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WIRED

Dengue Fever Threatens to Gate-Crash the 2024 Summer Olympics

Measles, bedbugs, and dengue have all been cited as concerns for tourists and athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, with the tropical virus in particular forcing authorities into action.

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Dengue Fever Threatens to Gate-Crash the 2024 Summer Olympics

WIRED

2024 Summer Olympics: A Self-Healing Pole Vault Pole Is One Great Leap for Sports Tech

Pole vaulting is a spectacular, dangerous sport. Modern poles could be drastically improved to make them more reliable, with healable tech being developed that could also be used in surfing and cycling.

17 hours ago

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2024 Summer Olympics: A Self-Healing Pole Vault Pole Is One Great Leap for Sports Tech

Fast Company

Paris Olympics update: Arson attacks disrupt France’s high-speed trains; travel chaos erupts before opening ceremony

France's high-speed rail network, operated by SNCF, has been severely disrupted by a series of coordinated arson attacks, causing significant travel chaos just hours before the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. The attacks are impacting trains heading East, North, and West of Paris, and travelers have ...

19 hours ago

Fast Company

Paris Olympics update: Arson attacks disrupt France’s high-speed trains; travel chaos erupts before opening ceremony

Fast Company

A quick guide to the 3 new sports debuting at the Paris Olympics

Coming off the 2020 Tokyo Olympics—the least-watched on record—the International Olympic Committee saw the need to attract a younger audience. So it launched a new brand platform this month, “Sport. And More than Sport,” leaning into the stories beyond the games. Throw in Team USA and NBC’s ...

21 hours ago

Fast Company

A quick guide to the 3 new sports debuting at the Paris Olympics

Ars Technica

At the Olympics, AI is watching you

New system foreshadows a future where there are too many CCTV cameras for humans to physically watch.

15 hours ago

Ars Technica

At the Olympics, AI is watching you

WIRED

Video Game Performers Are Going on Strike Over AI

The union representing the voice and motion-capture actors who work in video games authorized the strike after talks with gaming companies stalled over the use of AI.

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Video Game Performers Are Going on Strike Over AI

Engadget

Video game performers will strike over AI concerns

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Video game performers will strike over AI concerns

Fast Company

Video game turmoil: What the actor strike means for blockbusters like ‘Fortnite’ and ‘GTA’

Just shy of a year after Hollywood actors went on strike against the television and motion picture industries, SAG-AFTRA is headed back to the picket lines. The union has called a strike against major video game companies after talks surrounding voice and motion capture actors’ concerns about ...

12 hours ago

Video game turmoil: What the actor strike means for blockbusters like ‘Fortnite’ and ‘GTA’

Fast Company

AI is responsible for another SAG-AFTRA strike

Hollywood's video game performers voted to go on strike Thursday after negotiations with game industry giants that began nearly two years ago came to a halt over artificial intelligence protections.Leaders of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists have billed the ...

17 hours ago

AI is responsible for another SAG-AFTRA strike

Ars Technica

Union game performers strike over AI voice and motion-capture training

Use of motion-capture actors' performances for AI training is a sticking point.

12 hours ago

Union game performers strike over AI voice and motion-capture training

Engadget

Here's how to stop Grok's AI models using your tweets for training

16 hours ago

Here's how to stop Grok's AI models using your tweets for training

Engadget

X's Grok chatbot is misleading voters about the presidential election

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X's Grok chatbot is misleading voters about the presidential election

Fast Company

X gave Grok AI automatic permission to train using your data—Here’s how to stop it

In more questionable X (formerly Twitter) news, the social media site recently activated a new setting that will allow AI to use your data to train. Basically, X opted you into handing out your posts to its Grok AI tool, a rival of ChatGPT, without your permission. That means that even if you aren't ...

14 hours ago

X gave Grok AI automatic permission to train using your data—Here’s how to stop it

Ars Technica

X is training Grok AI on your data—here’s how to stop it

Some users were outraged to learn this was opt-out, not opt-in.

14 hours ago

X is training Grok AI on your data—here’s how to stop it

WIRED

Drew Afualo Will Never Stop Making Fun of Misogynist Men

The TikTok influencer and podcast host amassed millions of followers for her roasts—and swears she’ll keep doing it even if TikTok goes away.

12 hours ago

Drew Afualo Will Never Stop Making Fun of Misogynist Men

WIRED

The 20 Best Movies on Amazon Prime Right Now (August 2024)

The Idea of You, Brittany Runs a Marathon, and American Fiction are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Amazon Prime Video this week.

13 hours ago

The 20 Best Movies on Amazon Prime Right Now (August 2024)

Engadget

Amazon is giving The Boys the prequel treatment

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Amazon is giving The Boys the prequel treatment

Engadget

Warner Bros. Discovery sues the NBA in a last-ditch effort to block Amazon’s new streaming package

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Warner Bros. Discovery sues the NBA in a last-ditch effort to block Amazon’s new streaming package

Fast Company

Migraine relief recall: Medicine sold nationwide through Amazon has ‘significant risk of misuse’ due to lack of labels

A batch of over-the-counter migraine relief medication that was shipped by Amazon is being recalled nationwide because it was missing the required manufacturer labels. Pharmaceutical manufacturer Aurobindo Pharma announced on July 18 that it was recalling Healthy Living Migraine Relief, Acetaminophen, ...

20 hours ago

Migraine relief recall: Medicine sold nationwide through Amazon has ‘significant risk of misuse’ due to lack of labels