Visa wants to give you instant gratification via sensory feedback when you pay
Visa's new sound, animation, and haptic cues will let customers know when they've completed a transaction. They'll debut in 2018.
Visa wants you to keep your gloves on (and pay with them) at the Winter Olympics
Visa has debuted payment-enabled gloves, stickers, and commemorative Olympic pins so that inconvenience won't stop you from spending money.
Toyota will use the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to showcase self-driving cars
Toyota will bring a fleet of self-driving cars to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, according to an executive.
2024 Olympic games in Paris could include esports events
The 2024 Olympic Games in Paris could include esports for the first time. A final decision will be made by 2019.
Snowboard even in the middle of summer with this Progression AirBag
A giant airbag from Progression AirBags wants to help boarders learn and perfect their tricks even when snow is scarce in a safer way.
Intel’s True VR will bring the 2018 Olympic Games into your living room
Intel plans to broadcast 32 events from the 2018 Olympic games in South Korea using drones and its True VR technology.
Tokyo robotics firm ready to build driverless cabs for 2020 Olympics
A Japanese robotics firm has partnered with a taxi company in Tokyo to build driverless cabs for the 2020 Olympics there.
Medals for Tokyo’s 2020 Olympics will be made of recycled smartphones
All the gold medals presented to athletes at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 will be made entirely with metal recovered from old tech gadgets.
First Special Olympics Robotics Championship takes place in Seattle
The first-ever Unified Robotics Championship sees students pit plastic against plastic in a sumo-style robot battle to push the competitor out of the ring.
Olympic giant Michael Phelps takes aim at Silicon Valley
Olympic hero Michael Phelps has made his mark in the pool, now he's aiming at tech.
Going for gold in Tokyo will be green, thanks to medals made of e-waste
The prizes of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo may just be made from e-waste -- the gold, silver, and bronze that is recycled from discarded smartphones.
Photo finish: Here’s how the cameras at the Olympic finish lines actually work
When milliseconds matter, a 10,000-frames-per-second camera is on hand at the finish line recording the iconic photo finishes of the Olympics.
The 2016 Rio Olympics should get a gold medal for online streaming
In the first 10 days of competition, the 2016 Olympics have been streamed for more minutes than any other Olympics event ever.
These are the most popular cameras and lenses at the Olympics, Canon says
According to a survey, most photographers at the 2016 games in Rio are shooting with Canon gear. The flagship EOS-1D X Mark II is the most popular.
‘Pokémon Go’ may as well be an Olympic sport this year
It's already bigger than Tinder, has overtaken Twitter, and now, Pokémon Go is giving the Olympics a run for its money, too.
New Olympic record: Getty publishes photos shortly after they’ve been taken
Planning helps Getty's team of photographers and editors at the Summer Olympics in Rio to shoot, upload, edit, and share images in as little as two minutes.
Google Trends offers fun facts, interactive visuals, search data with its Olympic Hub
Want to know what everyone is searching for on the internet during the Olympics? Google has added an Olympic Hub in Google Trends that can help.
Photographer catches man wearing his stolen gear during Rio Olympics
Brett Costello, a photojournalist covering the Olympics, had his gear – worth $40,000 – stolen right in front of him. Days later, he finds a part of it.
This is what photographers covering the Olympics pack for their trip
When it comes to covering the Olympics, photographers pack as much as they can for a once-in-lifetime event – including duplicates.
Bye humans! The Washington Post is using a robot to report on the Rio Olympics
The Washington Post has announced that it is handing over much of the reportage of individual events at the Rio Olympics to Heliograf, its robot reporter.
Can Swarm Intelligence predict the Olympic winners?
A group of eight elite swimmers has created what Unanimous calls a "super swarm" to make predictions about this year's results in the pool.
iPass and Uber partner to bring Wi-Fi to the Rio Olympics
A new partnership between iPass and Uber will “provide international Uber riders with free and secure Wi-Fi in Rio de Janeiro.”
Snapchat-style selfie filters being tested during Olympics may be coming to Facebook
Facebook users in Brazil and Canada will see a new option when they open the app starting Friday: a Snapchat-inspired selfie camera, complete with filters.
Google Maps update helps visitors navigate Rio just in time for Olympics
Just a couple days after Google-owned Waze announced updates in anticipation of the Olympic Games, Google Maps has unveiled improvements of its own.
Looking to navigate the Rio Olympics? Check out the new update from Waze
If you're trying to make your way around the site of this year's Olympics, you might want to try using the recently updated Waze navigational app.
Canon is sending 78 technicians to support photographers at the Rio Olympics
Canon will provide nearly 1,600 lenses and 78 staff members to support photographers and broadcasters covering the 2016 Games in Brazil.
How Comcast plans to pipe 6,000 hours of Olympics coverage into your house
Comcast has revamped its X1 platform for the Rio Olympics to help deliver thousands of hours of extra coverage, from highlights to internet streams.