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GUEST OPINION:  In high-performance sports, a millisecond can be the difference between a podium finish and the back of the pack. Incremental enhancements can reap big rewards, so teams are obsessed with uncovering data insights that may ultimately change the game.

GUEST OPINION: The 2024 Olympics in Paris has captured the world’s enthusiasm. Behind this global spectacle, the city of Paris underwent a green makeover to coincide with the Olympics. Gone are the days of spending billions on entire Olympic Parks. In fact, just two new permanent sports facilities have been constructed: the Aquatic Centre and Le Bourget Climbing Wall.

GUEST OPINION: As the world focuses on the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Australian organisations must brace themselves for a different kind of competition – one that takes place in the cyber arena. These games provide a prime target for cybercriminals and nation-state actors alike, aiming to exploit the massive global attention and the surge in digital interactions during the event.

Samsung revealed the Olympic edition of its newly-announced Galaxy Z Flip6 exclusively designed and customized for all athletes competing at the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024.

GUEST OPINION:  Major events like the Olympics Games offer bad actors a golden opportunity to run amok with fans missing out on being in the moment.

Although the Olympics in host city Tokyo had no spectators, this did not dampen the mood of the historic event: digital cheers and engagement poured in for athletes around the world were at an all time high, double the number of users during Rio 2016.

US and other authorities are missing the woods for the trees by not pursuing the biggest violator of copyright on the Internet: Google.

A total of 85% of companies plan to more closely monitor network and app performance during the summer Games, with slowness and buffering of Channel 7’s Olympics app being complained about online.

Twitter Australia and Seven West Media have announced "an exciting partnership allowing Seven to amplify audience reach across Seven’s premium programs and event-based sports content".

Optus is now the official telecommunications partner of the Australian Olympic team with a 10-year agreement signed today.

NEC has secured a partnership agreement with the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games for the 2020 games to be staged in Tokyo.

While Australian athletes are tirelessly pursuing gold, at least one big winner has already delivered, and that’s Foxtel.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority is to issue licences to Nine Network Australia, provided certain conditions are met, to conduct trials of 3D TV featuring daily highlights of the 2012 Olympic Games.

The current dispute between Mark Zuckerburg and the Winklevoss twins hinges on one small but crucial question.  What was the correct valuation of Facebook shares at the time the original settlement was struck?