What can you do in Barcelona to combat the heat wave? We leave you with 5 possible plans to enjoy these days and not die trying.
We are not even in summer yet and we are already being attacked by a brutal heat wave, making it clear what is to come in the coming months and leaving us, incidentally, with a worrying drought. It is a good idea to start taking precautions, putting on sunscreen before leaving the house and hydrating as much as possible.
But what can we do to survive this storm and not get a syncope? We leave you with the best plans to face this moment if you live in Barcelona. Of course, being a coastal city there is everything to face this problem.
1. Visit Barceloneta beach
At the risk of being crushed to death by the crowd that gathers on this beach, there is nothing better to face the heat than bathing in the sea of Barcelona. Undoubtedly, it is an ideal plan for when it is over thirty degrees. And, if you can get further away from the city, there is nothing like going to nearby beaches in cities like Gavá, Sitges or Castelldefels, where the atmosphere is much better.
2. Visit Barcelona’s outdoor swimming pools
If you are more of a pool person than a beach person, or simply want to be in a more relaxed atmosphere, you can always take a dip in the many outdoor pools in the city. You can visit, for example, the municipal swimming pool of Montjuic or the Club-Natació Atlètic-Barceloneta. The options are many and varied.
3. Take refuge in Barcelona’s gardens and parks.
Not otherwise, but Barcelona has dozens of green areas to enjoy the summer under the shelter of the trees. The most recommended to hide from the heat are the Jardí Botànic Històric, the Jardins de Joan Maragall or the Parc de la Ciutadella.
4. Visit the museums of Barcelona
If you prefer an indoor plan with its own air conditioning, nothing better than visiting a museum or gallery. In Barcelona you have all kinds, but there is nothing better than visiting the impressive Museo National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC) or the fun CosmoCaixa.
5. Take a walk through El Gòtic of Barcelona Barcelona
Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter is full of shadows thanks to its narrow and high streets. Therefore, it is highly recommended to take advantage of these days to visit the classic areas of the city in search of a refuge from the extreme heat.
Find out what a Hunger Games series would be like for Max if Artificial Intelligence chose the actors. It’s certainly a nightmare.
The Hunger Games are back in vogue. With the announcement of A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, the prequel film to the saga, which will also be directed by Francis Lawrence and will be released worldwide in November 2023, the saga that hit the big time in the 2010s is back stronger than ever.
But what if they did as they did with Harry Potter and decided to remake the saga? Although it still seems early for something like that, considering that the movies are also available on HBO Max, it wouldn’t be surprising if they ended up making a new series of the franchise for Max.
So we set the machines to work and came up with the ideal casting for this supposed reboot of the franchise. The first thing we did was to ask ChatGPT what would be the ideal casting -without repeating any of the original films- and then we carried out their experiments with Stable Diffusion. The result was curious, on a par with the Artificial Intelligence proposals for a new version of The Avengers,Game of ThronesorStar Wars.
The ideal actors for The Hunger Games series according to ChatGPT
The first thing we have done is to ask ChatGPT which actors he imagines in the leading roles. We reproduce the conversation below. We have detailed what we want concretely so that the OpenAI tool does not get lost… and their proposals are not at all far-fetched… with a few exceptions.
For this case, we have decided to integrate only ten of the most important characters of the saga, because if we were to place the secondary characters of each film we would go crazy. Of course, it is clear that the characters he knows best are the ones he looks for better castings. The conversation was as follows:
Create the perfect casting for a series about The Hunger Games, an adaptation of the books by Suzanne Collins, without repeating the actors from the movies. I need the perfect actors for: Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, Gale Hawthorne, Haymitch Abernathy, Finnick Odair, Effie Trinket, Coriolanus Snow, Caesar Flickerman, Plutarch Heavensbee, Johanna Mason.
Great! Here’s my casting proposal for “The Hunger Games” series:
Katniss Everdeen: To play Katniss, I nominate actress Kaitlyn Dever. She has proven to be a very versatile actress in different roles and I believe she has the strength and ability to play the role of the rebellious heroine that Katniss is.
Peeta Mellark: To play Peeta, I nominate actor Finn Wolfhard. In addition to having great acting ability, I think Finn has the look of Peeta, and his ability to show vulnerability and strength at the same time is perfect for the character.
Gale Hawthorne: To play Gale, I nominate Timothée Chalamet. He has the look and presence needed for the role. Also, his ability to play deep and complex characters would be very useful to show Gale’s dilemma in the series.
Haymitch Abernathy: To play Haymitch, I nominate Christian Bale. He is an exceptional actor who can portray dark and complex characters. I think he could give the necessary depth to Haymitch’s character.
Finnick Odair: To play Finnick, I nominate Joe Keery. I think he has the right look and his ability to play characters with a sarcastic sense of humor yet a deep emotional side is just what the character of Finnick needs.
Effie Trinket: To play Effie, I nominate Zendaya. She has the style and personality needed for the role of the flamboyant Effie, and her experience in film and television make her an excellent choice for the role.
Coriolanus Snow: To play the main villain of the series, I nominate Michael Fassbender. His ability to play evil and manipulative characters makes him the perfect choice for this role.
Caesar Flickerman: To play Caesar, I suggest John C. reilly. He has the personality and charisma for the role, and his ability to play eccentric characters makes him an ideal choice.
Plutarch Heavensbee: To play Plutarch, I nominate Chiwetel Ejiofor. He has the ability to play characters with emotional depth and his experience in movies and TV series makes him the perfect choice for the role.
Johanna Mason: To play Johanna, I nominate Maisie Williams. Her ability to play strong, independent characters is what Johanna needs, and her experience on Game of Thrones makes her a perfect choice for the role.
I hope you like my casting!
Creating the casting of The Hunger Games series with AI
Next, we ran the cast recommended by ChatGPT through Stable Diffusionto see how these actors would look in their respective roles. And the truth is that the result has been so disastrous that at times it looks like a horror series.
Find out if Citadel, the Amazon Prime Video series that is the second most expensive in history, has achieved its goal.
Amazon Prime Videohad in hand the most anticipated premiere of the year on streaming platforms: Citadel. After the fiasco that was The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, a series that has not even stalled a new reboot of J.R.R. Tolkien’s work, the platform has released the second most expensive series in history.
Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, in charge of Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame, the series seemed to be the big surprise of the year, getting a huge number of viewers to surpass other proposals such as The Last of Us or The Mandalorian. With Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra as two secret agents in the purest James Bond style, everything seemed to be ready to be a great success.
At the moment, two episodes have been released and a new one will be released every week until the finale on May 26. However, has Amazon Prime Video achieved the success it expected? We anticipate a small spoiler: No, and it may be one of the worst failures in its history.
An ALMOST unprecedented failure
Instead of doing like Netflix and canceling every series at the first change, Amazon Prime Video has the virtue of trusting more in its series and letting them live on despite not being the expected success. This is the case of fictions such as El Cid, Carnival Row or The Rings of Power.
Even so, this does not seem to be the best strategy for the platform, since it is not getting the quality of the HBO Max series and they are not even getting the audience of the Disney Plus series. Citadel is just the latest case of this, and the series has premiered with a 52% rating on Metacritic, a very low score for which no excuse is worth any more.
But what were the main problems with Citadel? The general criticism points to several points that make it very clear that it makes no sense that Amazon Prime Video has spent so much money on this production. And the fact is that, no matter how much it recoups its investment, it will not be able to attract a large new audience, which seemed to be the main objective of the series.
After all, Amazon Prime Video does not yet have a loyal audience that, for example, the audiovisual products coming out of Disney Plus or HBO Max do. And, in its quest to confront a Netflix in which everything seems to be worth everything, it does not seem to be at its best either.
A disastrous script
Beyond the Russo’s direction, the performance of the protagonists or the titanic production design, Citadel has a basic problem that is impossible to fix anywhere: its script. The series wants to be a mix between Kingsman, James Bond and classic spy movies. But not only does it fail to achieve that, it ends up looking like a cheap copy of their plots.
The story of the series is set eight years after the fall of Citadel, a global spy agency that was charged with maintaining the safety and well-being of the entire world. The agency fell because of Manticore, a secret syndicate that manipulates the world from the shadows and has unparalleled power.
Mason Kane and Nadia Sinh, two former Citadel agents who managed to survive Manticore, lost their memory after their memories were erased. Now, they live in hiding under new identities and new lives. But Bernard Orlick, a former colleague of Mason’s, contacts him for a near-suicidal mission: to stop Manticore in its attempt to control the world.
Mason and Nadia are reunited as they try to remember their past lives and stop the big corporation they are fighting against. And, together, they carry out this mission knowing that they are the only ones who can stop this great global threat.
This story might sound interesting, but it has some major plot holes, a rushed plot that doesn’t let you chew on, for example, the fact of the main characters’ amnesia, and a general lack of interest in the story. We still haven’t empathized with the characters by the time they get around to dishing it out… maybe they should learn a little more from John Wick.
A series that does not make up its mind about what it is
Unlike Mrs. Davis, the HBO Max series that has risen to be a real Damon Lindelof folly but works just because it is something unique in the market, Citadel never seems to be clear on what it wants to be.
On the one hand, it seeks to be a modern series The Paper House that takes the action to incredible limits while its plot becomes more and more convoluted. On the other hand, it wants to be a classic James Bond movie that doesn’t work because it lacks the charisma of the protagonist. And, on the other hand, it almost comes off as a superhero movie where the boundary of reality is blurred.
This makes the series take quite opposite directions and it is never quite clear what we are talking about. In addition, there is the factor that many other series, especially those of Disney Plus, suffer from: it wants to be the beginning of a great franchise.
Instead of focusing only on a stand-alone story that runs like clockwork, Citadel is planned from minute one as the start of several spin-offs for countries around the globe. The development of local “Citadels” has already been confirmed in countries such as Italy, Mexico and India. And this causes a very curious phenomenon: if not even the international version works, how do they want the rest to work?
Selling the bear’s skin before it is hunted
As if they had the secret of eternal youth, with Citadel Amazon Prime Video has once again repeated the gaffe ofThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: selling the bear’s skin before the hunt. Instead of telling a small story that could become big and give rise to many others, they have taken the opposite path, and the result is a series that does not stand on its own and that, on top of that, must now support many others.
If there’s one thing the Marvel Cinematic Universe has taught us – even if it has gotten a lot worse in recent years and has become yet another overexploitation phenomenon – it’s that to make a great franchise, the groundwork must first be laid and all the ingredients must work on their own.
In fact, with the Snyderverse just the opposite happened: he wanted to present the supergroup before the stories of each character, and this ended up with his cinematic suicide. This is also what has happened, in part, with The Rings of Power, and it is clear that this is Citadel’s big problem.
If, as Netflix has done with La Casa de Papel, they had focused on a good series that works perfectly and then they could exploit it in spin-offs or local versions, another rooster would have sung. Or even like John Wick, which was just a movie and ended up becoming an incredible universe.
But Amazon Prime Video does not seem to have it clear. It is still looking for its golden goose with an eye on the future, and along the way it is forgetting what is really important: to create good, exciting stories that connect with the audience. So far, the audience has reacted quite negatively to Citadel, so everything seems to indicate that its plans are going to fall apart sooner rather than later.
Find out all about The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, the movie about The Hunger Games that will be released in November 2023.
The Hunger Games is one of the best performing franchises of the past decade. Starring Jennifer Lawrence -who managed to become one of the most awarded actresses in Hollywood after her role-, the saga of films based on the books by Suzanne Collins managed to conquer the hearts of those who grew up with Harry Potter and/or Twilight.
However, although the main story has been adapted into films, there is still one book left to be made into a movie: A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. And the time has come for it to be brought to the big screen. The book was released in 2020, and it is a prequel to the original trilogy, so the movie will delve much deeper into the Hunger Games themselves and we will see what was going on in the world divided into districts before Katniss and company.
Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Trailer
Lionsgate has just released the trailer for A Ballad of Songbirds and Serpents, and it looks spectacular. Also directed by Francis Lawrence, who was in charge of adapting the saga since Catching Fire, the film aims to be a return to Panem in the most epic way possible: telling the story of the 10th Hunger Games, the most critical in living memory.
Undoubtedly, the trailer already takes us back to what we loved most about the main saga: the epic, the love, the great looks and the drama. Everything is condensed in a story that seems to have nothing to envy to that of Katniss. In addition, the touch of Francis Lawrence, who is already an expert in the world of Panem, is noticeable.
What is Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes about?
But here’s the important part: what’s the story behind the Hunger Games prequel? We leave you with the official synopsis courtesy of Lionsgate, which makes it clear that the story will be very interesting and will make us reconnect with characters we know while we discover more about Panem:
“Set in a post-apocalyptic Panem, the Hunger Games prequel takes us back several decades before the beginning of Katniss Everdeen’s adventures. Young Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) will mentor Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), the girl selected as a tribute from the impoverished District 12. The young girl will surprise everyone by singing at the opening ceremony of the Tenth Hunger Games where Snow will try to take advantage of her talent and charm to survive.”
The protagonist will be a girl from District 12, Lucy Gray Baird, but the most interesting thing will be her relationship with Coriolanus Snow, the great villain of the original films who will have a great weight in the plot. Both his way of seeing the world and his idea about how the Hunger Games should be emerge here.
Cast of A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
The team at the helm of the film is also very interesting. The leading lady will be Rachel Zegler, who we know very well for being the star of West Side Story. Alongside her will be Tom Blyth, a more unknown actor who has appeared in features like Benediction and Scott and Sid, but who seems to be a promising Hollywood actor.
We leave you with the full cast of the film, which also incorporates very interesting actors such as Viola Davis or Peter Dinklage:
Tom Blyth as Coriolanus “Coryo” Snow
Rachel Zegler as Lucy Gray Baird
Josh Andres Rivera as Sejanus Plinth
Hunter Schafer as Tigris Snow
Jason Schwartzman as Lucretius “lucky” Flickerman
Peter Dinklage as Casca Highbottom
Viola Davis as Dra. Volumnia Gaul
Burn Gorman as Commander Hoff
Fionnula Flanagan as Grandma’am
Ashley Liao as Clemensia Dovecote
Isobel Jesper Jones as Mayfair Lipp
Dakota Shapiro Billy Taupe
Vaughan Reilly as Maude Ivory
George Somner as Spruce
Carl Spencer Smiley
Scott Folan Beanpole
Honor Gillies Barb Azure
Eike Onyambu as Tam Amber
Konstantin Taffet as Clerk Carmine
Michael Greco and Daniela Grubert as Strabo Plinth and Mrs. Plinth
Release date of Ballad of songbirds and snakes
A Ballad of Songbirds and a Serpent will be released on November 17, 2023. There are still several months left to prepare for the film, although everything seems to indicate that it will become another great success of the franchise.
We don’t know when it will land on streaming platforms, but considering that the rest of the saga can be watched for free through HBO Max, it will most likely also land on the VOD service soon to be called simply Max.
As we already know thanks to press reports, one of the playable characters in this game will be Lucia, a drug trafficker who tries to reach the top of the criminal ladder. We barely have any data about her beyond the leaked ones, but we do have a preliminary appearance thanks to the videos that were published last year on the net.
Thanks to these clips, a Character Artist named Hossein Diba has set to work to capture his own vision of Lucia and has uploaded it to ArtStation. The work done is spectacular, since not only is she wearing the same navy blue jeans or the pink t-shirt from the leaked videos, but also her face represents very well what we can expect. After all, we are talking about a character whose face is not well seen during the clips, so the design work highlights well the artist who has shaped her. We invite you to watch the video at the top of this paragraph.
As for Grand Theft Auto 6, there is still no official news from Rockstar Games. The rumors do not stop arising, but the reality is that the company has not made a move yet.
Many users have recently echoed an error that affects WhatsApp and the reading of QR codes.
WhatsApp enjoys great popularity around the world. Recently, the messaging app has launched a series of useful features and improvements for its users, such as the possibility of keeping temporary messages, creating stickers in iOS 16 or sending animated versions of emoticons (still in beta phase).
But WhatsApp also sometimes plays tricks. In recent weeks, many users have echoed a rather annoying bug. The problem occurs after trying to scan a QR code in order to link a device and use WhatsApp Web. Instead of logging in as usual, the WhatsApp app shows you the following warning: “no valid QR detected”.
Fuente: @SaabSphere – Twitter
At the moment, WhatsApp has not echoed this error and there is no official solution. However, and thanks to the good people of Ghacks, we show you several suggestions with which you can solve this annoying bug.
Uses only the integrated QR of WhatsApp
Yes, QR codes can be read with many different apps, but it is important that you keep in mind one detail: WhatsApp QR codes to link devices only work with the QR reader that comes integrated into the WhatsApp app for mobile devices. Surely this is not the root of your problems, but it never hurts to be on the safe side.
Clean the camera lens
Unless you use a camera cover or something similar, the lens (or lenses) of our cell phones are not usually very clean. While you won’t encounter any problems when taking photos (beyond the fact that they may come out a bit worse or even blurry), when scanning QR codes it is important to make sure that the lens is clean, as dirt can prevent the QR reader from detecting the code properly.
Check the Internet connection
Another classic problem when connecting devices or logging in is our Internet connection. QR codes are after all links that you connect to using the Internet, so if you have a very slow speed (either by Wi-Fi or data connection), WhatsApp may show you the error “no valid QR detected”. Cell phones usually include a feature to check your Internet connection, so don’t hesitate to use it if you think you may have this problem.
Clear browser cache
The cache of browsers and apps tends to give some problems from time to time and, when it happens, the easiest thing to do is to clear it. If you want to log in to WhatsApp Web, the cache of the browser you are using may be giving you problems and may be the cause of the error “no valid QR detected”. To clear the cache, you will need to take certain steps, depending on the browser you are using:
Google Chrome:
Open Google Chrome and click on the three dots symbol in the upper right corner of the window.
Click on “More tools” and select “Clear browsing data”.
Select the time interval for which you want to clear the cache.
Select the types of data you want to delete, including “Cached images and files”.
Click on “Clear data”.
Mozilla Firefox:
Open Firefox and click on the three-line symbol in the upper right corner of the window.
Click on “Options” and select “Privacy and Security”..
Go to “Cookies and site data” and click on “Clear data”.
Check the “Cached web content” box.
Click on “Delete”.
Remove linked devices that you use infrequently
In WhatsApp you can link up to 4 different devices from the same account. If the previous solutions have not been successful, it may be that the device limit is causing problems. To be on the safe side, delete those devices that you rarely use and keep only those that you are going to use.
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This week the Mexico Open at Vidanta takes place, a PGA Tour tournament played in Mexico that will feature the participation of Spanish Jon Rahm.
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The PGA Tour is back in Mexico. After the tournament held a few days ago in the United States, the PGA Tour returns with the Mexico Open at Vidanta, a golf tournament with 7.7 million dollars in prize money at stake.
Played at the Vidanta Vallarta, in Puerto Vallarta, the tournament will have Jon Rahm, the great winner of the tournament last season, as the main protagonist. The Biscayan was also the winner of the last Augusta Masters, winning the sixth green jacket for Spanish golf. Now, Rahm returns to participate in a PGA Tour competition, and all eyes are on him. Will he win the tournament again?
Where and when to watch the PGA Tour’s Mexico Open at Vidanta with Jon Rahm?
In Spain, the Mexico Open at Vidanta will be available on Movistar+, on the Golf channel on Movistar+. The broadcasts on Thursday, April 27 and Friday, April 28 will be available in original version from 2:45 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. (from 6:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Mexico), and from 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. with narration in Spanish (from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Mexico).
On the other hand, the broadcasts on Saturday, April 29 and Sunday, April 30 will be available in original version from 2:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (from 6:30 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. in Mexico), and from 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. with narration in Spanish (from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Mexico).
The main groups of the tournament can also be seen in Spain on the Golf 2 channel on Movistar+ on Thursday and Friday, from 15:45 to 00:30 hours (from 7:45 to 16:30 hours in Mexico), and on Saturday and Sunday, from 15:30 to 00:00 hours (from 7:30 to 16:00 hours in Mexico). If you live outside Spain and do not want to miss the tournament, you can always resort to a VPN such as NordVPN, and avoid possible regional blocks.
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Our iPhone offers us all the facilities to be safe and comfortable in equal measure.
There is a lot of information that we store on our iPhone. From the photos and videos we can take to notes, passwords or credit cards with Apple Pay, to name just a few examples. Therefore, it is essential that we can protect the contents of the phone, something we will do, simply by locking and applying a code to access the information.
We lock the iPhone constantly. We do this by pressing the side button, so the screen is off and the information is safe. Safe if you have an unlock code, of course, otherwise anyone with physical access to the phone can unlock it.
How to set up an access code
The passcode is a combination of numbers or characters that we must enter to unlock the iPhone. Setting it is as easy as following these steps:
We open the Settings app on our iPhone or iPad.
Go to Face ID and passcode or Touch ID and passcode, depending on your iPhone model.
Click on Activate passcode or Change passcode if you already have one.
Enter a 6-digit passcode or select Passcode Options to choose a custom alphanumeric passcode or a 4-digit passcode.
After repeating it and tapping OK the code will be ready. Every time we need to unlock the iPhone we will have to enter it or use Face ID or Touch ID to enter an equivalent.
When choosing the code, keep in mind that an alphanumeric code will always be more secure than one with digits only. In addition, a longer length is always recommended. In any case, it is important that we write it down or remember it to be able to continue using our iPhone.
How to enable automatic iPhone lock
With the code set, when our iPhone is locked, our information will be encrypted and protected. But what if we forget to lock it? Just to avoid this, we can configure the automatic lock. Here’s how to do it:
We open the Settings app on our iPhone or iPad.
Go to Display and brightness.
Tap on Auto Lock.
We choose the option that most interests us.
Keep in mind that a shorter time will always be safer, so the recommendation will always be to choose the 30-second option.
How to set up Face ID or Touch ID
To avoid having to enter the code, which is much more convenient, and to avoid anyone seeing us enter it, which is also more secure, we can set up Face ID or Touch ID. The steps to do this are as follows:
We open the Settings app on our iPhone or iPad.
We enter Face ID and code or Touch ID and code.
Enter your iPhone passcode.
Tap on Set up Face/Touch ID.
Follow the on-screen steps to scan your fingerprint or face.
How to unlock our iPhone
Once we have set up the automatic lock, passcode and biometric features, unlocking the iPhone is as simple as can be. Here’s how to do it:
If we use Face ID, we raise the iPhone and look directly at it. The device will automatically unlock if you recognize our face. We slide up from the bottom of the screen to access the home screen.
If we use Touch ID, we place our registered finger on the home button or on the fingerprint recognition area, depending on the iPhone model. The device will automatically unlock if it recognizes our fingerprint.
If we do not have Face ID or Touch ID, or if we prefer to use the passcode, we simply press the home button or swipe up from the bottom of the screen. Then, we enter the lock code on the screen.
Securing our iPhone is essential to keep personal information safe from unauthorized access. Let’s make sure to enable the automatic lock, set a passcode and use biometric features such as Face ID or Touch ID to make everything easier. As we can see, our iPhone offers us all the facilities to be secure and convenient in equal parts.
On April 28, the match between the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz and the Finn Emil Ruusuvuori takes place in the Masters 1000 in Madrid. We tell you when and where to see it.
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Our great Carlos Alcaraz will make his debut today in the second round of the Madrid Masters 1000 2023, where he will face Emil Ruusuvuori of Finland. After winning the ATP 500 Conde Godó 2023, the young tennis promise will face his second tournament of the spring clay court season.
The current ATP No. 2 comes ready to regain his No. 1 ranking in this tournament after Jannik Sinner defeated him in the semifinals of the Miami Masters 1000.
Although last season he beat Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev consecutively, it is already known that neither Nadal nor Djokovic will be attending the Madrid tournament, and neither will Sinner, so the chances of winning the first ATP ranking are very high.
What time is the Alcaraz – Ruusuvuori game? Where can I watch the match?
The match between Alcaraz and Ruusuvuori will take place today, Friday, April 28. It will be at 4 p.m. in Spain, which translates into 10 a.m. in New York, 7 a.m. in Los Angeles, 8 a.m. in Mexico and 11 a.m. in Argentina.
It will be broadcast on Teledeporte and on the website RTVE Play. You will also be able to watch it on Movistar Plus platforms (on the VAMOS channel) and on Tennis TV. But if you watch it from outside Spain and the regional blocks prevent you from watching the match, thanks to NordVPN you will be able to watch it without any problems, wherever you are.
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The iPhone 7 was the first Apple device in history to be advertised as waterproof.
When the iPhone 7 went on sale in 2016, there was one feature that drew particular attention: its IP67 certification or what is the same, water and dust resistance. Although today it is unthinkable to see a high-end device that does not have this feature, the truth is that this was not always the case.
It is worth noting that there are different degrees of resistance, as there are those that can only withstand splashes and even those that can be submerged without problems in the ocean. Each level is regulated by the degree of IP protection, which indicates the resistance capacity of each mobile, in this case.
It should also be noted that being waterproof is not the same as being water resistant. This subtle but very important difference makes many of us treat our cell phones as if they were invincible against liquids, something that, we repeat, has nothing to do with it.
In the world of telephony, the first waterproof mobiles were sold mainly for the sports market. The first cell phone we knew with this functionality was in 2005 and was a Casio, which was developed in collaboration with LG: the CanU 502S. Since then, cell phones have been improving both in features and in the degree of resistance. Today, water resistance is considered a requirement that in many cases is indispensable.
In the specific case of the iPhone, this type of resistance did not arrive until 2016. Apple finally complied with user demands. However, when the company announced that the iPhone 7 would have IP67 certification instead of IP68, this disappointed many. In the context of the time, the competition was already mounting devices with IP68, so in Apple‘s case this was seen as a delay.
However, the truth is that the iPhone 7 more than proved that it could be submerged in water without damage of any kind (as long as it was shallow water). While the iPhone may not have been able to withstand an extreme diving route through the sea, at least it took the worry out of it.
