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Strava and Garmin are having a fallout, and athletes on TikTok are not happy about “mum and dad fighting.”Strava, a San Francisco-based fitness tracking app, filed a lawsuit against tech company Garmin in a Colorado court on September 30, accusing the latter of patent infringement and a breach of contract.Social media has not taken the fallout well. Athletes on TikTok have posted videos about how “mum and dad are fighting,” referring to how two of the biggest names in the fitness sphere have clashed, and how it might impact their user experience.Holly Brooks, an LA-based fitness influencer, joked that while…

By Maggie Fick and Soren JeppesenLONDON/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Wegovy-maker Novo Nordisk has laid off dozens of employees at the largest U.S. manufacturing site for its blockbuster obesity and diabetes drugs, a Reuters review of LinkedIn posts showed, a signal of where it is making cuts in a major restructuring under new CEO Mike Doustdar.The previously unreported cuts included staff in manufacturing roles, from quality control to production line technicians, at Novo’s major Clayton, North Carolina, plant and other facilities in the state, an analysis of 73 posts and profiles show.The layoffs, while only a small part of a planned 9,000 job…

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe says his company has a different view on LiDAR and its relevance to achieving autonomous driving than Tesla.”Our view is that it’s definitely beneficial, and our approach to sensors has been that we need to rapidly build our foundation model as fast as possible,” Scaringe told The Verge’s “Decoder” podcast in an episode that aired Monday.Scaringe told guest host and journalist Joanna Stern that there is a “real benefit” and that he “wouldn’t rule out” including it in a self-driving vehicle’s multi-sensor system.The debate over LiDAR started during an earlier development period, when the models being…

DHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh’s dengue outbreak is worsening rapidly with infections and deaths climbing sharply across the country, health experts have said, warning the disease could spiral if urgent and coordinated mosquito control efforts are not launched.According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 50,689 dengue cases and 215 deaths have been reported nationwide this year as of October 6.Professor Kabirul Bashar, an entomologist at Jahangirnagar University, said the outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease — already severe in September — could turn “alarming” this month due to climate change and erratic rainfall, as well as extended holidays and weak local…

Jony Ive has 15 to 20 ideas for OpenAI’s family of AI devices, and they will likely be nothing like an iPhone, he told CEO Sam Altman at the startup’s DevDay conference on Monday.Ive criticized smartphones and tablets — some of the very devices he made famous — during the talk and said he hopes these new AI devices will make humans happier and less anxious.”When I said we have an uncomfortable relationship with our technology, I mean that’s the most obscene understatement,” said Ive, Apple’s former chief designer.”We have a chance to not just redress that, but absolutely change…

Google’s Play Store is in for an overhaul.On Monday, the Supreme Court denied Google’s bid to temporarily block parts of a lower court ruling in its legal fight with Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite.The Alphabet-owned company had sought to pause orders from the Northern District Court of California that required it to open its app ecosystem to rivals, stop restricting third-party downloads, and allow developers to steer users toward cheaper payment options outside Google’s billing system. For Android users, this would mean being able to access apps directly from developers outside the Play Store, at price points chosen by…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Kansas City won’t have to dig deep to figure out where things were awry in Jacksonville on Monday night.Patrick Mahomes had an interception returned 99 yards for a touchdown and the Chiefs were flagged 13 times for 109 yards in a 31-28 loss to the Jaguars. Four of those penalties came in the final 1:45.The mounting mistakes proved to be the difference in a back-and-forth game, the fifth one of the NFL’s Week 5 decided in the final 30 seconds.“Whether I agree with them or don’t agree with them, it doesn’t matter,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Andrew Vaughn and Jackson Chourio each hit a three-run homer, William Contreras added a solo shot and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 7-3 on Monday night to move one win from a trip to the National League Championship Series.The Brewers have a 2-0 advantage in the best-of-five Division Series, which shifts to Wrigley Field in Chicago for Game 3 on Wednesday. Teams taking a 2-0 lead in a best-of-five postseason series have won 80 of 90 times, including 54 sweeps.Milwaukee is attempting to win a postseason series for the first time since 2018, when it…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Trevor Lawrence tripped and fell to the ground, stumbled trying to get up, finally got back on his feet and then scrambled for a 1-yard touchdown with 23 seconds remaining — turning a comical miscue into an improbable score — and the Jacksonville Jaguars beat Kansas City 31-28 on Monday night.“What a crazy, crazy finish,” said Lawrence, who was serenaded by teammates in the locker room to celebrate his 26th birthday.The chaos ended with the Jaguars (4-1) snapping an eight-game losing streak to the Chiefs (2-3) and matching their win total from last season.Patrick Mahomes, who…

A major pollutant from mining fossil fuels has been linked to an increased risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to new research.Longterm exposure to sulfur dioxide, a component produced by the combustion of oil-based fuel and coal, is associated with the development of the neurodegenerative disease, a paper published in Environmental Research found.Fact-checking what Trump said about climate change during the UN General AssemblyThe study began after healthcare workers at a provincial ALS clinic in New Brunswick, Canada, had been noticing a higher incidence rate of patients in the region, lead author Daniel Saucier, a postdoctoral researcher at the…