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The Coolest Places to Watch the World Cup Around the Globe

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The best outdoor portable speakers for beach trips, lake weekends, backyard hangs, and every adventure that calls for a little music.

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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Your One-Bag Weekend Getaway Packing Guide

Cover all the bases with versatile selections for your EDC, your outdoor kit, and some R&R afterwards.

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Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer

The best outdoor portable speakers for beach trips, lake weekends, backyard hangs, and every adventure that calls for a little music.

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music

Streaming made music infinite. Which made discovery harder. Here’s how we’re finding our way back.

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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now

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Hypershell X Review: The Future of Hiking Has Legs

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The Story You’ll Tell When Someone Compliments Your Shirt

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G-SHOCK’s 10-Year Pursuit of Perfection: The Fine Metallic Series Delivers Unseen Innovation

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‘Long Shot’ Tells the Story of How ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Saved a Man’s Life

In 2003, Juan Catalan was arrested for murder. Catalan, however, did not murder anyone. Proving his innocence is the subject of Long Shot, a new documentary coming to Netflix at the end of this month. How did his attorney attempt to prove his client's innocence? By contacting Larry David and the…

By Mike Newman
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‘Game of Thrones’ Clothing from 40s & Shorties

In celebration of the latest season of Game of Thrones HBO teamed up with a bunch of designers for a "Rep the Realm" collection inspired by the show. The HBO x 40s & Shorties Game of Thrones "Rep the Realm" micro collection includes three pieces that all feature a pattern co-founder…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Story of How ‘Superbad’ Was Born

In 1999, a teen comedy came out that pushed the boundaries of how appropriate a teen comedy had to be. We mean, Jim fucked a pie. Then, a little less than a decade later, another movie came along, looked at the boundary set by American Pie, laughed, and defecated all over…

By Mike Newman
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SanDisk Releases the World’s Largest SD Card, Again

At this point, it should come as no surprise that device storage is almost exponentially increasing. It's how hard drives and solid states have been since we invented digital storage. The latest increase comes in the form of SanDisk's new SD card. The card doubles SanDisk's largest offering of 200…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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The 10 Best Titles Coming to Netflix This Month

This September on Netflix is a whole different ball game from what subscribers are used to. For the first time since we started putting out this monthly series, there are so many good releases and debuts we honestly didn’t know where to begin. To give you an idea, here are…

By Maxwell Barna
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