Scientists Have a New Origin Theory for Mars’ Potato-Shaped Moons: A Shredded Asteroid
  7. 23 November
  8. Tap Water Delivered to 113 Million Americans May Contain Toxic Chemical, Scientists Say
  9. 21 November
  10. Crypto Billionaire Buys Viral Duct-Taped Banana for $6.2 Million, Says He Plans to Eat It
  11. 19 November
  12. Scientists Discover World’s Largest Coral, Which Is Longer Than the Blue Whale and Can Be Seen From Space
  13. 18 November
  14. Infamous Duct-Taped Banana Set to Bring In More Than $1 Million at Auction, Replacement Bananas Not Included
  15. 15 November
  16. Elon Musk Is Looking for People to Work at DOGE. Here's What He's Offering: Tedious Work, Lots of Enemies, and Zero Pay
  17. 14 November
  18. Mark Zuckerberg Has Another Name: Z-Pain. The Meta CEO Is Now Publishing Songs and Collabing With Artists
  19. 13 November
  20. Delta and United Will Support New Apple Feature That Lets You Share the Location of a Lost Item With Airlines
  21. 12 November
  22. Costco Had a Peculiar Reason for Removing 80,000 Pounds of Butter From Its Shelves: The Label Didn’t Specify It Contained Milk
  23. 11 November
  24. Mattel Includes Link to Porn Site on Wicked Dolls for Kids, Calls It an ‘Unfortunate Error’
  25. 08 November
  26. FDA Proposal Could Change the Composition of Over-the-Counter Cold Medicines Like DayQuil and Mucinex
  27. 07 November
  28. Big Tree Hunters Find World’s Largest Pine Tree in Yosemite National Park: ‘It Was All By Itself in the Forest’
  29. 06 November
  30. Elon Musk’s Random $1-Million-a-Day Election Giveaway Isn’t so Random After All, His Lawyers Say
  31. 04 November
  32. Farmers Sound the Alarm About the Future of Potato Chips in America
  33. 01 November
  34. Cash App Users Have Until Nov. 19 to Claim Up to $2,575 in Data Breach Settlement

October 2024

  1. 31 October
  2. High School Students Discover 10 New Ways to Prove 2,000-Year-Old Pythagorean Theorem
  3. 29 October
  4. U.S. Forces Airlines to Automatically Refund Passengers for Flight Cancellations and Delays of More Than 3 Hours
  5. 28 October
  6. American Airlines Is Testing Out New System to Stop Passengers From Cutting in Line. The Key: Public Humiliation
  7. 24 October
  8. Scammers Are Using the Face of the CEO of HeyGen, an AI Company That Lets You Create a ‘Digital Twin,’ in Crypto Phishing Video
  9. 23 October
  10. Honolulu Is Running Out of Options for its 650,000 Tons of Trash, So It’s Thinking About Shipping It Somewhere Else
  11. 18 October
  12. FBI Says Man Who Hacked SEC’s X Account Conducted a Search Asking, ‘What Are the Signs That the FBI Is After You'
  13. 15 October
  14. A Restaurant With 73,000 Instagram Followers Claims It’s Austin’s Top Restaurant. There’s One Problem: It Doesn’t Exist
  15. 14 October
  16. Why Elon Musk’s Social Media Posts May Prevent Him From Launching More SpaceX Rockets From California
  17. 10 October
  18. Americans Are Skimping on McDonald’s French Fries. The Frycopolapse Has Cost More Than 400 Workers Their Jobs
  19. 08 October
  20. ‘Shrinkflation’ Has Made Coca-Cola Bottles and Cereal Boxes Are Smaller. Lawmakers Are Calling the Companies Out for It
  21. Days After Getting Battered by Hurricane Helene, Florida Holds Its Breath for Incoming Hurricane Milton
  22. 05 October
  23. License Plate Readers Are Reportedly Collecting Data on More Than Just Your Car
  24. 03 October
  25. Your Black Plastic Sushi Tray May Contain Banned Flame Retardants, New Study Says
  26. 02 October
  27. California Bans Fruit Loops, Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, and Other Products Made With Synthetic Food Dyes From School Cafeterias

September 2024

  1. 27 September
  2. The Milk Recall in 27 States Is Critical to People Allergic to Almonds. Here’s What You Need to Know
  3. 26 September
  4. Next Week’s Annular Solar Eclipse Will Create a ‘Ring of Fire’ in the Sky
  5. California Orders School Districts to Ban or Limit Student Cell Phone Use by 2026
  6. 25 September
  7. U.S. Braces for Tropical Storm Helene. Forecasters Say It Could Become a Hurricane
  8. 23 September
  9. U.S. Households Will Be Able to Request Free COVID-19 Tests Under New Government Campaign
  10. Texas Is Getting a New Nuclear Reactor at an Unexpected Location: A University
  11. 21 September
  12. Goodbye, Paper: U.S. Citizens Can Now Renew Their Passports Online
  13. 19 September
  14. It’s Not Just You: Chicago Stinks, Literally. City Officials Say It’s Because of the Lack of Rain
  15. 18 September
  16. Earth Will Be Getting a New Mini-Moon for Two Months, but You’re Probably Not Going to Be Able to See It
  17. 16 September
  18. How to Watch Tuesday’s Rare Partial Lunar Eclipse
  19. 12 September
  20. The FDA’s New Mammogram Rules for Dense Breasts, Explained. Here’s What You Need to Know for Your Next Checkup
  21. Republicans Can’t Stop Saying That Haitian Immigrants Are Eating Cats. There’s No Proof It’s Happening
  22. 10 September
  23. Space Force’s Guardians Still Don’t Have Official Dress Uniforms, but Odds Are They’re Going to Look Like Something Out of Star Trek
  24. 06 September
  25. How a Bat Die-Off Led to a Rise in Infant Deaths in America
  26. 05 September
  27. For Some Students, Back-to-School Means Back to Sticking Their Phones in Yondr Pouches. Here’s What You Need to Know
  28. 04 September
  29. When Landslides Turn a Paradise Into Hell: A Look at the Crisis in Rancho Palos Verdes in California
  30. 03 September
  31. When Giving Out Free Water Is Against the Rules: Arizona Man Faces Off Against Homeowners Association Over Water Stand
  32. 02 September
  33. The Rise of Bystander Teslas: Police Are Towing Parked Cars They Believe May Have Recorded a Crime
  34. 01 September
  35. Engineer Proposes Weird But Cheap Idea to Keep Your Home Cool in the Heat: Coating Your Windows With Yogurt

August 2024

  1. 29 August
  2. Swifties for Kamala: How Taylor Swift Fans Are Demonstrating the Power of Fandom
  3. 28 August
  4. NASA Crashed Its DART Spacecraft Into an Asteroid as a Test. It May Have Accidentally Created the First Human-Made Meteor Shower
  5. Corn Sweat Is Real, and It’s Making the Heat Wave in the Midwest Even Worse
  6. 26 August
  7. Elon Musk’s Pay-Me-$8 Mantra Reportedly Had an Unlikely Beginning: A Cup of Starbucks
  8. 23 August
  9. San Francisco Parents Are Using Waymo’s Self-Driving Robotaxis to Shuttle Their Kids Around. They Might Have Given the Company an Idea
  10. 22 August
  11. What Happens When a Fried Chicken Restaurant Launches a Streaming Service? If Chick-fil-A Rumor Is True, We May Soon Find Out
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