Introducing: The Blancpain Villeret Ultraplate (Now In 38mm) — The downsizing of the brand's ultra-thin model is a positive step for a much more wearable dress watch.
Introducing: Panerai’s Luminor Marina PAM01707 Is All Classic Everything, Except For The High-Tech Composite Case — 44mm, patented crown guard, creamy lume, and sandwich dial with small seconds at 9 o’clock - it’s as traditional and as lightweight as a PAM gets.
Cornell University bans frat parties, vows to address 'disturbing' campus culture — In a letter, Cornell's president apologized for what happened to the student who alleges she was raped by several men at a fraternity house in 2024 and promised 'meaningful action.'
this guy filmed every wave he caught for a decade and made a map of where he actually found the good ones... the clusters are weird.
Long Presumed Dead, a Thriving Coral Reef Is Discovered in West Africa
Eight of the 10 most populous countries are not in the World Cup — Many countries with massive populations consistently miss out on football’s biggest party. What can they do to change their sporting fortunes?
Most fitness programs collapse the moment intensity becomes optional. Watched someone nail the same 20-minute routine for six months while everyone else kept chasing the new thing. Tempo is the secret cue — consistency over novelty.
6 unique Google Fitbit Air features that could make us switch — The upcoming Fitbit Air has some features that should make smartwatches and Whoop sweat.
watched someone map out exactly where your form breaks down during a squat. the slow-mo angle catches the thing you can't feel happening.
Tonal's leaderboard finally makes strength workouts as competitive as Peloton's spins. https://www.tonal.com
Top Stories: Apple Event Recap With iPhone Duo, iPhone 18 Pro, Apple Watch, and AirPods — Apple's long-awaited foldable iPhone Duo is here, but that wasn't all we saw at this week's event, as Apple also took the wraps off of the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, the Apple Watch Series…
NYT Strands hints, answers for September 27, 2026 — Every hint, nudge and outright answer you need to complete today's NYT Strands puzzle.
Here's how to block Meta from using your Instagram pictures for its AI — Meta has automatically opted all public accounts into its Muse Image AI.
What Happened in Minneapolis — Living through Operation Metro Surge, and what came after.
Underwater Oxygen Loss Threatens Earth’s Stability, Researchers Warn — A new review paper led by scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography warns that the rapid loss of oxygen from the ocean and other aquatic ecosystems is pushing Earth toward an “unsafe…
I Built The World’s Only 2026 WWII Jeep. It Nearly Broke Me - The Autopian — “David, you need to call eBay and give them a heads up. You’re supposed to leave soon!” my wife told me every night as I walked into the house, demoralized, covered in grease, mumbling about how doomed…
Maybe you should learn something — You can learn new things. Pixel art, touch typing, 3d modelling, music, calligraphy, wood working, knitting, a language. Whatever is practical and calls to you, you can learn. In the long term, learning new things is fun and makes life richer…
Sources: Vikings hire Seahawks' Nolan Teasley as GM — The Vikings have hired Nolan Teasley as their general manager, sources told NFL Network, concluding an unusual chapter for the franchise.
Watched someone break down why most people plateau at deadlift by month four — the program > intensity mistake nobody talks about.
the wave forecast model most surfers use has been wrong about swell direction for decades and nobody noticed until someone mapped the actual buoy data against it
Ordinary Abundance — A walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new.
Tami Hart Announces First New Solo Album In 24 Years — In 2000, at age 19, Tami Hart captivated the queer and feminist punk underground with debut album No Light In August, a set of intimate folk-punk songs released on Mr. Lady Records. She toured with Sleater-Kinney and Indigo…
Plex is down — It’s not just you.
Talking Watches: With Keith Mitchell — The beloved pro golfer chats Rolex, Patek, G-Shock, Nomos, and more.
Security Bite Podcast: Apple is watching your taps - 9to5Mac — 9to5Mac Security Bite is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Making Apple devices work-ready and enterprise-safe is...
Record-breaking solo rower Kelsey Pfendler arrives in Hawaii — Pfendler began her crossing on May 21 in Monterey, California, and arrived at the Ala Wai Boat Harbor 43 days later.
Wildfire forces thousands of evacuations in Western Canada — A fast-moving wildfire has forced more than 20,000 people to evacuate parts of British Columbia’s Okanagan region.
Hands-On: Baltic's Heures du Monde Worldtimer Is Back — Here's Why I Bought One the First Time — I'm a GMT guy through and through. So why did I buy a watch I didn't really need? Sometimes, you want to be someone else.
Hands-On: The Panerai Luminor 8 Giorni 'Brunito Steel' — The 44mm PAM01733, released at Watches and Wonders, might be my favorite execution of a Luminor in recent years.
Sun-tanned cauliflowers and knobbly spuds - the heatwave veg that's good to eat — British shoppers should expect to see more wonky vegetables due to repeated heatwaves.
Google will make rival Android app stores easier to find after judge says process is 'not acceptable' yet — Following the arrival of third-party Android app stores on Google Play earlier this week, a judge in Google’s ongoing court...
Syrian activist Hassan Akkad detained in Damascus — Syrian journalist Mousa al-Omar reportedly filed a complaint about Akkad’s social media comments prior to his arrest.
New method turns ocean water into drinking water, without waste — The energy-efficient desalination system produces fresh water without chemical additives and transforms leftover salts into useful materials.
Meta settlement: 5 big changes for Instagram, Facebook — Meta's billion-dollar settlement will change how the two social media sites work.
Future Announces New Album The Real Me: Hear "Radio" — Earlier this week, elder rap hedonist made his first appearance in our Number Ones column. It won’t be his last. Future has been making an impact on popular music for a very, very long time. His first #1 hit was also his…
Sperm Whales blow bubbles to achieve restful, vertical sleep — New research from the University of St Andrews and Université de Neuchâtel, has uncovered the mechanism which allows sperm whales to sleep in a unique vertical position, just under the ocean surface. Sperm whales…
How to Mount a Balcony Awning — A balcony awning provides shading and cooling with minimal time, effort, and expense.
Introducing: Hodinkee Magazine Volume 16 — Inside, you'll find our most ambitious Reference Points yet: a deep dive into the Rolex Oyster Perpetual as Oyster celebrates its centennial year. We also explore Tiffany & Co.'s new Timer and the brand's watchmaking archives, profile Kn
A mysterious ‘cold blob’ in the ocean has puzzled scientists. A new study says it’s an ominous sign | CNN — In the North Atlantic Ocean, south of Greenland and Iceland, a swath of water is doing something very strange. While the rest of the ocean heats up; it’s been getting colde
Hiked the same trail every week for a year. Finally noticed the cairns spell something if you look from the ridge above.
Vision Pro is a niche product, but an incredibly valuable one in the right hands — Even Apple CEO Tim Cook has acknowledged that Vision Pro is a niche product. I’ve argued in the past that...
someone built a database of every exercise variation known to humanity and it's somehow actually organized. my brother in christ, i didn't know there were 47 types of rows!
Oil Declines as US, Iran Said to Explore Deal to Open Hormuz — US and Iranian negotiators are exploring a phased deal that would see Tehran reopen the Strait of Hormuz and Washington lift its blockade of Iranian ports, similar to the memorandum of understanding struck in…
9 of Our Favorite Transmissions — Rare is the person who is comfortable with a three-on-the-tree column shifter. Even rarer are those who continue to clamor for them. Floor-shifted manuals, however, are deeply engrained in the driving experience of so many people that it hardly…
Bomb Fishing Is Wreaking Havoc on Indonesia's Coral Reefs
Berkshire Boosts Delta, Alphabet Stakes as Abel Taps Cash Pile — Berkshire Hathaway Inc. padded its holdings in Delta Air Lines Inc. and Google parent Alphabet Inc. during the second quarter as Greg Abel began tapping into the company’s massive cash hoard.
been lifting for two years and just realized i've been doing squats wrong the entire time. the form cue that fixed it was weirdly simple
‘It’s a Carry World’: EM Trade Notches Longest Run Since 2008 — Cathy Hepworth, who heads $1.5 trillion asset manager PGIM’s emerging-markets debt team, doesn’t hesitate when asked about her highest-conviction theme across the developing world: “Carry, carry, carry.”
Interactive map of every famous surf break in the world with actual footage of what the wave looks like on different swell days. You can see exactly why people drove across continents for a few seconds of the right tide.
There has been a sudden increase in the rate of sea level rise — Satellite measurements show that in the early 2010s sea level rise suddenly accelerated to a rate of 4.1 millimetres per year, possibly in response to an increase in the rate of global warming
Egypt boss bemoans 'injustice' after loss to Argentina at World Cup — Hossam Hassan said Egypt were the victim of an "injustice" in their 3-2 World Cup defeat against Argentina due to FIFA "wanting Lionel Messi to stay in the running."
A Googlebook 'celebration' event is set for October 5 — Preorders start September 21.
A vast dam across the Bering Strait could stop the AMOC collapsing — If a key ocean current collapses it could plunge northern Europe into a big freeze. Now researchers are weighing up a drastic intervention – building a 130-kilometre-wide dam between the US and Russia
Dispatch: Diving With Force Blue And Luminox For Reef Restoration In Miami — Luminox marks the release of its new Pacific Diver with Force Blue, in support of the organization's ongoing efforts to restore and protect Miami's reef ecosystems.
Volume 16 | Josh Hart — Josh Hart: The Knick Shows a Knack for Collecting | Hodinkee Magazine Volume 16 Digital Feature
interactive map of every deep sea creature we've actually filmed. most of them look like they're having a bad day
Trump’s Iran deal, Israel’s meltdown — The precarious memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran.
Three in four households go hungry in parts of Yemen amid fighting: UN — World Food Programme warns of 'devastating' impact as conflict displaces thousands and cuts off food supplies.
50,000 boat names — From SEA SLUT II to BILBOAT BAGGINS, a deep dive into AIS vessel data turns up 50,000 boat names packed with nautical puns, dirty jokes, and Tolkien deep cuts.
Why The Ocean Cleanup Hasn’t Solved the Plastic Pollution Crisis • The Revelator — Global problems are rarely solved by one person or invention. The Ocean Cleanup didn’t work, for the reasons experts said it wouldn’t. What can we learn from this?