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In Mexico they are called masks , but their usefulness is the same as that of our masks. The only differences from these models is that they are designed by some of the greatest mask experts, the professionals of Mexican wrestling.

Cornered by the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, some of the main figures of the fight in Mexico, real celebrities in their country, have reinvented themselves by making masks inspired by the well-known masks of the characters of their competition, icons such as Blue Demon or El Santo .

Her experience covering their faces and designing their own outfits has done the rest. "We use the lycra and the fabrics that are used in the wrestling suit makings, they have double stitching, the reinforcement of the fabric ... It is just like a wrestling mask," the Son of the Sovereign explained to ESPN , one of the most active gladiators. His masks have a price of around 150 pesos (about 5 euros) and he sells them through his Facebook profile. Every day he has hundreds of orders.

Teleeeeeéfonooooo ... mi caaaaasa

With everything in the house locked up, one of the businesses that has suffered the most is smartphones. Not because we don't use them, yes, but because nobody changes theirs. The pandemic has caused the smartphone market to suffer its fastest crash. Analysts say the drop in the first quarter of the year is 13%, it could even reach 27% in China. According to Counterpoint Research, it is the first time that phone shipments have fallen below 300 million in a single quarter since 2014. According to the companies, the next quarter will be even worse.

Asterix's last potion

Relatives of Asterix and Obelix cartoonist Albert Uderzo , recently deceased, have donated five original plates from the creator, which will be auctioned in late May in a charity sale to help French hospitals buy material. Three of them are from the Asterix comic, and two of others from his well-known collections: Tanguy and Laverdure, and Umpah-pah.

What does your cough sound like?

Five researchers from the Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne in Switzerland are developing a mobile application that will determine whether or not a person has the coronavirus after recording and analyzing the sound of their cough. Called 'coughvid', the app will be available in the coming weeks, although a website has already opened where those interested, including Covid-19 patients, can record their coughs to help create a database.

The musical phenomenon of confinement

They are called Stay Homas and surely they already ring a bell. They are three flatmates from Barcelona who, caught up in confinement, decided to start composing songs and share them on social networks. Their friendly rhythm, their home videos on the terrace and the lyrics of their confination songs have made them a viral phenomenon against the virus. So much so that they have been recruiting collaborations from artists such as Silvia Pérez Cruz, Macaco or Pablo Alborán. They accumulate thousands of followers on Twitter and millions of visits on YouTube and Instagram and their success has been so tremendous that even Michael Bublé has launched with a version of one of his first songs, 'Gotta Be Patient'. Last Friday, the Stay Homas released their first single with Sony and they already have a date closed for their first concert, on July 15 at the Apolo room in Barcelona. In 15 minutes all the tickets sold out.

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