The company bumped its full-year revenue estimate to $6.12 billion. Its wearable business also brought in $464 million during Q3, beating investors’ estimates of $396 million.
Wholly unsurprising. My social media algorithm is chock full of runners debating Apple Watch versus Garmin — and most of them are firmly #TeamGarmin. Plus, we’re in the middle of a marathon boom, with more people signing up than ever.
Or you could end up like French President Emannuel Macron’s bodyguards: leaking the location of the one person you’re supposed to protect.
Le Monde found the names and addresses of roughly a dozen of Macron’s bodyguards... and then found their running routes on Strava. Including routes they ran during recon trips to scout hotels for the president to stay at.
Science Corporation (what a name!) announced preliminary clinical trial results of their Prima retinal implant. Wired’s write-up goes into more detail, but the 2mm chip acts as a replacement photoreceptor in the retinas of folks who lost their central vision. After a year, some trial participants were able to read, solve crossword puzzles, and play cards. It’s not the same as normal vision — there’s no color, for instance. But it’s impressive nonetheless!
The New York Times just ran a story diving into how AnPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio turned Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses to identify people in real-time earlier this month. As the headline states — it wasn’t hard, and that’s the chilling part.
[The New York Times]
In 2023, Casio released a collection of ring watches based on its classic timepieces that, disappointingly, didn’t actually work. Timex’s new $180 T80 ring watch does, and includes a stainless steel expansion band so it can be worn on any finger. But since it was made in collaboration with the French luxury brand Maison Margiela, fashion fans have seemingly already bought them all up.
Peloton announces its Q1 2025 earnings next Thursday, meaning it’s about time when they announce some good news to jazz up investors. This time around, it’s a holiday partnership with Costco starting November 1st to sell its Bike Plus for a slightly discounted $1,999 (in-store) or $2,199 (online, with delivery). We’ll see how investors feel about it next week.
