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Flipping through The Manual: Jaunts through Japan, surf watches, summer shades

Burned out on apps, keys and screens? Improve your analog life this weekend! Digital Trends’ brother site The Manual exists to give men straight-up advice, from unspoken suit rules you need to know, to the latest in fashion, food, drink, travel, grooming and culture. Here are a few of our favorite stories to appear on The Manual lately.

Surfing in style with Aulta Watches

Surfing in style with Aulta Watches
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We chatted with the guys at Aulta Watches about why a well-made timepiece shouldn’t break the bank, and how important it is to balance work and lifestyle.

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Finding Buddha: Why Japan’s epic Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage should be on your bucket list

Finding Buddha: Why Japan's epic Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage should be on your bucket list
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Japan’s Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage is one of only two hikes in the world with a spot on UNESCO’s exclusive list of World Heritage Sites.

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Trekking: The Half Hatchet lets you cut wood with class

Trekking: The Half Hatchet lets you cut wood with class
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A hatchet should be essential for any modern woodsman. Thankfully, Treeline Outdoors’ classic offering is both timeless and versatile, providing you with a means to chop wood and hammer nails without having to dip into your savings account.

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3 of our favorite sunglasses for summer 2015

3 of our favorite sunglasses for summer 2015
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If you’re having trouble finding your old, scratched shades at the back of the junk drawer, consider investing in a new pair of slick sunglasses for summer 2015. Here are 3 of our favorites.

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Bourbon bliss: Russell’s Reserve 1998

Bourbon bliss: Russell's Reserve 1998
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This October, Russell’s Reserve is releasing their limited edition Russell’s Reserve 1998 bourbon. Master Distiller Eddie Russell gives an inside look at the brain power behind the bourbon.

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Summer beard tips with Eric Bandholz

Summer beard tips with Eric Bandholz
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Beard Brand’s Eric Bandholz offers up some summer beard tips to keep your beard looking and feeling its best this summer.

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Waymo’s robotaxis are safer than human-driven vehicles, study says
A Waymo robotaxi picking up a passenger.

Love them or hate them, but robotaxis have certainly been making headlines in 2024. And beyond the glamorous, sci-fi-inspired marketing around Tesla’s recently unveiled Cybercab robotaxi, safety has remained, in one way or another, a recurring theme.

Earlier this year, a survey revealed a majority of the U.S. public, or 68%, brought up safety concerns when asked what they thought about having self-driving vehicles (SDVs) on public roads. Yet within that majority, more than half either believe that SDV safety issues can be addressed or that SDVs will actually be safer than humans.

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Masters of the Universe movie casts Jared Leto as Skeletor
Jared Leto furrows his eyebrows in Blade Runner 2049.

Mattel and Amazon MGM's live-action Masters of the Universe movie has added yet another noteworthy name to its cast. Variety reports that Morbius and House of Gucci star Jared Leto has signed on to play the skull-faced sorcerer known as Skeletor in the film. Skeletor is the villainous archnemesis of He-Man, who will be played in the new Masters of the Universe movie by Bottoms and The Idea of You actor Nicholas Galitzine.

Sam C. Wilson (House of the Dragon), Kojo Attah (The Beekeeper), and Hafthor Bjornsson (Game of Thrones) have also joined the Masters of the Universe cast as Trap Jaw, Tri-Klops, and Goat Man, three of Skeletor's henchmen. They, along with Leto, mark the latest additions to what is shaping up to be a star-studded ensemble, which already includes Alison Brie as Evil-Lyn, Skeletor's second-in-command; Idris Elba as Duncan/Man-At-Arms, one of He-Man's closest allies; and Camila Mendes as Teela, Man-At-Arms' fierce adopted daughter.

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AMD’s RDNA 4 may surprise us in more ways than one
AMD RX 7800 XT and RX 7700 XT graphics cards.

Thanks to all the leaks, I thought I knew what to expect with AMD's upcoming RDNA 4. It turns out I may have been wrong on more than one account.

The latest leaks reveal that AMD's upcoming best graphics card may not be called the RX 8800 XT, as most leakers predicted, but will instead be referred to as the  RX 9070 XT. In addition, the first leaked benchmark of the GPU gives us a glimpse into the kind of performance we can expect, which could turn out to be a bit of a letdown.

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