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Apple’s ‘extreme sports’ Watch will have a larger display, report says

We’re finally getting some details about the long-rumored Apple Watch for extreme sports. According to Bloomberg, the rugged Apple Watch 8 will get a larger, 2-inch display than than the “standard” variant of the Apple Watch which will have the same, 1.9-inch screen size as its predecessor. This may sound like a minute difference but…

Slugging, gua sha, rice water, and more: How stolen cultural beauty practices feed viral videos

There is nothing like watching someone expertly blend out a smokey eye, slather on a 10-step skincare routine, or stick some sparkly gems to a Euphoria-inspired look. The best types of beauty videos grasp my attention and make my senses tingle. They tickle the part of my brain that likes to learn things — and…

‘Flux Gourmet’ farts in our general direction, and we’re into it

The outré cinema of the director Peter Strickland, the man behind recent art-house oddities Berberian Sound Studio, The Duke of Burgundy, and In Fabric, conjures up all sorts of wild imagery, wilder costumes, wildest sounds. There have been killer frocks annihilating washing machines, and there have retro-chic sado-masochist lesbians acting out their favorite water-sports fantasies….