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Strava is suing Garmin over alleged patent infringements

Has the watchmaker strayed a little far into the fitness app’s lane?

10/3/25 7:54AM

In a federal lawsuit filed on Tuesday, exercise- and activity-tracking platform Strava accused Garmin, famed for its exercise- and activity-tracking hardware, of infringing three separate patents covering its popular map segments and user heat map technology.

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Strava, a private company that has more than 170 million users worldwide, it said in the suit, also alleged that Garmin breached the contract of an agreement they formed 10 years ago that allowed the watchmaker to implement Strava’s segment technology on its devices, but only in limited instances.

Strava is seeking damages and declaratory and injunctive relief — or, as popular fitness tech YouTuber DC Rainmaker put it: “They are demanding that Garmin cease selling effectively all of their fitness/outdoor watches, as well as cycling computers.”

Unbeknownst to many who see Garmin only as the brand of the running watch worn by the friend who never stops talking about PBs and “negative splits,” the company actually makes a lot of other stuff, too.

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OK, sure, its outdoor and fitness segments — home to its GPS-enabled smart watches, handheld trackers, smart scales, dog training and tracking tech, plus much else besides — are the biggest parts of the business, pulling in $1.96 billion and $1.77 billion, respectively, in the latest fiscal year.

Garmin also, however, kits out planes with navigation and communication tools, integrated flight decks, engine indication systems, and other tech in its aviation segment; it’s a leading manufacturer of recreational marine electronics like fish-finders and sonar and radar tech in its marine division; and it even supplies in-car infotainment systems and other offerings for major automakers in the automotive, or “Auto OEM,” part of its business.

Paramount Announces It's Cutting 2,000 Jobs

Paramount improved its Warner Bros. offer to $31 per share

WBD confirmed receipt of the new offer on Tuesday and said it would review the proposal.

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Archer Aviation sues rival Vertical, alleging air taxi design patent infringement

Archer Aviation alleged that Vertical’s Valo aircraft “mimics” its own Midnight aircraft.

Anglo American halves De Beers’ value as the natural diamond slump deepens

The miner has now written down De Beers by roughly $6.8 billion over the past three years.

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Paramount is expected to raise its Warner Bros. offer to $32 per share

Paramount’s seven-day window to talk to Warner Bros. Discovery about its best and final offer is set to end at 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday, and the company is expected to finally raise the per-share dollar amount of its bid.

According to reporting by Variety, Paramount’s revised offer is likely to arrive at $32 per share for the HBO and CNN parent.

Paramount’s last major revision to its offer came earlier this month, when it said it would cover the $2.8 billion breakup fee that WBD would owe Netflix in the event of that deal falling apart, and would pay shareholders a “ticking fee” of $0.25 per share for every quarter the deal hasn’t closed after the end of 2026.

Netflix’s next move will be determined by the response of Warner Bros.’ board. Per reporting by Reuters, the streamer has ample cash to increase its own offer for its streaming rival. Analysts at MoffettNathanson Research last week said they expect Netflix to walk away from Warner Bros. if Paramount’s bid comes in “well beyond” $32.

As of Monday at 9 a.m. ET, prediction markets speculating on which company will ultimately come out on top of the bidding war have Netflix at a 46% chance over Paramount’s 43% odds.

Also potentially affecting prediction markets is a Truth Social post by President Trump on Sunday, in which Trump wrote that Netflix must fire board member Susan Rice immediately or "pay the consequences."

(Event contracts are offered through Robinhood Derivatives, LLC — probabilities referenced or sourced from KalshiEx LLC or ForecastEx LLC.)

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As of Monday at 9 a.m. ET, prediction markets speculating on which company will ultimately come out on top of the bidding war have Netflix at a 46% chance over Paramount’s 43% odds.

(Event contracts are offered through Robinhood Derivatives, LLC — probabilities referenced or sourced from KalshiEx LLC or ForecastEx LLC.)

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Microsoft makes dramatic shake-up to its gaming division as gaming CEO Phil Spencer and Xbox President Sarah Bond depart

Microsoft’s gaming division underwent a major shake-up on Friday, as the tech giant announced the departure of gaming CEO Phil Spencer, who led the division for 12 years and championed its Game Pass subscription service.

Xbox President Sarah Bond is also out, according to Spencer’s memo to employees.

Xbox has fallen significantly behind rivals Sony and Nintendo in recent years. Microsoft raised Xbox console prices twice last year and bumped subscription fees up 50%. In November, the console was even outsold (in unit sales) by the motion-controlled Nex Playground console.

The pair have overseen a shift at Xbox from standard consoles to an array of consoles, handhelds, and various devices and screens accessed via cloud gaming.

Spencer’s replacement as the head of gaming is Microsoft’s president of CoreAI product, Asha Sharma. In a memo to staff, Sharma made three commitments: great games, the “return of Xbox,” and to “invent new business models and new ways to play.”

Xbox chief Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft