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October 6, 2025
Suunto sues Garmin over patent infringements as legal troubles build
Less than a week after Strava’s lawsuit against Garmin was revealed, it has come to light that Suunto is also suing the company.Filed in a Texas court on 22 September, Suunto’s case accuses Garmin of infringing five patents related to measuring a user’s respiratory rate. bikeradar
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October 5, 2025
Camille Herron to sue Canadian Running Magazine parent company Gripped Publishing Inc
American ultramarathon runner Camille Herron has announced that she is suing the company that owns Canadian Running Magazine, Gripped Publishing Inc. She is claiming defamation. athletics illustrated
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October 4, 2025
Kilian Jornet Summits Mount Rainier, Completes All 72 U.S. 14’ers
The Spanish mountaineer and ultrarunner has climbed all 72 accessible 14,000-foot peaks in the contiguous United States. His scorchingly quick journey began on September 3 at Longs Peak, Colorado. EXPLORERSWEB
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October 3, 2025
Grand Slam Track receives emergency funding to pay half of what athletes are owed
As the end-of-September payment deadline approached, Grand Slam Track (GST) still owed athletes and vendors from its three Slam meets a reported US$19 million. On Friday, Front Office Sports reported that the startup has secured an emergency cash infusion to cover half of that shortfall. According to the report, a group of existing investors...
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October 2, 2025
Strava Just Sued Garmin: Demands Garmin Stop Selling Devices
Strava has sued Garmin. In doing so, they are demanding that Garmin cease selling effectively all of their fitness/outdoor watches, as well as cycling computers. Additionally, they’re asking for a bunch of feature removals on Garmin Connect. Strava is claiming that Garmin is infringing on two patents, one around segments,...
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October 2, 2025
Europe cracks down on illegal e-bike imports
In June 2025, European prosecutors detained more than 2,400 shipping containers in the Greek port of Piraeus, with over 500 of them packed with e-bikes, which investigators said were misdeclared, undervalued, or only partially declared. In May, Irish customs officers searched two warehouses in Wexford and uncovered more than 4,000 illegally...
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October 2, 2025
Strava blames Garmin logo policy for lawsuit
Strava has now spoken up about what led it to sue Garmin, and it seems to have little to do with Segments or heatmaps. In a Reddit post, the company’s Chief Product Officer claims Garmin threatened to block all device syncing unless Strava plastered its logo on every user-facing screen. Gadgets &...
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October 1, 2025
AI is not yet replacing workers in the US, researchers find
ChatGPT is not yet causing the massive upheaval in the US labor market that many have feared since the chatbot’s launch in 2022, according to a new study by a research center at Yale University. The study comes amid widespread concerns that the proliferation of generative artificial intelligence, the technology...
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October 1, 2025
Oura Launches Sportier Version of Famous Smart Ring, Other Big Updates
Oura is entering a new era. The Finnish smart ring maker, which has sold more than 5.5 million devices since 2015 and is on track to hit $1 billion in revenue this year, is unveiling its broadest product expansion yet. Athletech NEWS
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October 1, 2025
Peloton Just Announced a New Fleet of Equipment and AI ‘Dynamic Coaching
As of today, a ton of massive changes just hit the Peloton ecosystem. The at-home fitness giant didn't just overhaul one part of the structure 6 million people rely on for quality workouts—it made improvements and tweaks across its hardware, software, content, and partnerships. LIFEHACKER