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Google will no longer air an Olympics ad that showed a child using AI to write a fan letter
The backlash reflects the broader debates around the role of AI in creative processes and its potential impact on the quality of human expression.
Pranav Dixit08.02.2024
The first Olympic Esports Games will take place in Saudi Arabia in 2025
The first Olympic Esports Games will take place in Saudi Arabia in 2025. Games such as League of Legends, Rocket League and Street Fighter could be on the agenda.
Kris Holt07.12.2024
NBC promises it'll be easier to watch the Olympics in 2024 on Peacock
The company says the streaming service will cover every sport and event.
Sean Buckley05.11.2023
'Fortnite' is now an Olympic esport
'Fortnite' is now part of the Olympic Esports Series.
Jon Fingas05.05.2023
The Olympic Esports Series will feature 'Just Dance,' 'Gran Turismo' and chess
The upcoming Olympic Esports Series will feature games linked to real-world competitive events rather than the likes of 'Fortnite' and 'Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.'
Kris Holt03.01.2023
Grindr restricts location features at the Beijing Olympic Village
Grindr has limited outside access to the Winter Olympics Village to protect the privacy and safety of athletes.
Jon Fingas02.09.2022
How to watch the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: A comprehensive streaming guide
Every event from Beijing is available to watch – you just have to know where to look.
Billy Steele02.03.2022
A health-monitoring app for Olympic attendees reportedly has glaring security issues
Researchers said passport details, voice audio and other data are vulnerable in the MY2022 app.
Kris Holt01.18.2022
Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony included a light display with 1,800 drones
The Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee saved one of the best spectacles for the end of the opening ceremony.
Igor Bonifacic07.23.2021
The Tokyo Olympics' opening ceremony featured an orchestrated video game soundtrack
Orchestrated video game music was used as athletes marched through Tokyo's Olympic stadium.
Mat Smith07.23.2021
How to watch the Tokyo Olympics
Every event at the Tokyo Olympics is available to watch, you just need to know where to look.
Billy Steele07.21.2021
Apple intros country-specific Watch bands and faces ahead of the Olympics
Apple has introduced 22 Watch bands that will help you cheer on your country in the Olympics, including the US, UK and South Africa.
Jon Fingas06.29.2021
The IOC is releasing Olympic pins as NFTs
Working with the IOC, video game developer nWay will release an officially licensed set of NFT Olympic Pins on June 17th.
Igor Bonifacic06.03.2021
Samsung's latest Tokyo Olympics phone might actually happen
Samsung has unveiled a version of the Galaxy S21 to mark the Tokyo Olympics — provided the games aren't postponed again.
Jon Fingas05.19.2021
NBC is bringing some Olympic Games coverage to Twitch
A dedicated channel will stream daily highlight shows, athlete interviews and gaming competitions.
Kris Holt05.06.2021
Lifting weights in a Panasonic exosuit destined for the Tokyo Olympics
Exosuits, exoskeletons and power-assist suits are mostly a thing of science fiction, used for battling alien menaces or lifting extremely heavy obstacles. Mostly. Now companies like Panasonic are making the case for actually using one. The reality is less about batting away threats and more about supporting workers with physically demanding or repetitive jobs and tasks. That was why Panasonic's Atoun Model Y was meant to go to the Tokyo Olympics, right?
Mat Smith03.25.2020
Can Twitter survive when no one can go outside?
Twitter says it can no longer predict, with any certainty, how its finances are going to look in the coming months. The company told investors that it was withdrawing its guidance as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. For a platform that ties its future into covering the big events of the day, the coronavirus could hit the company very hard.
Daniel Cooper03.25.2020
The tech-laden Tokyo Olympics have been postponed
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has finally accepted that the summer games in Tokyo can't go ahead. Shinzo Abe, Japan's prime minister, asked Thomas Bach, the president of the IOC, for a delay on the phone earlier today. The coronavirus pandemic meant it was simply impossible to ensure the safety of athletes, organizers and attendees during the event. "I proposed to postpone for about a year and president Bach responded with 100 percent agreement," Abe told reporters after the call. The games are now expected to take place in summer 2021, around the same time as the rescheduled Euro 2020 soccer tournament. Curiously, they will still be called the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. "In the present circumstances and based on the information provided by the WHO today, the IOC President and the Prime Minister of Japan have concluded that the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo must be rescheduled to a date beyond 2020 but not later than summer 2021, to safeguard the health of the athletes, everybody involved in the Olympic Games and the international community," the IOC said in a statement.
Nick Summers03.24.2020
Japan's public broadcaster sets its 8K schedule for the Tokyo Olympics
The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic games are still on schedule to take place this summer, and Japan's public broadcaster has been planning for years to make sure its an 8K showcase event. If you're in Japan, 8K broadcasts with 22.2 channel audio are available to home viewers, although it's a little less clear how the rest of us can catch it in the highest level of detail available. As far as the events available, NHK says it will have both the opening and closing ceremonies in 8K, including the first live broadcast at that resolution shot from a helicopter. Specific events will also be available in 8K, including track and field competition like the 100m and 200m men's finals, women's 200m finals and the men's 400m relay final. The women's soccer and volleyball finals will also be broadcast in 8K, along with selected events from badminton, judo, table tennis and swimming. A few weeks later in late August, the ceremonies for the Paralympics will also air in 8K, along with events like wheelchair rugby, swimming and track and field. Wherever 8K viewing is available it seems likely we'll get a similar set of things to watch, so stay tuned for any details from NBC or well-connected event spaces that can put a Super Hi-Vision broadcast on the big screen. I've seen an 8K broadcast from the 2012 Olympics in London streamed over Internet2, and it was a one-of-a-kind experience. In 2016 NBC streamed 4K video from Rio that was downconverted from NHK's 8K capture, but with 8K TVs on shelves and more bandwidth to go around maybe you'll get a chance to see it in your living room.
Richard Lawler03.06.2020
'OurMine' group hijacks Twitter accounts for Olympics and FC Barcelona
No, the OurMine group isn't done defacing high-profile sites. Twitter has confirmed reports that OurMine hijacked accounts for both the Olympics and FC Barcelona on February 15th, using the opportunity to make a less-than-sincere offer to "improve your [account's] security" and, in the case of FC Barcelona, echo a rumor that star player Neymar would come back to the soccer team. Twitter said in a statement that OurMine had used a "third-party platform" to take control of the accounts, although it didn't name the platform or explain the group's methods. OurMine would only tell Business Insider that it used "security issues" with employees to gain access to a third-party app.
Jon Fingas02.15.2020