Using the Eight Sleep Pod 4 Ultra has given me the best sleep of my life. I just can’t get over the price and subscription.
Mariah Carey has once again emerged from the Halloween cobwebs with an elaborately produced video reminding us the holiday season — and nonstop replays of “All I Want for Christmas is You” — is upon us.
As far as celebrity memes and bits go, I respect the dedication and raw capitalism with this one.
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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.
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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.
