Olympics

A view shows the logo of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, in Paris, France, March 19, 2024. Benoit Tessier | ReutersMany of the world's greatest athletes will make their big-screen debut in IMAX theaters this summer.NBC announced Friday that its live coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony on July 26 will play on more than 150 IMAX screens in the U.S.The Summer Olympics opening ceremony will be the first not held in a stadium. Instead, organizers will send Olympians down the River Seine on a…

The 2024 Summer Olympics are just 128 days away. They'll be here before you know it, so what better time to learn about all the groovy features that the Games' streaming home, Peacock, has lined up?The platform will host more than 5,000 hours of live coverage across the two weeks, including each of the 329 medal events. That's far more than anyone could possibly watch during the Games, so to help you keep track of several events at once, Peacock is offering several multiview options. On TVs, tablets and desktop browsers…

Since the start of her career, Aya Nakamura has faced setbacks, discrimination and harassment every step of the way. Nakamura is a music superstar. She is the most-listened-to French-speaking artist in the world, and the only woman to feature in the country’s top 20 best-selling albums of 2023. Her 2018 hit Djadja has reached almost 1bn listens on YouTube, and in 2021 her second album surpassed 1bn streams on Spotify. When she announced two concerts at the legendary Bercy arena in Paris last year, tickets sold out in 15…

Samsung has been the official partner of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for nearly two decades, offering plenty of deals when the time for the Olympic Games comes. And with the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris approaching, the Korean company announced it will send 10 people to the games for free if they spend at least $100 on Samsung.com. The ruffle is open to US citizens, who will get a 3-day/2-night trip to Paris on July 25, and the main winner will also receive $400 per day in spending money. That will let…

The Summer Olympic Games are due to be held in Paris this year, starting July 26. You'll definitely see an outsized Samsung presence at the games, given that the company has been a long-term major sponsor of the Olympics. If you've been looking forward to attending the games, Samsung's got the perfect opportunity for you. It's giving away a free trip to Paris for the 2024 Olympic Games, as long as you spend $100 or more on one of its devices. Samsung's giving you a free trip to the Paris Olympics! The latest Discover…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain After a long battle, Paris's beloved bouquinistes will be staying put this summer. The decision, announced on 13 February by the French government, came after considerable public backlash to the police prefecture's original plan to move part of the iconic Seine booksellers elsewhere for the inauguration of the Olympics Games on 26 July. …

Last updated: February 22nd, 2024 at 12:06 UTC+01:00 Samsung continues to be a global Olympic and Paralympic partner, and last month, the company revealed its slogan for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. Now, in anticipation of the Olympics, Samsung has announced a new partnership with the Dutch Basketball Association. Basketball is the fastest growing sport in the Netherlands. Now, the Dutch Basketball Association has entered a 3-year partnership with the Korean tech giant Samsung. The company will support…

There’s good news for steroid fans: juicers will finally get their day on the field. A who’s who of extremely online investors pitched in to fund a series of events called the Enhanced Games, which describes itself as “the 21st Century Olympics without drug testing.” The list includes Christian Angermayer, venture capitalist, Balaji Srinivasan, former Coinbase CTO, and Peter Thiel, PayPal co-founder and frenemy of Elon Musk. Alex Winter on the Most Important Modern Horror Movie “Unlike the Olympic Games, Enhanced believes…

In a case of life imitating Saturday Night Live, Peter Thiel has invested in a seed round of the Enhanced Games, which describes itself as “the modern reinvention of the Olympic Games that does not have drug testing.”It does seem to go a little beyond just not testing, though, at least judging by the press release. The investors “see the vision of a new model of sports, that openly celebrates scientific innovation and honestly represents the use of performance enhancements in sports today,” said Aron D’Souza, president of…

The Oppenheimer cast is notably massive, but one person who was not in the film was Snoop Dogg — or was he? In an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the rapper explained how he came to be photographed with the Oscar-nominated movie’s cast and director Christopher Nolan at a recent party. “The whole cast, except for Matt Damon, thankfully, is there,” Jimmy Kimmel explained after putting the hilarious photo up on the screen. “And then there’s one notable addition and that’s you. How did this happen? Were you in…