Los Angeles to city workers: Stop watching Olympics on the clock

(Reuters) — Los Angeles asked city workers to stop watching the Olympics online because it has caused a worrying spike in Internet traffic on municipal servers.

“Colleagues: We are experiencing a high volume of traffic due to people watching the Olympics online,” said an email sent to all city workers from Randi Levin, general manager of the city’s information technology agency. “I respectfully request that you discontinue this as it is impacting city operations.”