Land Rover and Clarks Team Up For Rugged Sneaker and Boot Line

Land Rover has dropped a new line of sneakers and boots that are every bit as rugged as their signature all-terrain trucks. 

The storied British automaker recently joined forces with Clarks to create a footwear collaboration called Life.Limitless that’s designed to be stylish enough for the city and tough enough for the great outdoors. 

All three of the styles in the new collab boast GORE-TEX waterproof membranes to battle winter weather. The lightweight CLR 51.N slip-ons are built for everyday wear, featuring durable, dual-layered midsoles made from rubber and knitted weave uppers for maximum flexibility and breathability. 

The CLR 51.N. 

The CLR 52.N sport boots, meanwhile, have laces, a shock-absorbing EVA midsole and targeted rubber pods on the outsole, they’re trek-ready for anything from a trip downtown to a hike through the wilderness. 

The CLR 52.N. 

The brawniest kicks in the new line are the CLR 53.N boots. In addition to the tech featured in the CLR 52.N, extra rubber pods have been incorporated into the sole units to give wearers even more traction in wintry weather.

The CLR 53.N. 

The CLR 51.N  are available for $200 now ,while the CLR 52.N and 53.N are slated to go on sale this November for $220 and $230, respectively.

The new line of kicks will come in black, light grey or khaki colorways. 

This is just the latest unexpectedly cool collab from Clarks, best known for their old-school casual kicks. Earlier this year, the brand teamed up with Drake’s OVO line to update their signature Wallabee boots. 

2018 New York Wine Experience: Wine Star Laura Catena (Wine Spectator)

Laura Catena is an emergency-room physician, a published author and the fourth-generation leader at her family’s Bodega Catena Zapata in Mendoza, Argentina. But that last part wasn’t always the plan. “I thought that I was going to spend my life working as a doctor and drinking the family’s wines, not making them,” she said Friday at the Wine Experience.

But Catena obviously did join the family business. Her decision, it turns out, came after her first New York Wine Experience back in 1995.

“The New York Wine Experience changed my life,” Catena said. She recalled her frustration when attendees passed over her family’s booth for more popular producers from California, France and Italy. “I called my father the next day and I said ‘Papa, I am coming to work with you.'”

Today, Catena Zapata is world-renowned for revolutionizing the quality and reputation of Argentine Malbec, and Catena, now the winery’s managing director, is a fierce advocate for the estate, the region and the grape. Inspired by the history of Malbec, from its birth in France to its disastrous near-extinction due to phylloxera to its renaissance in Argentina, Catena is intent on establishing Argentine Malbec as an equal to the most famous of French wines.

“There is a question that I keep getting asked that I don’t like … ‘What comes after Malbec in Argentina?'” she said. “You wouldn’t ask Aubert de Villaine from Romanée-Conti ‘What comes after Pinot Noir in Burgundy?’ would you?”

As Catena shared her family’s still bright and vibrant 2004 Malbec Mendoza Argentino (95 points, $120 on release) with hundreds of eager wine lovers, it was clear that Malbec’s days of being passed over at wine tastings are long gone.

YouTube CEO says EU regulation will be bad for creators

The European Union’s contentious copyright directive became a major talking point for YouTube creators last month, as people rushed to inform their audiences just how consequential the new directive could become.

Now, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is adding her concerned voice to the chorus. Wojcicki spent the first portion of her letter to creators addressing Article 13, a new requirement that would give YouTube the sole burden of preventing copyrighted content from being uploaded and shared by its creators. Right now, YouTube allows remixed copyright material to exist on its platform under the Fair Use Act. But critics of Article 13 suggest that as YouTube becomes more liable for any copyrighted content, a harsher filter will apply to…

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Mui is an interactive wooden panel that can control your smart home

Forget E Ink or OLED screens. Now, the hottest new display is a piece of wood. With the Mui interactive wooden display, which is now funding on Kickstarter, you can choose a Sanded Sycamore, Cherry, Maple, or Ash panel to send and receive messages, check the news and weather, and control your smart home. Via IFTTT, it can also connect to a Google Home, Amazon Echo, Philips Hue, Sonos, and other smart home services.

We got an early preview of Mui last year, and we came away impressed with its elegant design and concept. The display is activated when you touch the surface, showing a minimal menu that disappears when the panel goes back into sleep mode. Early adopters can back Mui for $499. Its price will go up to $999 when it ships, which…

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China will soon require blockchain users to register with their government IDs

China’s central government has drafted a new regulation that would strip blockchains of their anonymity, requiring users to provide their real names and national ID card numbers when registering for a blockchain service. Trading Bitcoin is already banned in the country, but the policy will place significant restrictions on ongoing blockchain development.

On Friday, the Cyberspace Administration of China, the country’s internet regulator, released a draft of the policy, which would also require blockchain services to remove “illegal information” quickly before it spreads among users. The services will also be required to retain backups of user data for six months and provide them to law enforcement whenever necessary. Users who break the…

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eBay launches a new smartphone trade-in service with instant payouts

eBay announced its new Instant Selling program for smartphones today, which will allow users to list their old phone on the platform and immediately receive an eBay voucher in return. eBay says it’s offering higher return rates than Gazelle, EcoATM, AT&T Trade-in, Apple Give Back, and Verizon Trade-in.

For a 64GB unscratched, unlocked iPhone X, for example, you can get up to $490 on Gazelle, $260 on EcoATM, $450 through AT&T Trade-in, $525 through Apple Give Back, and $500 through Verizon Trade In; eBay values the iPhone X at $679.

For a 64GB unscratched Samsung Galaxy S8, you can get $185 through Gazelle, $85 through EcoATM, $180 through AT&T Trade-in, and $185 through Verizon. (Apple doesn’t accept the S8.) eBay offers $271.

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