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The Case for Nashville as Your Next Golf Getaway

It ain't just for bachelor parties. Music City has an elevated side with championship-caliber golf, luxury hotels, and more.

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The Golf Round That Built a Bourbon Empire
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The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta
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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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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now
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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

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

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America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

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Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture

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The Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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The Nike Chapter of My Summer Story

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The Hotel Redefining Charleston Charm

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Ant-Man – Teaser Trailer

Ant-Man isn't on anyone's top superheroes list. We didn't grow up with Ant-Man pajamas, play with Ant-Man figures, or carry an Ant-Man lunchbox to school. That said, we're still pretty excited to see the movie from Marvel. Here's the first look at the film about the hero who can shrink himself…

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The Multi-Tool Disguised As A Pen

If you grew up in the 80s, or at least remember the time of Alf and the good Transformers movie, you'll probably remember those ridiculous pop-a-point pencils filled with the tiny white pieces of plastic with graphite tips. When you broke the pencil tip, you just popped up a new…

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The Panasonic Lumix CM1 Cameraphone Has a Leica Lens

We're slowly reaching the point when we'll need to stop saying our phones have cameras on them, and start saying our cameras can make phone calls. Proof? The Panasonic Lumix CM1. The cameraphone is set to make its way to the U.S. complete with a 1" sensor and an f/2.8…

By Mike Newman
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Lacie Gorilla Glass Mirror Finish External Hard Drive

We never thought we'd say this about external hard drives, but LaCie does a pretty good job making their devices look less like tech accessories and more like works of art. Their new LaCie Mirror is encased in Corning Gorilla Glass 3 to make it durable, scratch resistant and very,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The LED Light Bulb That Will Extend Your Wi-Fi

It doesn't matter how much money you spend on your wireless router or access point, you're going to end up with a few dead zones. Unless you have a really tiny home, office or apartment, you're probably going to need more than just one device to make sure you have…

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