Photographer Adam Pretty isn’t scared to go to extreme depths to get his shot. At the Olympics, his cameras are, too. The Getty Images photographer is capturing some of the most memorable moments of the Rio Games’ swimming competition by using robotic cameras secured to the floor of the Olympic pool. His images provide an …
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Now playing: Watch this: The tech that determines who wins the gold 2:08 Timing is everything. Ask US Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky, who was trailing by six tenths of a second at the halfway mark of the nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat women’s 200-meter freestyle finals at the Rio Games on Tuesday night. By the heart-pounding final turn, she had not only cut …
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Soon, everyone will be allowed to create Moments on Twitter. The social network said Tuesday it’s letting a broader group of influential people and brands make their own Moments by adding their own tweets and content to the popular feature. Twitter plans on letting everyone using the platform do the same in the coming months. “By extending this creative format …
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The Walt Disney Company is buying a big stake in Major League Baseball’s BAMTech streaming-media unit, clearing the way for sports network ESPN to soon launch a new “multi-sport subscription service.” Potentially changing the way we will watch sports, Disney is paying $1 billion for a 33 percent interest in BAMTech, the company said Tuesday during its quarterly earnings report. …
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Enlarge Image Legendary running back Jim Brown, back in the day. Getty Images Check out “Broadway Joe” Namath’s latest role: virtual host of the newest exhibit inside the Pro Football Hall of Fame. A hologram of the football great introduces ” A Game for Life,” a 3D display set in a state-of-the-art theater designed to resemble an NFL locker room. …
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Twitter is gearing up for the Rio Olympics by adding a new section in its Moments feature to capture all of the biggest, well, moments. The social network is also releasing hundreds of emojis for the Olympics, which will open in three days. Fans can get into the spirit by tweeting a three-letter country code hashtag displaying flag emojis for …
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LinkedIn is finally ready to ride the video wave. The social network for professionals on Tuesday added a feature that enables its 500 “influencers” to create 30-second videos that can be shared and dissected by the site’s 433 million members. While members of the select group can decide what topics to discuss, they also will be given subjects they can …
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Are you pining to live in Chelsea and stroll past Big Ben every day? You’re not alone: London tops the list of cities for Americans working overseas, according to a LinkedIn survey. The UK’s most populous city also is the most popular city for American expats, followed by Sydney and Toronto. Paris and Shanghai round out the top five. The …
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If the number of people watching the Republican and Democratic national conventions on YouTube can shed any insight, this could be a close presidential race. Enlarge Image The Young Turks were among the shows live-streaming on YouTube during the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Terry Collins/CNET More than 9 million people saw YouTube’s live stream of the conventions, the Google-owned …
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A photographer renowned for her Americana-themed pictures is suing stock-photo agency Getty Images for $1 billion for copyright infringement. Carol Highsmith filed a federal lawsuit Monday in New York claiming the agency and its subsidiaries have been charging fees for the use of her more than 18,000 images without her consent. Photographer Carol Highsmith says stock-photo agency Getty Images wanted …
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