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The great change of Kiko Rivera one year after his operation

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· The DJ has lost 42 kilos after putting on a gastric band to reduce his weight just one year ago

· Kiko Rivera reveals that he suffers a depression and announces his withdrawal from the scenarios

If a few days ago Kiko Rivera surprised us with the change of look by leaving only his mustache, which lasted only one day, now the son of Isabel Pantoja has published a surprising snapshot in a swimsuit with the before and after the operation. the one that was submitted a year ago at the Brussels Clinic in Madrid. The DJ went to the clinic to lodge a gastric band in his stomach with the aim of reducing weight. The result has been 42 kilos less thanks to the intervention and the new diet that has been following with effort. For this reason he wanted to share it with his Instagram followers with a publication in which he compares his body from a year ago with the current one.

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Kiko Rivera showing the great physical change she has undergone in just one year. Instagram

"From one year to the next thanks to the @clinicabrussels and the great effort that I have had to make to everything that I have been sent, this has been the result in only 1 year, 42 kilos separate one year from another. #Newlife #kikorivera ", has written the singer, who is happier than ever for his great physical change.

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In addition, Kiko Rivera has decided to continue with his own metamorphosis filling the body with ink. Apart from the obvious change due to the difference in weight, the large tattoo that has been made this year on the chest stands out in the image, a tribute to his daughters, Ana and Carlota. He has also taken advantage of the good moment he goes through to send a message Motivating his fans: "Be as you are, without complexes, they are not worth anything, be happy, but above all, love yourself, Happy Sabbath family."

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Actor Stefán Karl Stefánsson dies, the famous antagonist of the series Lazy Town, at 43

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Stefán Karl as Robbie Rotten (left) and in the hospital receiving treatment for cancer (d). INSTAGRAM

· The actor had biliary cancer since 2016. His family has reported that there will be no funeral by express wish of the deceased

The actor of Icelandic origin Stefán Karl Stefánsson died yesterday, August 21, because of an "aggressive biliary cancer" that he had suffered for two years. He was 43 years old and had four children, three girls and one boy. His wife, the also actress Steinunn Olina Thorsteinsdottir has posted on his Facebook account a brief statement in which he released the news: "By Stefan's wish there will be no funeral, his remains will be dispersed in secret in a distant ocean," he said. .

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Stefánsson was known worldwide for playing Robbie Rotten, the villain of the famous children's series on Icelandic television Lazy Town (Villa Pereza in Spain). The program, broadcast for the first time in 2004, narrates the adventures that take place in an imaginary town where its protagonist, the superhero Sportacus (Magnús Scheving), teaches its inhabitants about how to lead a healthy life. So far, the series has been broadcast in more than 100 countries and translated into more than a dozen languages. In Spain, the series was on the air on Clan, TVE and La 2.

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The actor was diagnosed with gallbladder cancer in 2016. The news caught his co-workers by surprise, who did not hesitate to open an online page to raise funds and thus face the costs of their treatment, reaching the figure of $ 170,000. In recent months it was common to see images of Stéfansson during his convalescence on social networks.



sports

`F1`

Spa and the legend of the BMW M3 by Fernando Alonso

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Fernando Alonso, in Spa, in 2000. RUBIO / RVRACINGPRESS

·18 years ago, Alonso managed, at the controls of a modest Astromega of the F3000, the first great victory of his career

·Fernando Alonso: "I chose other priorities that F1 could not give me"

·Alonso, the tedium of Formula 1 and the Red Bull offer

·Objective: the world title

It has been almost half a life since that August 26, 2000. That Saturday, the "unfeasible" Astromega surrendered as no one had ever expected. A 19-year-old boy, named Fernando Alonso, received the checkered flag at Spa. It was the last race of the Formula 3000 World Championship. The first great victory of an incipient race. His teammate, veteran Marc Goosens, was relegated from the first turns. More than 15 seconds. Without any option. In the last laps they tried to convince the kid to lift his foot. There was no human way to pay attention. The people of Astromega, many years later, still can not find explanations for what happened. The driving lesson of a kid, debutant in the category, who destroyed his garage rival, 12 years older and with a proven experience in the circuit of the Ardennes. "It was amazing. Marc knew every corner, but he could not do anything against that, "said Chris Murphy, the team's chief engineer. Joan Viladelprat, chief technical officer of that subsidiary of Benetton, always raised his eyebrows to describe it. Today, those closest to Alonso still remember him with a smile as complicit as it is mysterious. They seem to resist confirming what seems obvious.

Fernando, according to the legend that runs through the paddock, decided a few hours before that appointment to take his first contact with the Spa curves at the wheel of a BMW M3. Only thus could the times burst and leave in evidence to Bruno Junqueira and Nicolas Minassian, that weekend were competing for the title of the category. Those were happy times for Nando, in tough competition with his friend Mark Webber and with the ill-fated Justin Wilson afterwards.

`Talking with God`

Days to try the vertigo of Eau Rouge for the first time. "In the distance, from the pit lane we could see how he negotiated without ever raising his foot," revealed Murphy. The same area where Ayrton Senna, the idol of Alonso's childhood, claimed to "speak with God." "If they ever eliminate this curve, they will also remove the reason why I love this sport," the Brazilian also defended. Today, so many years later, at the foot of the same hill, Eau Rouge rushes in eighth speed, at almost 320 km / h. A descent with 13% slope, the slight left turn before facing the impressive 17% wall. The curve to the right of Raidillon. The most complicated area of the entire World Cup. «This is for men», always commented Niki Lauda, that something must know about risks. Fortunately, oddly enough, after more than half a century of lives to the limit, only the German Stefan Bellof met here in 1985.

70% in depth

Only the most intrepid, like that first Alonso, knew how to keep the pedal on the board during the race. The talent, added to the bravery, continues being essential in a track marked by the changes of slope and the zones of maximum speed. In fact, during 70% of each lap, the drivers press the accelerator fully. There seems little in this temple of speed, always under the threat of rain, where Daniel Ricciardo makes his best smile thanks to "beer, chocolate and chips". The peculiar combination would also please the already retired Goosens. That Saturday, when they asked him about his options against Alonso, the Belgian, he answered with total honesty: "If it lasts longer, it goes even further."

The worst Friday of the year for McLaren as a sad tribute to its founder

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Alonso, during the second free session at Spa. FRANCOIS LENOIRREUTERS

·Stoffel Vandoorne, last in the two free sessions in Spa, where debutant Lando Norris replaced Fernando Alonso

·in the morning session Times: Vettel dominates the Free 1 | Raikkonen, in charge of the Free 2

On Friday, under the overcast sky of Spa, it was filled again with black omens for McLaren. Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne were penalized on the Belgian track on the first day of free practice, where Kimi Raikkonen set the best time (1: 43.355). It was the darkest Friday of the year for the Woking race cars. A sad way to commemorate the 50th anniversary of McLaren's first F1 victory, conquered here by the team's founder. Half a century ago, Bruce McLaren received the checkered flag in Spa at the wheel of a car he himself I had commissioned to the smallest detail. The New Zealander prevailed in that GP of Belgium with a spectacular average of 237 km / h, ahead of Pedro Rodríguez and Jacky Ickx. It was the fourth and final victory of his career. The starting box for the second most important team in the history of F1.

`Norris, for 88 thousandth`

To remember such a marked date, Vandoorne played the morning session with a helmet where he paid the well-deserved tribute. That retro design, with the characteristic papaya tone, did not help him dodge the last position. The problems with the flat bottom barely allowed him to roll 13 laps and was surpassed by 88 thousandths by the debutant Lando Norris. The afternoon session did not bring better news to the local idol, wrapped in the last hours in numerous rumors. "I have no doubts about my future, there are many questions from journalists, but for my part I am 100% sure that I will get into the car in Monza," revealed the Belgian, who shortly after the second session began described the MCL. 33 as "unfeasible".

se than in Hockenheim

Alonso, after the break in the morning, also ran into the terrible performance of his car. The Spaniard established the best record of his team with superbland tires (1: 46.153), but only served to finish sixteenth, just ahead of Brendon Hartley (Toro Rosso) and the Williams of Sergei Sirotkin and Lance Stroll. In short, the blackest Friday of the season for McLaren, even worse than five weeks ago in Hockenheim. The benefits of the McLaren recalled the terrible difficulties experienced a year ago in this same circuit, where Alonso was forced to abandon. In any case, very bad omens for the remainder of the weekend and the rest of 2018. Another course to forget in Woking, 20 years after its last World Constructors, with Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard, and a decade later of his last Drivers' World Championship, with Lewis Hamilton.

`football`

 

Hugo Lloris is arrested in London after testing positive for BAC

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Hugo Lloris, at a press conference, before the World Cup. Eric GaillardREUTERS

·The goalkeeper, captain of Tottenham and France, was arrested at 2:20 in the morning in the Marylebone area

Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, captain of Tottenham Hotspur and the French national team, was arrested early on Friday in London after testing positive for alcohol. Lloris, 31, who last month raised the title in Moscow world champion with the French team, was arrested at 2:20 in the morning by police in the Marylebone area, in the center of British capital, and taken to the Charing Cross police station, before being released under bail. "A man has been arrested and charged after a routine blood alcohol check at Gloucester Place, and Hugo Lloris, 31, of East Finchley, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol on Friday, August 24. A spokesman for Scotland Yard said: "He was released on bail and must appear in the Magistrates' Court of Westminster on Tuesday, September 11," the spokesman added. The French goalkeeper arrived at Tottenham in the summer. of 2012 from Olympique de Lyon, and in his six years in North London he has defended the shirt of the 'Spurs' on 256 occasions. The team of Mauricio Pochettino visits the Old Trafford stadium next Monday to be measured in the third day of the Premier League with Manchester United.

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Arturo Vidal, at Real Madrid: "With the VAR, Bayern would have two more Champions"

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Vidal congratulates Messi for one of his goals against Alavés. ALBERT GEAREUTERS

Why Arturo Vidal detests Real Madrid?

Coutinho, the hidden goal scorer of Barcelona

Arturo Vidal never saves anything, especially if it's Real Madrid. The new midfielder of Barcelona again made clear the rivalry he feels against the whites and recalled when he faced them as a player of Bayern Munich. "With the VAR, Bayern would have two more Champions," said the Chilean in an interview for Sports World

`El antimadridismo`

And it is that his null sympathy towards those of Chamartín has never been a secret. In the 2016-17 Champions League, the Chilean midfielder scored 1-0 in Munich but missed a penalty that could have been 2-0 and in the end Bayern ended up succumbing 1-2. In Madrid, Bayern went 1-2, but in the 84th minute of this second leg, Vidal was sent off and the Madridistas ended up winning 4-2 in overtime. "This robbery can not happen in the Champions League," the midfielder said angrily. In the last Champions League, Vidal again showed his anger towards Chamartín. The Chilean was recorded in the stands of the Allianz Arena in Munich watching the Real Madrid-Juventus eliminator in a computer and reacting angrily to Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty. After the elimination of his former team, the semifinal draw matched Madrid with Bayern again and Vidal promised rematch on twitter, "Revenge is a dish that is cold! Let's go fuck!" He wrote. However, Vidal was injured in training and could not play against Real Madrid. During the eliminatory one, a penalty pardoned to the madridista Marcelo gave back him to the social networks. "Again, criminal shit," Vidal commented on Instagram.

Challenges with Barca

Vidal also confessed which is the tournament he most wants to win and his wishes with the Catalan club. "My favorite title is the Champions, I know that Barcelona has won it other times but I would like it to win it now, I want to win it all," he said. Although he has not counted on many minutes since his arrival in the Spanish league, Chilean signing has fallen in love with Barcelona. In the party of the debut of the Boat before the Alavés, the harrow of the Camp Nou cheered him nothing else to jump to the field in minute 85 of the party.

`basketball`

Lamar Odom reveals that he suffered six heart attacks when he was in a coma

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Lamar Odom, in an image on their social networks.

·Lamar Odom announces his return to basketball: he will play in China

·Lamar Odom is sincere: "I used to get coca every day"

Former NBA player Lamar Odom, who spent four days in a coma in 2015 due to his excesses with drugs, has revealed that during that convalescence he suffered six heart attacks, which makes doctors consider him "a walking miracle." "All the doctors who examine me tell me I'm a walking miracle, I suffered six heart attacks when I was in a coma, it's good to be alive right now, considering the alternative," Odom revealed with humor during an interview on the channel. YouTube of the actor Kevin Hart. The power forward announced last month his signing for a Chinese club to return to the activity at 38 years. His last club was the Baskonia, where he starred in a fleeting passage in the middle of the 2013/14 season, a strange epilogue after a successful career in the NBA wearing the Los Angeles Clippers or Los Angeles Lakers, where he won two rings with Kobe Bryant or Pau Gasol. In 2015, Odom was found unconscious in a Nevada brothel and spent several days in a coma in which he came to fear for his life, the high point of his recognized drug addiction. However, last year he announced that he had overcome his problems and that he was "sober". "But it's a daily struggle, I have an addiction, I'll always have an addiction, it never goes away, I mean, I want to drug myself right now, but I know I can not if I want to be here for my children," he wrote on the Players Tribune website.

 

Juan Carlos Navarro retires from basketball

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Juan Carlos Navarro retires from basketball

The escort, of 38 years, ditch a race of 20 seasons although it tried to continue one more year in the tracks

Juan Carlos Navarro (Barcelona, 1980) leaves basketball. It was not his intention to abandon sports this year, but Barcelona, a club with which he signed a contract for ten seasons only a year ago, urged him to leave the box office to join the management structure of the entity. Thus, by means of a cold announcement in the middle of August, and without being the already ex-player at all convinced -although without creating any problem-, they conclude 20 years of sports career of one of the best Spanish basketball players of all time. all those sporting milestones started with the European U-18 of 1998 and the Junior World Cup of 1999 in which the so-called Golden Juniors, a selection in which they were players like Pau Gasol, Felipe Reyes, Raúl López and Carlos Cabezas, defeated in Lisbon To united states. It was the beginning of a future that was difficult to replicate both at the club and national team level. World Champion with Spain in 2006 and double Olympic runner-up in the Beijing Games (2008) and London (2012), Navarro, player with the most internationalities of the history of the country, is the most laureate of always in Barcelona. Champion twice of the Eurloliga (2003 and 2010), in the trophy room of the Palau leaves 35 titles on a European road interrupted only by his stay of one season (2007-2008) in the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA.

cycling

Jan Ullrich starts his rehabilitation therapy and says he feels "much better"

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The German ex-cyclist Jan Ullrich on his arrival at a trial in Weinfelden (Switzerland), in 2015

·The decline of Jan Ullrich, the neighbor 'beatings' that won the Tour

·Ullrich, released after assaulting a prostitute in Germany

Jan Ullrich, winner of the Tour de France in 1997, said he has experienced a marked improvement after starting a recovery therapy that was prescribed after being arrested two weeks ago for committing an assault while under the influence of alcohol and drugs. "I feel much better here, I feel very confident and I can concentrate on myself," said the former sports director in an interview published on Friday by the Bild newspaper. "In the mornings and at night I undergo blood and urine tests to see if I have substances in the body, I also have blood alcohol tests," he added. During her stay at the clinic, Ullrich is also allowed to telephone her three children, who currently live with their ex-wife. "Boys are my medicine," he confessed. Ullrich was arrested two weeks ago after allegedly assaulting a prostitute at a luxury hotel in Frankfurt. According to the prosecution, he strangled the woman and when he was arrested he was "under the influence of alcohol and drugs". The authorities investigate everything that happened under the accusation of attempted murder and serious bodily injury.

`Restraining order`

The arrest came a few days after Ullrich was arrested by Spanish police after assaulting the home of his compatriot, actor and film director Til Schweiger, on the island of Mallorca. Ullrich, 44, was released the next day after giving testimony before the court of Palma, but weighs on him a 50-meter warrant on his neighbor Schweiger. After the incident, the former cyclist claimed to be repentant and want to undergo therapy to solve their problems since his wife Sara left him taking their three children of eleven, nine and five years to Germany.



economy

 

Mexican Popular investors led by Antonio del Valle initiate an arbitration against Spain

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A branch of Banco Popular in La Manga del Mar Menor, in Murcia

·Why Santander bought Banco Popular?

A group of Mexican investors of the Popular Bank self-styled MIG and led by Antonio del Valle has presented two requests for international arbitration against Spain on Friday, considering that the country's institutions did not comply with their obligations when facing the dissolution of the entity. little more than a year. In a note circulated this morning by the shareholders, the MIG indicates that this step "seeks compensation for the damages caused by the loss of its considerable investment resulting from the violations of the Bilateral Investment Treaty between the Kingdom of Spain and the United Mexican States. "The fall of Banco Popular took place in June 2017, after a resolution process that ended with the purchase by Santander for the symbolic price of one euro. The controversy surrounding the dissolution has not ceased since then and now the shareholders led by Del Valle, who owned around 4% of the Popular, claim that his disappearance "was erroneously caused by multiple acts and omissions by Spain before , during and after the resolution, in breach of the multiple guarantees and protections established in the Treaty and the applicable international law "

The fall of Banco Popular took place in June 2017, after a resolution process that ended with the purchase by Santander for the symbolic price of one euro. The controversy surrounding the dissolution has not ceased since then and now the shareholders led by Del Valle, who owned around 4% of the Popular, claim that his disappearance "was erroneously caused by multiple acts and omissions by Spain before , during and after the resolution, in breach of the multiple guarantees and protections established in the Treaty and the applicable international law ". "For its conduct, Spain denied investors a fair and equitable treatment, a stable and predictable legal and regulatory environment, protection against arbitrary and non-transparent measures that affect their investments and against illegal expropriation," says Javier Rubinstein, Kirkland's partner. & Ellis, the office that represents the group. The body chosen to carry out this process has been the ICSID (International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes), a World Bank agency that will now have to review the applications before the start. formal of the process. The MIG notified Spain of its intention to initiate an international arbitration procedure on January 22, 2018, thus initiating the period of friendly negotiations established in the Treaty; that period ended on July 22, 2018, after which the MIG could begin the arbitration procedure, something that finally happened yesterday.

The shareholders calculate their losses in 470 million euros and assure that Spain "failed to fulfill multiple obligations". In addition, in their allegations accuse the Spanish institutions of "taking active measures that damaged the financial situation of Banco Popular before its resolution", "not taking the appropriate measures to help the bank overcome the liquidity crisis it faced in the months prior to the resolution "and" make public statements that damaged the reputation of the Popular and aggravated the withdrawal of deposits, "including those of the then Economy Minister, Luis de Guindos, when he assured that the government would not" inject public resources " in this case. The position of the Mexican shareholders also ensures that the sale to Banco Santander was a "directed" process in order to "ensure that it was sold to a major Spanish bank." Spain now has 30 days to respond to the notification of the arbitration process , a term from which the rest of the calendar of the process will be established.

science and health

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The vice president of the USA, Mike Pence, during his speech at the Johnson Space Center in Housto

·The vice president refers to the Lunar Orbital Platform, a kind of space station that will orbit our satellite

·The US officially announces the creation of a Space Army

·Trump will look for the minerals of the future ... on the Moon

The United States will do everything possible to send astronauts into the orbit of the Moon before 2024. This is what the vice president of the country, Mike Pence, assured during his visit to NASA's legendary Johnson Space Center in Houston. they controlled the Apollo missions. Pence refers to the Lunar Orbital Platform, a well-known project that the US will carry out in collaboration with other countries and that will be able to accommodate astronauts. That is, a kind of international space station around the Moon. With these statements, the number two of the Trump Government reinforces its intention, already exposed on numerous occasions, to put our satellite at the heart of its space program. A strategy opposed to the one launched by Barack Obama, who canceled the program to return to the Moon in order to focus on preparing a future mission to Mars in the early 1930s. "Our administration will not repeat the mistakes of the past." , said Pence. "The new official US policy is to return to the Moon, send Americans to Mars and once again explore the outermost regions of outer space," he assured without giving details about the money the agency will have to make actually such an ambitious road map. On this matter, the vice president has said that they are "working with Congress" to give NASA the necessary funding. The announcement comes during the most difficult hours in the presidency of Donald Trump, after his personal exbogado admitted before a judge to have made payments to silence women who claimed to have had relations with him, in violation of electoral financing laws. Pence has insisted on Trump's importance to space exploration and his goal of "going further": "America will lead humanity to the stars once again," he added.

Delays in the tests of the new ships

Pero para poder hacer realidad todos esos planes de exploración hacen falta naves que la NASA -sin vehículo espacial propio de 2011-, está desarrollando actualmente. Durante su discurso Pence ha hecho un repaso del estado en el que se encuentran. La estrella es Orion, la cápsula que usará EEUU para sus futuras misiones a un asteroide, la Luna o Marte. "Los próximos americanos que pongan un pie en la Luna empezarán su viaje entrando por la escotilla de la nave Orión. Y esta extraordinaria nave será un día el puente que una nuestro planeta con el siguiente".

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The astronauts that will test the future ships of the USA. From left to right: Sunita Williams, Josh Cassada, Eric Boe, Nicole Mann, Christopher Ferguson, Douglas Hurley, Robert Behnken, Michael Hopkins and Victor Glover

At the beginning of August the new batch of astronauts was announced who will finally test the two future ships that NASA will use to take their men and women to the International Space Station (ISS). A mission that since 2011, when NASA retired its fleet of ferries (shuttle), meets the Russian Soyuz ships after payment by the US of about 82 million dollars per astronaut, according to Mike Pence during his speech. "Those days are going to end soon," he said. These two new manned ships are the Starliner and the Crew Dragon and are being built under the advice of NASA by private companies Boeing and SpaceX, respectively. The chosen ones to release them - seven men and two women - are the astronauts Sunita Williams, Josh Cassada, Eric Boe, Nicole Mann, Christopher Ferguson, Douglas Hurley, Robert Behnken, Michael Hopkins and Victor Glover. During its presentation, NASA also offered the new calendar of flight tests, which have suffered a new delay compared to the planned plan.

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Recreation of the ships 'Crew Dragon' (from SpaceX) and 'Starliner' (from Boeing)

Thus, the first unmanned flight of the ship of Boeing will be at the end of this year or at the beginning of 2019, while the first launch with crew will not take place until the middle of next year. As for the SpaceX vehicle, the test without astronauts is scheduled for November and its first manned flight for April 2019, according to NASA. Pence has also referred to plans to create an Army division focused on space activities, for which, as detailed earlier this month in the Pentagon, would have a body of military astronauts. As he said on Thursday, he hopes that this space force, with which the US will be able to counteract the threat posed by nations like Russia and China, will begin operating in 2020: "America will never abandon the critical field of space." Trump himself had already announced the creation of this sixth military arm to ensure the national security of the country

technology

 

Nvidia renews its high-end graphics cards with the RTX 2080 Ti, 2080 and 2070

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·The Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti is the spearhead of the new architecture for graphics cards, which can be up to 50% more powerful than the previous

·GeForce Now, or how Nvidia wants you to carry your computer games

Nvidia has officially announced its new family of high-end graphics cards. The RTX 2080 Ti and RTX 2080 debut a new architecture, called 'Turing' and heir of 'Pascal', which improves the theoretical performance up to 20% compared to previous models and can now be booked in different stores. Their prices are high: more than 1,000 euros for the RTX 2080Ti and around 800 euros for the RTX 2080. The figure varies slightly by the different configurations offered by the manufacturers associated with Nvidia, which can slightly modify the designs and power. They will be available from September 20, although they can be booked now. Those looking for the most modest graphics of this family will have to wait a few months until its announcement and subsequent launch. Not much is known about the RTX 2070 or RTX 2060 models, although rumors with the latter suggest that it could improve performance in a GTX 1080 without problems thanks to the advantages of the 'Turing' architecture. Its price on the Nvidia website, in the case of 2070, over 600 euros. The new Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti will have 11GB of GDDR6 memory, a more modern standard than the one used by its predecessors and which allows a 21% increase compared to the GTX 1080 Ti. In turn, it has 352 bus bits and 4352 CUDA cores. This is the most advanced model, as its little sister, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 stays in the 8GB of memory, the 2,994 CUDA cores and a 256bit bus. Despite being powerful, the Ti model on paper should also outperform its direct predecessor. Keep in mind that changing the name of GTX to RTX has to do not only with something necessary in marketing but also in the structure of the technology itself, which is called RTX. On the one hand, the Turing architecture and, on the other, RTX as a technology that exploits said architecture. Nvidia claims to have integrated certain tools of artificial intelligence and deep learning to achieve greater bandwidth in their graphics to make calculations and anticipating pixels that They have not been shown yet. In gross performance, the company claims that this allows a performance 10 times greater than with its previous graphics. In the same way, they have achieved a hybrid technology to rasterize light (with the help of Microsoft and Epic Games), but also to create 'ray tracing' '(ray tracing) in real time, that is, a more global illumination that takes into account how light bounces on objects.Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO of Nvidia, believes that the great performance jump produced in this generation thanks Turing demands a new model to measure the performance of its products. Beyond numbers, the new range of Nvidia graphics is expected to maintain a resolution in 4K and a minimum of 60 images per second (fps) in video games more demanding, such as the new Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Shadow of the Tomb Raider or Battlefield V. With the GTX 1080 Ti it was already possible to play certain video games in these conditions, but they were more exceptions than rules. With these new releases, the objective seems to reach a standard that seems to have been cast (with many limitations) in the videoconsoles rather than in PC video games, where the graphic quality and the requirements required to maintain them in 4K resolution are very high. new RTX 2080 and RTX 2080 Ti cards will also allow the implementation of newer technologies to create more advanced live lighting and even to reproduce HDR on screens that allow it with greater ease. Again, this is something in which video games are one step ahead, partly more thanks to the use of televisions than the power of the video consoles themselves. According to Nvidia, with these graphics you can get more credible lighting thanks to refraction, occlusion and reflections of improved directions thanks to the power that integrate their new graphics

Sony launches a translucent PS4 to celebrate the 500 million PlayStation sold

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·The pack has a console, control and translucent accessories that show the inside of the components

·Sony wants to celebrate with this exclusive model and that there are only 5,000 units a round number in the history of their video consoles

·The future of Playstation is bright, but it has no date

On August 24, hardcore fans of PlayStation can purchase for 499 euros an exclusive PS4 pack, remote control, camera and support. What is special about it? The plastic that surrounds them, which is a translucent blue that shows the inside of the devices. That and that there will only be 5,000 on sale. In addition to the '500 million' pack of PS4, it will be sold separately the translucent remote control at a price of 64 euros and also a special edition of the PlayStation bluetooth headset, which would cost 89 euros. Both will also be available on August 24th. Sony seeks to celebrate in this way that they have reached a historic figure in the sale of PlayStation consoles. From the original to the PlayStation 4, through the other two numbers and also by two portable consoles (PSP and Vita), have placed more than 520 million consoles on the market. Although the figures vary according to the source consulted, those 500 million can be distributed in the following sections per console: more than 120 million PlayStation, another 150 million approximately PlayStation 2, 76 million PlayStation Portable (PSP), over 80 million PlayStation 3, about 15 million PlayStation Vita and, finally, the 85 million PlayStation 4. "I would like to express my sincere thanks for the continued support to our fans and business partners, as all have contributed to the valuable history of PlayStation: Without the enthusiasm of our community we would not have been able to surpass this extraordinary milestone of 500 million units, "said John Kodera, president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertaniment, the division in charge of PlayStation.

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"Tomb Raider is not a feminist game, it's for everyone"

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·Its creators pose a title "with which anyone can feel identified" in which the elements of the saga are present

·Alicia Vikander: "I hope that my Lara Croft is attractive for men and women"

The Shadow of The Tomb Raider remembers Rambo, Predator, those eighties films in the one that used the jungle to face and kill many. However, the protagonist of the legendary saga, Lara Croft, is not Rambo, or pretend to be. Around the character of Lara Croft there has always been a deep debate about how she was represented. Some consider her a feminist icon, a strong woman who faces obstacles and manages to overcome them. Others, they see a voluptuous woman with a scarce cloth outfit whose body is designed by a team of marketing experts to sell more copies. Lastly, there is a third and numerous group of players who, oblivious to this type of reflections, try to enjoy the titles of a saga with no less than 22 years behind him. The new title, The Shadow of Tomb Raider, which will go on sale on September 14 for PlayStation 4, Xbox and computer, is the culmination of a trilogy in which, according to its creators, the character undergoes a process of maturation . "Lara moves between guilt and a sense of responsibility, which is wrong because she learns that she is not the only one who can help people," he assured THE WORLD Jason Dozois, narrative director of the game. However, beyond the brushstrokes of personality that can be guessed by the cinematics and the words of the creators of the title, the game emanates an odor reminiscent of the action cinema of the 80s. "There are some visual elements that remind us of Rambo," Dozois acknowledges, "but emotionally, it has nothing to do with it, it's like the flavors, sometimes the dishes remind of something else but the flavor that you get by mixing ingredients is always new, "he says. "Anyway," he continues, "no comparison can be made with another character beyond that the combat dynamics hiding and fighting would be inspired by Rambo." Q: Is Lara then a feminist character? A: Lara is a strong woman who has been transformed since her creation. In the 90s it was a comic type exaggeration. Now we have wanted to make it as realistic as possible. The jokes have disappeared and have characteristics in which anyone can identify either male or female: she is a survivor, she is persistent, she has talent, resources, adapts. All those things in which we have thought that everyone, man or woman, can feel inspired. Q: So this last adventure of Tomb Rider is a feminist? A: No. Under no circumstances would I label her. It is a human game. For me the best stories are where I can identify with anything. For example, I can identify with Lara when she is in a difficult situation. I would say that it is a game for everyone. It has nothing to do with that .... The title is the result of work over two years from simple ideas. "We started by working from a basic concept such as survival, fear, descent into darkness and, among the members of the different departments, we are seeing how to represent that idea," says Dozois. "Thus," he continues, "the history, the scenarios and the dynamics of the videogame are being constructed". A complicated work with which they have managed to build a great variety of scenarios and dynamics with which they seek that the game does not become a monotonous or repetitive experience. The trips, the change of locations, the feeling of adventure ... It is about constant in the saga. Puzzles, tombs, hiding places, natural disasters, this is a series of elements that have always been present in the saga and that fans can discover in this new title as well as new equipment, interchangeable clothes, weapons and skills that Lara will discover and using throughout history to enjoy one of the most anticipated titles of the year

The arrival of Nazi symbols to video games raises controversy in Germany

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Adolf Hitler, en un fotograma del videojuego Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

·Video games like Wolfenstein, about a world where Germany won the Second World War, have always been uncomfortable in the country

·"Through the Darkest of Times" is the first game sold in Germany that shows the Nazi period without a filter.

·The Spanish video game displays its 'indie' charm at the Gamescom in Germany

The swastikas and the Nazi salute, banned for many years because they were considered dangerous for children, began this week to appear in video games in Germany in the name of artistic freedom, an evolution that provokes criticism. Presented in the video game room Gamescom of Cologne that has just opened its doors until August 25, "Through the Darkest of Times" is the first game sold in Germany that shows unfiltered the Nazi period. The player leads a Nazi-resistant during World War II. The enemies of the Third Reich are clearly identified: the swastikas replace the black triangles on red background that were used so far, and you can also see the Nazi greetings and even Hitler, who had never been called by his real name in video games. "Because the developers were afraid to talk about it, they invented fancy things, Hitler was not called Hitler, but Heiler and he had no mustache, and there were no Jews, but traitors, which is problematic because a whole aspect of history was hidden," he explains. AFP Jörg Friedriech, co-developer of the game

In defense of "artistic freedom"

El tabú se rompió en agosto. Presionada por la industria de los videojuegos y los jugadores, la autoridad independiente de regulación alemana (USK) dio al sector los mismos derechos que el cine o el teatro."Los juegos que aborden de forma crítica los acontecimientos pasados pueden beneficiar por primera vez de una aprobación" en virtud de la "libertad artística", declaró una responsable de la USK, Elisabeth Secker.Tras una decisión de justicia de 1998, los videojuegos no tenían derecho a incluir esos elementos, ya que los jueces temían por aquel entonces que los niños "crecieran con esos símbolos e insignias y se acostumbraran a ellos"."Es un paso que no tenemos por qué ocultar porque también puede ser una llamada de atención" para el público, considera por su parte Michael Schiessl, un visitante de la Gamescom.La decisión de permitir esos símbolos en los videojuegos no es, sin embargo, del agrado de todos en Alemania."No se juega con las esvásticas", criticó la ministra alemana de la Familia, Franziska Giffey, en una entrevista publicada el jueves por el grupo de prensa Funke. Los alemanes "deben seguir siendo conscientes de su responsabilidad histórica", declaró."¿Cómo quiere explicar a los jóvenes que acaban de jugar a 'Call of Duty' --un conocido juego de guerra-- que allí pueden izar la bandera con la esvástica pero que no pueden pintarla en la pared de una casa si no quieren acabar en un tribunal?", se preguntaba Stefan Mannes, redactor jefe de un portal alemán de noticias sobre el Tercer Reich llamado "El futuro necesita memoria".

Road to standardization

An argument rejected by Klaus-Peter Sick, historian of the Marc-Bloch center in Berlin. "The player is intelligent and knows how to differentiate" between fiction and reality, he says. "There is no risk: one does not become a Nazi by seeing swastikas!" In addition, the USK does not consider granting a general authorization, but will study each case to know if the presence of Nazi symbols in a game is "socially appropriate" .Sick considers that this decision is one more signal of the "normalization" of the relationship that Germany maintains with its past. "This society can read 'Mein Kampf' without becoming nostalgic (...) The convinced Nazis died. generation: society has been transformed and is now far from an era that does not want to return, "says the historian. In recent years fell several of the taboos related to Nazi Germany. Films such as "Mein Führer: The truest truth about Adolf Hitler" (2007) or "Heil: a neo-Nazi farce" (2015) filled the movie theaters, and the novel "Ha vuelta" (2012) became a bestseller. The authorities even allowed the reissue of "Mein Kampf" in a commented version.

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