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In the video series “Get a Little Out There with Alex Honnold,” learn why hidden climbing spots and oddball art installations are par for the course in NevadaAlex Honnold in Episode 2 of Get a Little Out There. (Photo: Morahan Visuals)Published April 15, 2026 03:57PMAlex Honnold is on a mission to experience the wildness and wackiness of his home state of Nevada in his new five-part travel series, “Get a Little Out There with Alex Honnold.” There’s plenty of both in Episode 2, as Alex scouts the Wild Granites climbing area with longtime friend and climbing partner Tommy Caldwell. This…
The world can’t seem to escape the Brooklyn-based Gen Z band Geese. Some call them “America’s Most Thrilling Young Rock Band,” while the band and their frontman, Cameron Winter, are drawing endless comparisons to their predecessors the Strokes and Julian Casablancas. Just last week, the band took the stage at Coachella as they gear up for an already sold-out tour. But as Geese finds their footing in the limelight, suspicion is mounting over their relatively quick rise to fame—and now some are saying the seemingly indie artists might have fallen into our laps on purpose all along. In a now…
Freecash rocketed to the top of the App Store in three months. The rewards app, which claimed users could make money scrolling TikTok, hit No. 2 on the U.S. App Store. Then the truth came out. Apple banned it Monday for misleading marketing, according to TechCrunch. The business model centered on data harvesting: Freecash paid users to play mobile games while collecting sensitive information including race, religion, sexual orientation and health data, according to cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes. The company acted as a data broker matching game developers with users willing to spend money. The app had a questionable history from…
Published April 15, 2026 12:06PMAfter thousands of miles testing more than 60 new trail shoes over a variety of terrain, the Saucony Peregrine 16 emerged as the best all-around trail running shoe for its superior blend of lightweight agility and responsive, shock-absorbing cushioning. If you’re hunting for a value, look no further than the $150 Brooks Ghost Trail, a versatile, comfortable, road-to-trail model you can wear any day, anywhere.Every time we lace up a trail shoe, we know we’re in for adventure, whether we’re running across sandy California beach bluffs, charging up rocky Colorado peaks, or negotiating sloppy New England…
The organizer behind SantaCon, a Santa-themed crawl that raises money for local charities, is being charged with defrauding ticket-buyers and establishment owners. On Wednesday, 50-year-old Stefan Pildes was arrested in New York and charged with wire fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of twenty years in prison. Prosecutors claim Pildes, who served as the president of and controlled the nonprofit entity that organizes the event called Participatory Safety, Inc. (“PSI”), diverted funds that were meant to go to charity to his own accounts. Per the indictment, from November 2019 through April 2026, Pildes allegedly defrauded tens of thousands of participants…
Americans are reaching for a cup of Joe at the highest level in 14 years, but they’re drinking it at home. This is great news for Keurig and Nespresso, not so great for coffee chains like Starbucks, which closed 400 stores last year as part of a $1 billion restructuring. A National Coffee Association survey found 85% of Americans who drank coffee in the past day did so at home, the highest percentage since 2012. Three factors are driving the shift: remote work and hybrid schedules mean fewer commutes, historically high coffee prices are pushing consumers to cut costs, and…
Published April 15, 2026 02:09PMI recently met Norwegian climber Kristin Harila in the empty restaurant of Kathmandu’s Aloft Hotel, which is the bustling epicenter of the Mount Everest climbing scene. In 2022, I watched Harila enter the hotel lobby to the cheers of fans during her first attempt at setting the speed record for climbing the 14 peaks above 8,000 meters—a goal she accomplished in 2023. Over the years, I’ve frequently seen fans approach Harila for photos and autographs in the hotel during the height of her popularity.But when I met with her this year, the hotel was unexpectedly quiet, and…
When Pokémon launched in 1996, the brand offered just a pair of video games, a single region within its world for players to explore, and 151 creatures for them to capture and train. 30 years later, Pokémon mania is stronger than ever. The most recent mainline games in the series, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, sold 10 million copies in their first three days, while the accompanying Pokémon Trading Card Game printed 10.2 million new cards between 2024 and 2025. The franchise now features 1,025 Pokémon across its more than a hundred video game titles under the Pokémon umbrella, including the…
Key Takeaways Jack Clark is a cofounder of Anthropic and a former journalist who majored in English Literature as an undergraduate. In a new interview, Clark explained why his degree was “useful” — he “got to learn a lot about history” and “about the kind of stories that we tell ourselves about the future.” Clark said that majors that seem out of place in the age of AI can actually turn out to be valuable. Anthropic cofounder Jack Clark was a liberal arts major in college and found it to be “extremely relevant for AI.” At Semafor’s World Economy Summit…
Moving Beyond the Ache: A Practical Guide to Living Well with DDD (Part 2)Do you find yourself sitting or lying down for longer periods, hoping the rest will finally quiet your back pain? It feels like the safest choice, doesn’t it? But have you noticed that the longer you remain still, the stiffer and more daunting that first step becomes when you finally stand up?The “Rest Trap”: Why Stillness is the EnemyIn my 15 years training clients in Sevenoaks, I’ve seen a recurring pattern: the “Rest Trap.” When movement hurts, our natural instinct is to stop. However, with Degenerative Disc…