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About two years ago, celebrity cosmetic dermatologist Dr. Paul Jarrod Frank noticed a new type of patient arriving at his New York practice. Amid an explosion in the number of Americans losing weight with drugs like Ozempic, he saw a “dramatic spike” in clients experiencing unwelcome side effects.

“Although they felt much better losing weight, in some ways they felt they looked older,” he said via a voice note. “And this was due to the loss of volume in their face.”

Frank started using the term “Ozempic face” — a label he believes he coined — to describe the phenomenon. It has since become a social media byword for the sagging skin and hollowed-out appearance that can accompany the use of GLP-1 medications like semaglutide (the active ingredient in branded drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy).

“Usually, with people from their mid-40s and above, once you start losing 10-plus pounds, you can get this kind of deflated look,” said Frank, who is the founder of aesthetic health care brand PFRANKMD and the author of “The Pro-Aging Playbook.” “Certainly, people losing 20 or 30-plus pounds are going to have this problem.”

“You can only refill a deflated balloon so much, and often surgical intervention is necessary.”

Dr. Paul Jarrod Frank

Semaglutide works by stimulating the pancreas to trigger insulin production, curbing users’ appetite and contributing to feelings of fullness. Although the US Food and Drug Administration approved Ozempic to treat type 2 diabetes, doctors now commonly prescribe it off-label for weight management. About 1 in 8 adults in the US has used a GLP-1 drug, and of those, around 2 in 5 did so solely to lose weight, according to health policy non-profit KFF in 2024.

Today, more than 20% of Frank’s patients are using GLP-1s as part of what he called their “longevity regimen.” The treatments sought after their weight loss include injectable dermal fillers to help restore facial volume, facelifts and fat transfers.

“You can only refill a deflated balloon so much, and often surgical intervention is necessary,” he said. But for many patients, he added, “just upping the dosage of their volume replacement is more than enough.

“Someone who may have used one syringe of filler in the past is now using two or three.”

‘It looked like I had melted’

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), which publishes an annual report on surgery trends, recently found that 2 in 5 of its members’ GLP-1 patients were considering undergoing cosmetic surgery — and 1 in 5 already had.

Among the patients opting for a facelift was Kimberly Bongiorno, a local government land use administrator from Mount Arlington, New Jersey. Having lost weight after gastric sleeve surgery in 2019, she regained 40 pounds during the Covid-19 pandemic and was prescribed Wegovy last year. Despite describing the drug’s impact as “almost a miracle” — taking her weight from 170 to 125 pounds — the 55-year-old faced new concerns over her appearance.

“Everything just kind of hung and was very loose,” she said over Zoom, recalling seeing her face in a photo shared by a friend. “I no longer felt like I had cheeks, and I had a lot of loose skin under my neck.

“It looked like I had melted. It was horrifying,” she added. “It was so disheartening to see how my face looked and how it had changed, I thought I looked a lot older than I am.”

After consulting plastic surgeon Dr. Anthony Berlet at his New Jersey office, Bongiorno underwent a deep plane facelift that lifted her skin and repositioned some of the deeper muscles and connective tissues. She also opted for a neck lift that refined and smoothed her neck contours while addressing excess skin left by her weight loss.

Kimberly Bongiorno pictured before (top) and after (bottom) her face and neck lift.

“Before I did this, I probably looked closer to 60, or maybe even older. And now I have people who I’ve recently met think I am in my 40s,” Bongiorno said, adding: “People I haven’t seen in a while say, ‘You look so healthy and happy.’ And that’s nice to hear, because for a while, I didn’t look healthy and certainly wasn’t happy.”

The number of facelifts performed in the US jumped 8% between 2022 and 2023, according to ASPS data. The use of hyaluronic acid fillers has meanwhile doubled from 2.6 million Americans in 2017 — the year Ozempic was first cleared for diabetes — to over 5.2 million in 2023.

The organization could not attribute these upticks exclusively to GLP-1 use, but its former president, Dr. Steven Williams, said the medications have had “a global effect on aesthetic surgery.”

“Now we have a brand-new tool that actually has efficacy for so many patients,” said Williams, a board-certified plastic surgeon and founder of California’s Tri Valley Plastic Surgery, over Zoom. He noted that GLP-1s come “without substantial drawbacks” when compared with invasive procedures like gastric bypass surgery.

“We can now have an honest conversation with patients about a nonsurgical tool that’s effective in weight loss,” he added. “And as part of that conversation, there’s an obligation to say, ‘Look, this is really going to work, so you have to be prepared for what looking 20 or 50 pounds slimmer is going to be.’”

The term “Ozempic face” may speak to our times, but its symptoms — caused by a decrease in the subcutaneous fat that makes our faces plump — are nothing new. Cosmetic surgeons have long been treating the side effects of significant weight loss. In fact, one popular brand of dermal filler, Sculptra, was originally developed in the 1990s for HIV patients.

As an adult, “your body actually doesn’t make more fat cells,” Williams said. “As we lose or gain weight, those fat cells aren’t multiplying or decreasing; they’re getting bigger or smaller. And so as we lose weight, those fat cells now have decreased volume, and there’s just less fullness.”

Preventive measures

Age can determine how patients’ faces react to weight loss. People in their 20s and 30s, for instance, are far less likely to experience the appearance of aging due to GLP-1 use, Frank said.

“Because they have good skin elasticity, the skin rebounds much better,” he said.

Patients aged 20 to 39 accounted for 14% of hyaluronic acid filler use in the US and just 2% of facelift procedures last year, according to the ASPS. But both figures are on the rise.

Gabriela Vasquez, 29, is among the younger patients using GLP-1 to undergo cosmetic procedures after rapid weight loss. An employee of one of Williams’ Tri Valley Plastic Surgery clinics, she has dropped around 50 pounds since starting Ozempic in November.

Although Vasquez is still working toward her target weight, she sought preventative Botox injections (more visible lines and wrinkles are, along with thinning lips, among the other side effects of GLP-1 use). She has also recently undergone microneedling, a procedure used to stimulate collagen production.

“One of my concerns was my jowls, because I felt I saw them when I was a little heavier,” she said over Zoom from the Bay Area. “I think the microneedling definitely helped.

“I never had a jaw line,” she added. “And a couple weeks ago, someone took a picture of me, and I had one, and I was like, ‘Well, that’s new.’”

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Vasquez did not rule out further cosmetic procedures as she continues losing weight — and not only to her face and neck. “I’m seeing little things in my body that I’m like, ‘Whoa, that would be nice to take care of,’” she said, referencing the appearance of excess skin under her arms. “I could see myself — later down the line, once I get to my goal weight — doing something to kind of tighten everything up.”

Frank, the cosmetic dermatologist, noted that “Ozempic face” may be accompanied by a phenomenon he dubbed “Ozempic body,” adding: “One of the other major side effects of weight loss, particularly when it’s done at a rate of more than one to two pounds a week, is muscle loss. And we see this all over the body.”

The ASPS similarly notes the emerging term “Ozempic makeover,” a suite of procedures that might also include tummy tucks, breast lifts and arm, thigh and buttock lifts.

For instance, Bongiorno, the New Jersey facelift patient, has also undergone several other procedures with Dr. Berlet, including arm and thigh lifts, to address her excess skin. She estimates that after her upcoming breast lift, fat grafting and lower eyelid surgery, she will have spent about $80,000 on cosmetic procedures.

“Skin is heavy and uncomfortable,” she said. “This wasn’t something I did to go out there and be a supermodel. It was just to be comfortable, so I could get clothes on and not feel like I was dragging around all this extra weight.”

Ongoing questions

The long-term effect of GLP-1 medications on cosmetic medicine is yet to be fully understood. The assumption they might reduce demand for liposuction, for instance, has not come to bear: It remains the most common cosmetic surgical procedure in the US, growing in popularity by 1% last year, per ASPS data.

What also remains to be seen is the effect that “Ozempic rebound” — when patients regain weight after stopping the drugs — has on people who sought cosmetic procedures.

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A recent peer-reviewed study found that most people using the drugs for weight loss quit within a year. Data presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity meanwhile suggested that patients typically returned to their original weight within 10 months of stopping use, with University of Oxford researchers calling the findings a “cautionary note” about using medication “without a more comprehensive approach” to weight loss.

For Williams, this further demonstrates why he and his plastic surgeon colleagues must take responsibility for their patients’ “entire journey,” not just their cosmetic procedures.

“We don’t want these patients to be on these medications for a lifetime. We want it to be a temporary bridge to a healthier lifestyle,” he said, adding: “It’s our obligation to work harder with those patients, to talk about lifestyle changes, to get them plugged in to dietitians and to make sure that they’re building muscle and exercising.”

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The India-Pakistan conflict was taking a dramatic turn for the worse, pitching the nuclear-armed neighbors into a dangerous spiral of tit-for-tat strikes.

Then, out of the blue, US President Donald Trump on Saturday said the US had brokered an end to the fighting.

On his Truth Social platform, he made the surprise announcement that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “full and immediate” ceasefire – all the more unexpected as, just days before, Vice President JD Vance had insisted the conflict was “fundamentally, none of our business.”

Already, this was an emotionally charged conflict, sparked by the shocking terror attack in Indian-administered Kashmir last month – in which 26 people, mainly tourists, were shot dead by rampaging gunmen.

To make matters worse, in the Indian airstrikes that followed, Pakistan claimed to have shot down five Indian air force jets in what would be a stinging blow for the Indian military.

Damaged vehicles in Rehari, Jammu, India-administered Kashmir, following Pakistan's military operation on May 10.

Members of the media film the inside of a building after it was hit by an Indian strike in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, on May 7.

Indian officials have denied any losses, but evidence obtained by CNN suggests some planes were downed.

Still, the escalating attacks deep inside Indian and Pakistani territory seem to have focused minds in Washington, which has clearly pressured both sides to step back from the brink.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement that he and Vance had spoken to the political and military leadership in India and Pakistan to secure agreement before the situation deteriorated further.

An Indian police personnel stands outside a house that was damaged by overnight Pakistani artillery shelling in Jammu, India-administered Kashmir, on May 10, 2025. The Indian army on May 10 reported fresh Pakistani attacks along the border with its arch-foe as the conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbours spiralled.

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Just hours before the ceasefire announcement, India had struck Pakistani military bases provoking a furious retaliation from Pakistan, which launched rockets, artillery and drone strikes on dozens of locations in India, provoking growing nationalistic calls for retribution.

There are conflicting accounts of how the ceasefire was negotiated. While Islamabad praised US involvement, New Delhi downplayed it – keen to portray the ceasefire as a victory and saying that the neighbors had worked together “directly” on the truce.

Whatever the US role was exactly, the White House was frankly pushing on an open door – it is in neither India’s nor Pakistan’s interest for the conflict to continue.

The truce is also exactly the kind of quick deal Trump hoped he could broker elsewhere, such as in Ukraine, where conflict with Russia has been dragging on for nearly three and a half years.

In comparison, the intense fighting between India and Pakistan seems to be over after just three and a half days.

But this Trump truce may not herald a lasting peace.

Even a few hours into the ceasefire, reports emerged of violations in the form of explosions in Indian-administered Kashmir and allegations of ongoing cross border attacks. This may settle down as the truce takes root.

But there is a bigger problem too: the US-brokered ceasefire agreement will not go anywhere near addressing the fundamental grievances fueling the decades-long dispute over the status of Muslim-majority Kashmir, which is claimed by both India and Pakistan and has a separatist, independent movement.

The latest confrontation over Kashmir may be coming to a end, but it is likely to return with a vengeance.

India and Pakistan have agreed to a ceasefire after weeks of tension and back-and-forth strikes, with India’s foreign secretary saying the halt in fighting is now in effect. CNN International Diplomatic Editor, Nic Robertson and CNN Chief Global Affairs correspondent, Matthew Chance report on the latest.

Macondo es el pueblo imaginario en el que Gabriel García Márquez situó el realismo mágico que acogió a la familia Buendía y que, para los creadores de la serie que da vida al libro ´Cien años de soledad´, es un reflejo de la historia de Colombia y de cómo se repiten algunos de los males de la sociedad.

"Los colombianos y los latinoamericanos estamos condenados, como en la novela, a seguir nuestro sino violento. Y, bueno, es una forma muy hermosa -en referencia a la serie- de volver a conectarnos como nación", explicó este sábado Natalia Plaza, una de las directoras de los primeros ocho capítulos de esta producción audiovisual.

Plaza añadió en una entrevista a EFE que "esa belleza poética, esa mezcla entre la barbarie y la poesía que logra tan bien García Márquez" supuso una gran responsabilidad a la hora de plasmarla a nivel visual.

Esto se debe a que el objetivo era hacer una adaptación que fuera fiel al libro, pero capaz de tener su propia personalidad.

Nominaciones

La serie ´Cien años de soledad´, cuya segunda parte está en proceso de grabación sin fecha de estreno, es una de las principales protagonistas de la XII edición de los Premios Platino, que se celebrarán mañana 27 de abril en Madrid.

En esta edición de los premios, la serie ha acumulado ocho nominaciones entre las que destacan Mejor Miniserie o Teleserie Cinematográfica, Mejor Guion Adaptado, Mejor Dirección, además de a las mejores interpretaciones tanto masculinas como femeninas.

De esta forma, Jose Rivera, guionista principal de la serie, aseguró junto a su compañera que es un momento muy emocionante, en el que se reconocerá un trabajo en equipo de mucho tiempo.

En su caso, declaró que le encanta el libro y que al leerlo por primera vez pensó que eran las historias que le contaba su abuelo.

"Parecen tan reales. Y el romanticismo y la belleza de la poesía fueron una delicia. Fue difícil porque el libro es complicado y la televisión es simple. Así que crear televisión a partir de ese libro llevó mucho trabajo", comentó.

Para él, el hecho de no ser colombiano -José Rivera es originario de Puerto Rico- le permitió, en su opinión, no sentir presión a la hora de adaptar la novela y aportar una visión más distante, aunque reconoce que se trata de su producción "más importante".

"No se sentía como un trabajo, se sentía como un placer. A veces me volvía loco tratando de hacerlo, pero sentía que era la cosa más importante en la que he trabajado nunca", remarcó en la entrevista.

Por último, Rivera cree que las historias latinas se encuentran en un buen momento en la industria audiovisual, pero sabe que "eso puede cambiar" en cualquier momento, así que anima a sus compañeros iberoamericanos a seguir luchando "por las historias que amamos, para que nuestra cultura se exprese, (...) tengo esperanzas porque hay mucha gente con talento".

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SANTO DOMINGO. Más de un millón de los cerca de dos millones de vehículos de motor que hay en el país no aprobarían una Revisión Técnica Vehicular rigurosa que lleven a cabo las autoridades para determinar si están aptos para circular por nuestras vías, según especialistas en tránsito y movilidad.

Así lo considera el coordinador de la Alianza Dominicana a Favor de la Seguridad y Movilidad Vial (Avial), Luis Molina, quien estima que 1,230,503, equivalentes al 70 por ciento de 1,757,862 unidades que componen el parque vehicular, no pasarían esa revisión, entre ellos, cerca del 100 por ciento del transporte público de pasajeros.

Mientras que Luis Alba, experto en Tránsito Terrestre, considera que la cantidad de vehículos que tendría dificultades para superar la revisión técnica ronda el 40 por ciento, es decir unas 703,144 unidades. Ambos especialistas dudan que esté montada la logística para aplicar la medida en el 2018, como anunció recientemente el Instituto Nacional de Tránsito y Transporte Terrestre (INTRANT), por el poco tiempo que resta para certificar los talleres que se encargarán de aplicar las pruebas.

Aunque Luis Alba recomienda esperar a que el INTRANT revele toda la información correspondiente para determinar si la iniciativa puede ser exitosa.

No obstante, Luis Molina resta credibilidad a las iniciativas que desarrolle el INTRANT porque, a su juicio, el organismo tiene “mañas viejas” que provienen de la desaparecida Oficina Técnica de Transporte Terrestre (OTTT), que se prestan para corrupción y chantaje que podrían imperar en el sistema de inspecciones.

Uber Technologies Inc. admitió el martes que piratas informáticos robaron datos personales pertenecientes a 57 millones de clientes y conductores, hecho que ocultó durante más de un año.

El ataque, que tuvo lugar en octubre de 2016, resultó en el robo a nivel mundial de nombres, direcciones de correo electrónico y números de teléfono pertenecientes a 50 millones de usuarios de Uber, según Bloomberg, que informó por primera vez sobre el ataque.

También se robó información personal para 7 millones de conductores en todo el mundo, incluidos 600,000 números de licencia de conducir en los Estados Unidos.

Uber estaba obligado a alertar a los reguladores y conductores cuyos números de licencia de conducir se vieron comprometidos por el hackeo. En cambio, Uber pagó a los piratas informáticos $ 100,000 para borrar los datos robados y mantener oculta la brecha, según Bloomberg.

La oficina del fiscal general de Nueva York dijo el martes que estaba iniciando una investigación sobre la violación de datos.

Uber despidió a su jefe de seguridad, Joe Sullivan, y a uno de sus ayudantes por mantener oculta la noticia del ataque.

Dara Khosrowshahi, director ejecutivo recientemente contratado del gigante de la transporte, dijo en una publicación de blog que se enteró de la violación recientemente. Lo describió como un ataque de dos piratas informáticos externos que accedieron a los datos de la empresa almacenados en una empresa de terceros basada en la nube.

“Nuestros expertos forenses externos no han visto ninguna indicación de que el historial de ubicaciones de los viajes, los números de tarjetas de crédito, los números de cuentas bancarias, los números de la Seguridad Social o las fechas de nacimiento hayan sido descargados”, dijo Khosrowshahi.

Según los informes, los hackers robaron contraseñas pertenecientes a ingenieros de Uber desde un sitio de codificación privado de GitHub. Usaron esas credenciales para acceder a los datos de la compañía almacenados en Amazon Web Services. Luego contactaron a Uber, exigiendo dinero. Uber cumplio sus demandas.

“Nada de esto debería haber sucedido, y no voy a poner excusas para eso. Aunque no puedo borrar el pasado, puedo comprometerme en nombre de cada empleado de Uber que aprenderemos de nuestros errores “, dijo Khosrowshahi, a quien se le encomendó la tarea de rectificar la imagen y las prácticas comerciales de Uber después de reemplazar al polémico fundador de la empresa, Travis Kalanick. , como jefe de la empresa en agosto.

El encubrimiento marca un ojo negro más para una empresa que desde hace mucho tiempo ha tenido enfrentamientos con los reguladores y los líderes de la ciudad en todo el mundo, ya que introdujo su negocio disruptivo.

Bajo Kalanick, la ética de la compañía fue repetidamente cuestionada por violar la privacidad del cliente y ocultar datos de los reguladores. A principios de este mes, Londres revocó la licencia de funcionamiento de Uber.

No está claro qué papel desempeñó Kalanick, que sigue siendo miembro del directorio de Uber, después del ataque. Un portavoz de Kalanick se negó a comentar.

No es inusual que las empresas paguen a los hackers que han comprometido sus sistemas. Las empresas que son víctimas de ransomware a menudo pagan una tarifa para restaurar sus sistemas.

Las empresas a veces compran datos que los piratas informáticos afirman haber robado en un intento de determinar si una supuesta violación es genuina. Una vez considerados legítimos, los expertos dicen que la empresa tiene la obligación de advertir a los afectados.

“Uber tiene la responsabilidad de mantener seguros los datos de los conductores y los pasajeros. Así que le pagan a los piratas informáticos para reducir las posibilidades de que esos datos se extiendan”, dijo Guy Podjarney, CEO de Snyk, una compañía de seguridad que detecta vulnerabilidades en código abierto. “El problema no es pagar lo que es casi una multa por no mantener su sistema seguro. El problema es ocultarlo después del hecho”.

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SANTO DOMINGO. La agrupación de rock dominicana Toque Profundo ha anunciado una serie de conciertos para el mes de julio.

Este 8 de julio se estarán presentando en Casa de Teatro como parte de los grandes eventos con motivo del aniversario de la casa de los artistas dominicanos.

El concierto está basado en su disco “Magia”, con más de 20 temas, lo que significa más de dos horas en el escenario emanando la energía que les caracteriza, y la fuerza que solo Toque Profundo puede dar.

La agrupación anunció una segunda fecha también en Casa de Teatro para el 15 de julio, con un repertorio distinto, ya que será una recopilación de su disco “Cría cuervos”, además otros grandes éxitos que siempre el público pide.

Para principios de julio Toque Profundo estará filmando el video de su nuevo tema bajo la producción de Gabriel Lantigua y Sol López, pues en esta ocasión el lanzamiento de su sencillo estará acompañado del video oficial. El nuevo tema aborda el impacto de las redes sociales en muchos aspectos de la vida, cambiándola por completo.

Las boletas de ambos conciertos están disponibles en las oficinas de Casa de Teatro a RD$800.00. En la puerta del concierto estarán a la venta a un costo de RD$1,000.00

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En un país se estima que el 45 por ciento de los envejecientes es pobre y entre el 32 y 33 por ciento es muy pobre, mientras muy pocos reciben una pensión estatal que le permita cubrir sus necesidades básicas. De ahí que la mayoría depende para su alimentación y tratamiento médico del aporte que le den sus familiares y amigos.
La preocupación de Ramón Antonio era otra. “Tengo cinco hijos y ninguno me visita, y no sé por qué, porque yo no fui un mal padre, siempre fui tranquilo”. (Seguir leyendo aqui…)

“Sentí que el mundo se me fue cuando se apagó mi vista y solo pensé en mi familia”, narra angustiado uno de los siete motoconchitas que les han rociado en sus ojos un químico desconocido para robarles las motocicletas. [Ver detalles…]

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¿Cuáles son las razones por la cual el 25% de los contenedores que llegan a RD, salen vacíos? Noticias SIN analiza:

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Asaltantes intentaron despojar a todos los pasajeros que se transportaban desde Bávaro para Santo Domingo en una guagua tipo expreso de una compañía privada de transporte.(Seguir leyendo aqui…)

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SANTO DOMINGO. Desconocidos asaltaron esta madrugada la sucursal del restaurante de comida rápida Kentucky Fried Chicken ubicado en la avenida Rómulo Betancourt, esquina Arturo Defilló, en el sector de Bella Vista, y cargaron con RD$190,000 en efectivo.

Según informó el vocero de la Policía Nacional, general Nelson Rosario, el robo se produjo alrededor de las 2:00 a.m., cuando el personal del la franquicia contabilizaba el dinero de las ventas tras del cierre.

Rosario dijo que las informaciones preliminares del caso indican que dos hombres con capuchas y armas en mano penetraron al lugar aprovechando que la puerta trasera se había quedado abierta en un alegado descuido.

Reveló que un equipo de investigadores policiales hizo el levantamiento correspondiente en la escena la mañana de hoy y que amplía las indagatorias para dar con los responsables.

Robos de vehículos con secuestro express.Nuria explica:

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ReBoot, en muchos sentidos, era un show de TV que se dio cita por el canal 11 (Telesistema) captando muchos seguidores en Rep. Dominicana. La serie sobre un grupo de guardianes que vivían dentro de una computadora y protegía a los usuarios de una serie de virus era considerada casi revolucionaria considerando la animación 3D que entró en ella y el escenario de la historia.

Es uno de los pocos shows de TV que quedaron sin tocar en los estudios después de que salió del aire en 2001, pero al igual que una serie de series de los años 90 y principios de 2000, ReBoot se volvera a la television.

Corus Entertainment anunció ayer que traería a ReBoot de vuelta como un híbrido de acción real y animación CGI. La nueva serie “sigue a cuatro adolescentes que descubren que han sido seleccionados para convertirse en los Guardianes de la Nueva Generación del espacio cibernético”, según un comunicado de prensa, y se espera que salga al aire en 2018.

Después de jugar a “Cyber ​​Guardians”, un MMO popular, los cuatro adolescentes son reclutados por una agencia de seguridad para defender el ciberespacio. Las secuencias de acción en vivo seguirá a los adolescentes cuando están fuera del juego y viviendo su día a día, pero tan pronto como estén en el juego, pasará a la animación CGI. La animación será construida usando el motor de juego de Unreal.

Se espera que se publique más información en los próximos meses, pero el programa está actualmente en pre-producción.

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How Stockholm is getting smarter by going greener.

The video game Cities Skylines is being used to shape a new development in Stockholm, Sweden.

La compañía de refrescos lanzó esta semana un nuevo comercial, con un toque “Gay Friendly”, donde por primera vez muestra un mensaje amigable con la comunidad homosexual, que se ha vuelto viral, chequea:

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