New AudioQuest NightHawk to advance the state of headphone art

Liquid Wood earcups, 3D-printed biomimetic grilles, biocellulose driver in the new AudioQuest NightHawk headphones. In the increasingly crowded high-performance headphone market, NightHawk aims to redefine sustainability, construction quality, and sound quality with a number of alternatives to typical headphone design. “We reevaluated and reimagined every aspect of headphone design to create a product that might serve … Read more

The 10 most exciting things that will* happen at New York fashion week

Kardashian-Jenner family feuds, wild parties, the Fat Jew, Drones – it’s all about to kick off at New York fashion week

*Well, might anyway

The PoloTech shirt points the way to the next generation of activewear

Ralph Lauren’s PoloTech shirt debuts with Workout App. Ralph Lauren’s PoloTech shirt intersects the forefronts of performance technology and lifestyle fashion. Ralph Lauren continues to lead the fashion industry in wearable technology with the launch of this groundbreaking fitness shirt and the simultaneous introduction of a game-changing, adaptive workout app that uses detailed data to … Read more

Climate philanthropist George Soros invests millions in coal

Billionaire has previously funded renewable energy and low-carbon initiatives and has called coal a ‘lethal bullet’ for climate change

Wine industry’s upward trajectory continues, but the rate of growth has decelerated, says study

Wine industry growth slows as Competition heats up, according to the recently released 2015 WineTAB report from Technomic. Following strong volume growth earlier in the decade, the wine industry’s upward trajectory continues, but the rate of growth has decelerated. In 2014, total wine volume rose 1.0 percent, and projections for 2015 and beyond call for … Read more

Costa’s last stand: climate change could see tourists swap the Med for the Baltics

Drought and forest fires could mean Mediterranean resorts losing out to cooler climes and holidaymakers travelling outside peak season, EU report predicts