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.
134 published news
March 2025
- 28 March
- Delaware Passes ‘Billionaire’s Law’ to Prevent a DExit by American Corporations. Its Inspiration: Elon Musk
- 27 March
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Wants to 'Make Frying Oil (Beef) Tallow Again.' Experts Say Otherwise
- 26 March
- Wanna Buy a Sex Toy Online in Texas? Proposed Law Says You’ll Have to Provide Your ID
- 25 March
- Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Taking Weather Balloons Out of the Sky. It Could Have Serious Consequences
- 24 March
- ‘Zombie Deer Disease’ Isn’t a Joke. Scientists Warn That There Could Be Human Cases One day
- 21 March
- Retiring the American Penny Could Create an Entirely New Problem Around Another Coin: Nickels
- 20 March
- Not Even Apple Can Make Apple TV+ Work. The Service Has Created a Billion-Dollar Hole in the Company’s Finances
- U.S. Officials Are Ramping Up Seizures at the Border. Curiously, the Most Confiscated Item Isn’t Drugs, It’s Eggs
- 19 March
- Texas Says It Wants to Ban AI-Generated Child Porn. It May End Up Banning Popular Anime Shows Instead
- 18 March
- Starbucks Lawsuit: A Man Suffered Third Degree Burns After Dropping Hot Tea in His Lap. He Was Just Awarded $50 Million
- 17 March
- U.S. Egg Shortage: Finland Says Sorry, Declines to Send Eggs to America
- 14 March
- Researchers Are Getting Closer to Creating the Ultimate Search-and-Rescue Workers: Cyborg Cockroaches
- 13 March
- Homes in the World’s Largest 3D-Printed Neighborhood Take One Week to Print. This Is What They Look Like
- 12 March
- Girl Scout Cookies Lawsuit, Explained: Do America’s Cookies Really Contain Harmful Metals and Toxins?
- 11 March
- You Should Probably Check on Your Old Warner Bros. DVDs: They May Be Affected by Disc Rot
- 10 March
- In California, Even Politicians Think Bigfoot Is Important. One Wants to Officially Recognize It by Law
- 07 March
- Texas Helped Big Betters Buy a $95 Million Jackpot. Now, It’s Investigating Whether There Was Foul Play
- 06 March
- Former Enemies Reunite to Bring Social Media Dinosaur Digg Back to Life
- 05 March
- The Trump Administration Briefly Considered Putting the FBI’s Headquarters for Sale. Then, It Changed Its Mind
- 04 March
- States Are Moving to Ban Weather Modification, Enshrining Conspiracy Into Law
- 03 March
- Blue Ghost Lander Becomes Second to Land on the Moon, the First to Land in One Piece
February 2025
- 28 February
- Ohio Lawmaker Wants 'Boneless' Chicken Wings to Truly Have No Bones
- 27 February
- The Lander Athena Has One Primary Mission: Landing Upright on the Moon
- 26 February
- How to Watch Blood Moon From U.S. on March 13
- 25 February
- The Gold in Fort Knox, Explained: Why Trump and Musk Are Suddenly Obsessed With Checking to Make Sure It’s Still There
- 24 February
- Link Click Is an Underrated Gem That’ll Make You Want to Dive Into Donghua
- 21 February
- Something Is Happening to the American Lobster in Maine. If It Continues, It Could Send Waves Through the U.S. Fishing Industry
- 20 February
- Coca-Cola’s Newest Hit Isn’t Related to Soda at All. The Company Is Raking In Cash by Selling Milk
- 19 February
- DOGE Stimulus, Explained: Why You’re Suddenly Hearing About $5,000 to $8,000 Checks on Social Media
- 18 February
- Spanish Soccer League Ordered ISPs to Block Access to Cloudflare to Stop Piracy. It Ended Up Blocking a Lot More Than Illegal Streams
- 17 February
- TikTok Hack Advises Airline Passengers to Put Their Seatbelt Around Their Ankles for Better Sleep. It's Not a Good Idea
- 14 February
- Back to Plastic: Trump Has Declared War on Paper Straws. Here’s What the Science Says
- 13 February
- Duolingo Said Its Owl Was Dead and Created the Internet's Biggest Mystery
- 12 February
- 200,000 Sign ‘Denmarkification’ Petition That Calls for Denmark to Buy California From Trump
- 11 February
- 'Frostbite on Exposed Skin in as Little as 10 Minutes': Millions Across U.S. Brace for Winter Storms and Extreme Cold
- 10 February
- 'Montoya, Por Favor': How a Spanish Reality TV Star Became a Worldwide Meme
- 07 February
- Federal Authorities Say They Will Begin Asking People to Present REAL IDs on Planes in May 2025—for Real This Time
- 06 February
- How Federal Employees Can Keep Their Communications Private Amid Trump’s DEI Crackdown
- 05 February
- Montoya, Explained: How Temptation Island Proves Language Is No Barrier for Understanding Drama on the Internet
- 04 February
- This Is Klarna’s Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the CEO Who Says AI Will Replace Human Jobs
- 03 February
- Trump Released Billions of Gallons of ‘Beautiful Water’ to Help Put Out the California Wildfires. Experts Say It’s a Dangerous Move
January 2025
- 31 January
- Newly Discovered Zombie Fungus Forces Spiders to Leave Their Lairs and Die Out in the Open
- 30 January
- Elon Musk Wants to Keep a Close Eye on the Government. The Solution: Sleeping in the DOGE Offices
- 29 January
- Amid New Pay-or-Go-Away Policy, Starbucks Tested Out Panic Buttons in Stores
- 28 January
- Astronomers Thought They’d Found a New Asteroid Near Earth. It Turned Out to Be Elon Musk’s Space Trash
- 27 January
- Elon Musk’s DOGE Wants to Retire the American Penny
- 24 January
- A Rare Flower Whose Name Means ‘Giant, Misshapen Penis’ Bloomed for the First Time in Years. It Smells Like Rotting Flesh
- 23 January
- Donald Trump’s Return to the Oval Office Means He Can Focus on His Weird Obsession: Making Showerheads and Toilets Great Again
- 22 January
- The Planetary Parade, Explained: How to Watch the Rare Planetary Alignment This Month
- 21 January
- ‘BIG TTS, DEE NUTZ, SM0LL PP’: Florida License Plate Denials Are Proof That Some Never Grow Out of Their Teenage Boy Era
- 20 January
- Does This Supergiant Sea Bug Look Like Darth Vader to You?
- 17 January
- Goodbye, Big Brother: GM Banned From Sharing Its Drivers’ Geolocation and Behavior Data With Insurance Companies
- 16 January
- Not Everyone Will be Banned From Using TikTok. It Looks Like the Biden Administration Made Some Exemptions
- 15 January
- With TikTok Ban Looming, Americans Say They’ve Found the Next Best Thing. Ironically, It’s a Chinese App Called RedNote
- 14 January
- Starbucks Has a New Message for the Public: Don’t Come In If You’re Not Going to Buy Anything
- 13 January
- What Caused the California Fires? Investigators Are Looking Into Arson, an Electrical Tower, and an Old Fire
- 03 January
- Pornhub Is Now Banned for 120 Million People in the U.S., but the Fight Over Porn Isn’t Over Yet
- 02 January
- The Internet’s New Queen Isn’t a Person, It’s the Walmart Copy of the Exclusive Birkin Bag
December 2024
- 31 December
- Superyachts Aren’t Doing It for Some Millionaires Anymore, so This Company Came Up With an Alternative: Luxury Submarines
- Someone Stole Keanu Reeves’ Exclusive Rolex Watch in Los Angeles in 2023. It Was Just Found It in the Most Random Place: Chile
- 30 December
- Hertz Dangles Cheap Used Teslas in Front of Customers in Effort to Offload Fleet
- 27 December
- Regulators Sue Walmart for Illegally Opening Bank Accounts for Its Spark Delivery Drivers Without Their Consent
- 26 December
- Florida Is Debuting a New Material for Building Roads. There’s Just One Problem: It’s Radioactive
- 23 December
- Long-haired and Bearded Men Are the Latest Jesus Commodity, and They’re Making Bank
- 20 December
- RIP Murder Hornet. Insect That Took Pleasure in Ripping Off Honeybees’ Heads Declared Eradicated in the U.S.
- 19 December
- Virginia Chosen as Site for World’s First Commercial Nuclear Fusion Power Plant. Its Goal: Generating Electricity for 150,000 Homes
- 18 December
- New FTC Rule Will Force Companies Make Hidden Fees Obvious, but That Doesn’t Mean They’re Going Away
- 17 December
- This Church Considers Psychedelic Mushrooms to Be Religious Sacraments. It Says the Universe Is Telling It to ‘Get Out of San Francisco’
- 16 December
- City Has a Plea for Residents: Stop Putting Googly Eyes on Public Sculptures
- 13 December
- The ‘Most Dangerous Toy in History’ Includes Real Samples of Uranium Ore. It Just Sold for $16,500
- 12 December
- Oldest Gun in the U.S. Found in Ruins of Spanish Stone-and-Adobe Building. It’s 480 Years Old and Was Never Fired
- 11 December
- Texas Prevents People From Owning More Than 6 Dildos. Now Lawmakers Want to Ban Sex Toys at Walmart
- 10 December
- With New Ban, New Orleans Declares War on Mylar Balloons. Releasing One of Them Carries a $1,000 Fine
- 09 December
- Museum Worker Find Thousand-Year-Old Medieval Sword While Out for a Swim
- 05 December
- Secret U.S. Agency Is Paying $5 Million to Remove America’s Spy Satellites From New Vera Rubin Observatory Images
- 04 December
- The ‘Deaths in 2024’ Wikipedia Page Is the Most-Read of 2024. Here Are the Top 25 Most Popular Wikipedia Entries
- 03 December
- The Blue Grinch Meme Is Everywhere. Here’s What the ‘That Feeling When Knee Surgery Is Tomorrow’ Actually Means
- 02 December
- Crypto Millionaire Creates Real-Life Treasure Hunt in the U.S. The Prize: Five Boxes With Jewels, Gold, and a Moon Rock
November 2024
- 27 November
- The Debate Over American Water, Explained: Why Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Wants to Ban Fluoride in Water
- 26 November
- Bird Flu Virus Found in Raw Milk in California, Highlighting Risks as Drink Goes Mainstream
- 25 November
- Scientists Have a New Origin Theory for Mars’ Potato-Shaped Moons: A Shredded Asteroid
- 23 November
- Tap Water Delivered to 113 Million Americans May Contain Toxic Chemical, Scientists Say
- 21 November
- Crypto Billionaire Buys Viral Duct-Taped Banana for $6.2 Million, Says He Plans to Eat It
- 19 November
- Scientists Discover World’s Largest Coral, Which Is Longer Than the Blue Whale and Can Be Seen From Space
- 18 November
- Infamous Duct-Taped Banana Set to Bring In More Than $1 Million at Auction, Replacement Bananas Not Included
- 15 November
- Elon Musk Is Looking for People to Work at DOGE. Here's What He's Offering: Tedious Work, Lots of Enemies, and Zero Pay
- 14 November
- Mark Zuckerberg Has Another Name: Z-Pain. The Meta CEO Is Now Publishing Songs and Collabing With Artists
- 13 November
- Delta and United Will Support New Apple Feature That Lets You Share the Location of a Lost Item With Airlines
- 12 November
- Costco Had a Peculiar Reason for Removing 80,000 Pounds of Butter From Its Shelves: The Label Didn’t Specify It Contained Milk
- 11 November
- Mattel Includes Link to Porn Site on Wicked Dolls for Kids, Calls It an ‘Unfortunate Error’
- 08 November
- FDA Proposal Could Change the Composition of Over-the-Counter Cold Medicines Like DayQuil and Mucinex
- 07 November
- Big Tree Hunters Find World’s Largest Pine Tree in Yosemite National Park: ‘It Was All By Itself in the Forest’
- 06 November
- Elon Musk’s Random $1-Million-a-Day Election Giveaway Isn’t so Random After All, His Lawyers Say
- 04 November
- Farmers Sound the Alarm About the Future of Potato Chips in America
- 01 November
- Cash App Users Have Until Nov. 19 to Claim Up to $2,575 in Data Breach Settlement
October 2024
- 31 October
- High School Students Discover 10 New Ways to Prove 2,000-Year-Old Pythagorean Theorem
- 29 October
- U.S. Forces Airlines to Automatically Refund Passengers for Flight Cancellations and Delays of More Than 3 Hours
- 28 October
- American Airlines Is Testing Out New System to Stop Passengers From Cutting in Line. The Key: Public Humiliation
- 24 October
- Scammers Are Using the Face of the CEO of HeyGen, an AI Company That Lets You Create a ‘Digital Twin,’ in Crypto Phishing Video
- 23 October
- Honolulu Is Running Out of Options for its 650,000 Tons of Trash, So It’s Thinking About Shipping It Somewhere Else
- 18 October
- FBI Says Man Who Hacked SEC’s X Account Conducted a Search Asking, ‘What Are the Signs That the FBI Is After You'
- 15 October
- A Restaurant With 73,000 Instagram Followers Claims It’s Austin’s Top Restaurant. There’s One Problem: It Doesn’t Exist
- 14 October
- Why Elon Musk’s Social Media Posts May Prevent Him From Launching More SpaceX Rockets From California
- 10 October
- Americans Are Skimping on McDonald’s French Fries. The Frycopolapse Has Cost More Than 400 Workers Their Jobs
- 08 October
- ‘Shrinkflation’ Has Made Coca-Cola Bottles and Cereal Boxes Are Smaller. Lawmakers Are Calling the Companies Out for It
- Days After Getting Battered by Hurricane Helene, Florida Holds Its Breath for Incoming Hurricane Milton
- 05 October
- License Plate Readers Are Reportedly Collecting Data on More Than Just Your Car
- 03 October
- Your Black Plastic Sushi Tray May Contain Banned Flame Retardants, New Study Says
- 02 October
- California Bans Fruit Loops, Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, and Other Products Made With Synthetic Food Dyes From School Cafeterias
September 2024
- 27 September
- The Milk Recall in 27 States Is Critical to People Allergic to Almonds. Here’s What You Need to Know
- 26 September
- Next Week’s Annular Solar Eclipse Will Create a ‘Ring of Fire’ in the Sky
- California Orders School Districts to Ban or Limit Student Cell Phone Use by 2026
- 25 September
- U.S. Braces for Tropical Storm Helene. Forecasters Say It Could Become a Hurricane
- 23 September
- U.S. Households Will Be Able to Request Free COVID-19 Tests Under New Government Campaign
- Texas Is Getting a New Nuclear Reactor at an Unexpected Location: A University
- 21 September
- Goodbye, Paper: U.S. Citizens Can Now Renew Their Passports Online
- 19 September
- It’s Not Just You: Chicago Stinks, Literally. City Officials Say It’s Because of the Lack of Rain
- 18 September
- Earth Will Be Getting a New Mini-Moon for Two Months, but You’re Probably Not Going to Be Able to See It
- 16 September
- How to Watch Tuesday’s Rare Partial Lunar Eclipse
- 12 September
- The FDA’s New Mammogram Rules for Dense Breasts, Explained. Here’s What You Need to Know for Your Next Checkup
- Republicans Can’t Stop Saying That Haitian Immigrants Are Eating Cats. There’s No Proof It’s Happening
- 10 September
- 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
- 06 September
- How a Bat Die-Off Led to a Rise in Infant Deaths in America
- 05 September
- For Some Students, Back-to-School Means Back to Sticking Their Phones in Yondr Pouches. Here’s What You Need to Know
- 04 September
- When Landslides Turn a Paradise Into Hell: A Look at the Crisis in Rancho Palos Verdes in California
- 03 September
- When Giving Out Free Water Is Against the Rules: Arizona Man Faces Off Against Homeowners Association Over Water Stand
- 02 September
- The Rise of Bystander Teslas: Police Are Towing Parked Cars They Believe May Have Recorded a Crime
- 01 September
- Engineer Proposes Weird But Cheap Idea to Keep Your Home Cool in the Heat: Coating Your Windows With Yogurt
August 2024
- 29 August
- Swifties for Kamala: How Taylor Swift Fans Are Demonstrating the Power of Fandom
- 28 August
- NASA Crashed Its DART Spacecraft Into an Asteroid as a Test. It May Have Accidentally Created the First Human-Made Meteor Shower
- Corn Sweat Is Real, and It’s Making the Heat Wave in the Midwest Even Worse
- 26 August
- Elon Musk’s Pay-Me-$8 Mantra Reportedly Had an Unlikely Beginning: A Cup of Starbucks
- 23 August
- San Francisco Parents Are Using Waymo’s Self-Driving Robotaxis to Shuttle Their Kids Around. They Might Have Given the Company an Idea
- 22 August
- What Happens When a Fried Chicken Restaurant Launches a Streaming Service? If Chick-fil-A Rumor Is True, We May Soon Find Out