2016 Rio Olympics

Just two weeks after the death of his brother, Adam Krikorian has coached the U.S. women’s water polo team to a gold medal.

Krikorian credits his brother, Slingbox founder Blake Krikorian, with fostering his love of sports.

In an era when nearly every Olympic athlete — and millions of fans — are all taking pictures, it is harder and harder for the professional picture takers to stand out.

So official photography agency Getty Images is relying increasingly on technology to capture new angles and views that no smartphone can compete with.

There is plenty of work for Adam Krikorian at the Rio Olympics as he looks to coach the U.S. women’s water polo team to another gold medal. But Krikorian has far more on his mind, having just lost his brother, Slingbox founder Blake Krikorian, who died last week, just before the games began.

In an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, Krikorian credited his brother for getting him into sports.

Don’t you just hate it when you are in a business meeting and your phone falls out of your pocket?

Well, it’s even worse if your business is sword fighting and that meeting is an Olympic match. That’s what happened in Rio to French fencer Enzo Lefort, whose cell phone dropped out during a bout against Peter Joppich of Germany. Lefort went on to lose the match, 15-13.

Actress Leslie Jones has been tweeting about the Olympics, and it’s been ... gold. She’s funny and exciting and offers authentic analysis from what we can only imagine is her living-room sofa.

She’s the commentator Twitter and the Olympics need, but certainly not the one they deserve. (See: Jones bullied off of Twitter just last month.) Which is why, after seeing her tweets over the weekend, NBC Olympics executive producer Jim Bell invited Jones to Rio via a public tweet, a smart PR move that will no doubt leave execs at both companies asking “why didn’t we think of this earlier?”

I like the Olympics. I like watching the Olympics. It’s not just the competition. It’s the finality of winning a gold medal that’s elementally satisfying, even when the sport itself may be marginal, or unusual, or even a little ridiculous.

For example, you might not have known or cared there was something called the 10 meter air rifle competition (why exactly 10 meters?), but the fact that someone (this time, an American) won a gold medal in the thing might offer a touch of catharsis.

The 2016 Rio Olympics formally kick off tonight*, when the opening ceremony begins.

Unlike previous Olympics, the ceremony will be the only thing that you can’t see live, either on TV or on the web in the United States.

Can’t make it to Brazil for the Summer Olympics? Google wants you to feel like you’re there.

The company is launching new digital details on Google Maps for the 25 official indoor Olympic venues and the 12 outdoor ones. It’s part of a suite of Maps updates for the games, including updated Street View images and a more ambitious effort to map Rio de Janeiro’s famed favelas.

The Washington Post has a big team of journalists covering the Rio Olympics.

Also covering the games for the paper: Robots.

We all know Pokémon Go can be addicting. Well, it was apparently so addicting for Japanese gymnast Kohei Uchimura that he has already racked up a 50,000 yen (nearly $5,000) cellphone bill traveling in Rio.

Uchimura may be a gold-medal favorite at the Olympics, but he clearly has a lot to learn when it comes to tech. As savvy global travelers are aware, there are a bunch of ways to avoid big overage charges when traveling overseas.

Drone maker DJI says it has updated its software to make sure that its copters don’t disrupt the Olympics.

The temporary restrictions apply to a range of venues in Rio, São Paulo and other locations where the games are taking place. DJI said the spots were added at the request of the Brazilian military.