Tag: Olympics

How China Is Using Bots And Fake Twitter Accounts To Shape The Olympics

[ad_1] Published with this article ProPublicanonprofit investigative newsroom. BEIJING — In the Chinese-propaganda village of Potemkin, the Winter Olympics emerged as a pure success, a celebration of sport and politicalRead More

The Non-Eco-Friendly Secret of the Beijing Olympics

[ad_1] If you’re watching the Winter Olympics in Beijing, it’s hard to miss: Just beyond the white slopes for ski and snowboard events are brown hills where the snow barelyRead More

Could the Olympics Take the Heat?

[ad_1] Perhaps every athlete at the Tokyo Olympics secretly worried that they were not prepared enough for the challenge. I know I did. Will my performance be affected by theRead More

The Olympics Are All Fun, No Games On TikTok

[ad_1] Olympians are the most impressive athletes in the world. Watching them show off their superhuman strength, stamina, and fitness, it’s easy to forget that many of them are notRead More

To curb COVID, Tokyo Olympics collects a lot of saliva

[ad_1] TOKYO (AP) – They’re spitting. They are waiting. They hope. According to the organizers, around 30,000 people from multiple countries spit on small plastic bottles in a daily routineRead More

Olympics Covid Cases Raise Tough Questions About Testing

[ad_1] In addition, transmission-related questions remain unresolved. Vaccinated people who are asymptomatic or have contagious infections can transmit the virus to others, but it is not yet clear how oftenRead More

FBI warns of hackers potentially interfering with Olympics

[ad_1] Hackers and cybercriminals of all kinds may try to disrupt or otherwise attack the already postponed 2020 Olympics. FBI Warning ahead of Summer Games to start on Friday Tokyo.Read More