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Tech NewsGoogle Wants to Get Inside Your Soccer Cleats
If there’s one thing soccer nerds love, it’s playing FIFA. Well, for the more actively inclined, Google is apparently partnering with Adidas and EA Sports by offering up “Adidas GMR Insoles.” Powered by Google’s second-generation Jacquard tag, the insoles will track how well you play on the pitch and translate that into stat boosts for … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsThe Totally Exhaustive Guide for Streaming the 2018 FIFA World Cup as Cheaply as Possible [Update]
The most beautiful game is about to take place, and thanks to the magic of streaming television we can all watch the 2018 FIFA World Cup without owning some insane cable package (if you own an insane cable package you’re almost certainly set to watch it already). The 2018 FIFA World Cup runs from June … Continued
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People Are Redesigning World Cup Sponsors’ Logos to Protest Worker Abuse
FIFA is getting it from all sides right now, and for good reason. Last night the US Justice Department reportedly arrested officials for fraud related to the upcoming World Cups in Qatar and Russia. And even before the arrests, fans were protesting the use of forced labor at World Cup construction sites by hitting the … Continued
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Why Would Any Country Want to Host International Sporting Events?
There should be a sense of pride and revelry overtaking the nation of Brazil, where the World Cup starts today. Yet residents in cities across the country are protesting with transit strikes and tent occupations, hoping to draw attention to the extreme costs and unfinished facilities stunting the sluggish economy. Blinded by their love for … Continued
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Brazil’s World Cup Logo Sure Looks Like Someone Facepalming
With less than 50 days to go before Brazil hosts the World Cup finals, chatter over whether it’s prepared has been growing by the day. This doesn’t help: The event’s logo is being ridiculed for bearing an uncanny resemblance to the internet’s favorite way to express disgust, shame, or embarrassment—the ol’ facepalm. Twitter user Holly … Continued
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Qatar Is Canceling Four Of Its 12 Planned World Cup Stadiums
After a year of ballooning costs, delays, and controversy over its labor practices, Qatar is cutting back. According to a report from Bloomberg Businessweek, organizers have decided to drastically scale back plans to construct a dozen new stadiums for the 2022 World Cup. Though no official reason was given for cutting four stadiums from the … Continued
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Can soccer players participate in the 2022 World Cup without dying?
Critics say it will be impossible to play the 2022 World Cup in Qatar’s scorching summer heat. Sepp Blatter—president of FIFA, the gang of crooks that controls international soccer—now says that it may have been a mistake. However, he’s still giving the most idiotic excuses for his ridiculous decision. https://deadspin.com/french-magazine-reports-that-qatar-bribed-its-way-to-th-5980241 https://deadspin.com/blatter-admits-qatar-world-cup-may-be-a-mistake-throws-1278603296
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How Far Do You Run Playing Different Sports?
While watching sports, have you ever stopped (midway through a bowl of Cheetos) to wonder, “How far are those guys actually running?” It’s a common question, one that’s historically been subject mostly to guesswork, Thanks to some recent technological developments, though, we can now actually apply some data to it. So which of your heroes … Continued
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All the Major Sport Competitions Since 1903 Condensed In Beautiful Circular Graphics
If you like sports and awesome data visualization, you will love these posters, which can be printed to order in beautiful paper. You can choose the final playoffs of every major sport event since 1903—427 brackets from the American MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLS to the European Champions League, the UEFA Euro and FIFA’s … Continued
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Tech NewsSoccer’s New Ball-Tracking Technology Should Be Used In Every Sport
At last, after years of horribly bad referee calls, the cave full of old crooks and farts known as FIFA has approved the use of technology to track the ball in soccer games. This is a huge change, with profound implications in the most popular sport in the world. Soccer—or football, as everyone but the … Continued
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Xbox Live Users Are Being Hacked for Virtual FIFA Gear (Updated)
Xbox Live users are under attack on two levels: hackers are targeting them at an alarming rate and using their MS points on FIFA ’11 and ’12 in-game gear; and Microsoft is then shutting down their accounts to investigate for up to 25 days. A strange, and seeming profitless pattern has cropped up among Xbox … Continued
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Tech NewsFour Minutes With FIFA 11 For iPhone
Developers are really getting a sense of what they can do for iOS, namely, making console-quality ports of their popular franchises. FIFA 11 feels as good as the older FIFAs did a few years ago, meaning, I’m still lousy at them. When you consider that FIFA 11 on iPhone has this many options and quite … Continued
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Tech NewsIf Japan Has Its Way, You Will See Holographic Soccer Matches In The 2022 World Cup
With the 2010 World Cup a distant memory, Japan has started preparations for its 2022 World Cup bid. Judging by what they’re showing FIFA, it’s going to be ridiculously futuristic. Like real-time holographic matches beamed across the world futuristic. Fans will gather in stadiums around the world and Japan will show a holographic version of … Continued
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FIFA to Consider Goal Line Tech, But Not Offsides
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has acknowledged that referee mistakes were made and that FIFA will “take on board again the discussion about technology.” But he’s not going far enough. Like most American soccer fans, I’m not exactly passionate about the game. I really enjoy watching World Cup, even after the United States has been eliminated, … Continued
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Giz Explains: Watching the World Cup in 3D
The problem with 3DTV, as we’ve said, is that there normally isn’t a damn thing to watch. But the World Cup in 3D, that’s something to watch. The World Cup is the perfect spectacle for this kind of mass cultural tech demo: It’s global, buzzy, and sports are among the most potent demonstrations of how … Continued
