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An event in Beijing drew hundreds of competitors from around the world in what's being described as the first ever Robot Olympics.

Hundreds of Robots Competed in the World’s First Robot Olympics. The Results Were Unintentionally Hilarious

When staying in the Olympic Village during this year's games, US athletes were shockedto discover that they had access to free healthcare.

Health & Medicine

American Athletes Radicalized By Free Healthcare at the Paris Olympics

By Noor Al-Sibai

The safety of the Seine River continues to be called into question after a practice session for marathon swimmers on Tuesday was canceled.

Olympics Cancels Practice Session in River Seine After Swimmers Fall Ill

By Frank Landymore

Belgium's Olympic team announced it had forfeited a competition after one of its athletes became sick after swimming in the Seine River.

Olympic Athlete Hospitalized After Swimming in Seine River

By Victor Tangermann

YouTuber-turned-boxer Logan Paul has made the surprise move of apologizing — sort of — for being an asshole.

Logan Paul Issues Half-Hearted Apology For Transphobic Tirade Against a Cisgender Olympian

By Noor Al-Sibai

As the Olympics began to kick off, a paralyzed tennis player carried the Olympic flame through Paris while wearing a robotic exoskeleton.

Paralyzed Tennis Player Carries Olympic Torch Using Robotic Exoskeleton

By Noor Al-Sibai

Grindr has, it seemed, block geolocation and search for the Olympic Village for this year's Paris summer games.

It Looks Like Grindr Has Blocked the Paris Olympic Village From Search

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new version of the Olympics Games that allows athletes to use performance enhancing drugs recently scored funding from Peter Thiel.

Peter Thiel Funding New Olympics Where Athletes Can Take Performance Enhancing Drugs

By Sharon Adarlo

Climate change and variability created a need for the first 100 percent fake manmade snow at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

All the Snow at the Beijing Winter Olympics Is Artificially Made

By Lonnie Lee Hood

How does one hold the Winter Olympics when "winter" as we knew it is changing for the worse?

The Winter Olympics Have a Problem: They’re Being Ruined by Climate Change

By Noor Al-Sibai

The first Olympic route would ferry passengers between the Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Le Bourget airports, and a second would link two Parisian suburbs. About 30 manufacturers answered the call to test out various parts of electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, or eVTOLs.

Advanced Transport

Paris Will Use Electric Flying Cars to Get Passengers to the Olympics

By Lonnie Lee Hood

While the world’s best athletes compete for medals in Tokyo, a different kind of competition happened as ISS astronauts held their own Olympic games.

ISS Astronauts Hold First Space Olympics, Russia Gets Absolutely Destroyed

By Tony Ho Tran

Space Station Astronauts Threw Their Own Zero-G Olympic Games

Space Station Astronauts Threw Their Own Zero-G Olympic Games

By Victor Tangermann

According to a high-ranking organizer, it's possible the Summer Olympics in Tokyo will be canceled due to the international coronavirus outbreak.

The Tokyo Olympics May Be Canceled Due to Coronavirus Outbreak

By Jon Christian

The gold, silver, and bronze found in Olympic medals given out during the 2020 Tokyo Games was extracted from old smartphones and other electronics.

Robots and Machines

2020 Olympic Medals Will Be Made Out of Recycled Smartphones

By Dan Robitzski

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The Olympics Show That Attendees At Any Global Event Risk Being Hacked

By Chelsea Gohd