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Flipping through The Manual: Layover brews, cowboy cauldrons, denim bike saddles

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.

The Best U.S. airports for craft beer snobs

The Best U.S. airports for craft beer snobs
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Two decades after the stateside microbrew explosion, U.S. airports are finally opening their terminals to legitimate craft beer bars.

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Mother’s Day gift guide: Outdoor moms

Mother's Day gift guide: Outdoor moms
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Whether you’re looking for a gift for the mom who is still knocking out fifty days on skis in her retirement or crushing miles trail running while the kids are at school, we’ve got the perfect set of gifts for every outdoor mom. Now your only problem will be to keep up.

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Trekking: The Cambium C17 Saddle is denim for your bike

Trekking: The Cambium C17 Saddle is denim for your bike
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Levi’s and Brooks England have been around for longer than you’ve been alive. Their most recent collaboration, the limited edition Cambium C17 denim saddle, uses recycled jeans and jackets to retrofit your bicycle with a seat straight out of the ’70s.

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Bruichladdich and Helen Levi present ceramic whisky vessels

Bruichladdich and Helen Levi present ceramic whisky vessels
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If you’d like to experiment with a new way to enjoy scotch, you might try a handmade ceramic vessel. Ceramicist Helen Levi and Hebridean distiller Bruichladdich have collaborated on these vessels to help enhance your scotch-tasting experience.

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Adidas Stan Smiths – in style since ’73

Adidas Stan Smiths - in style since '73
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In the last few years, the Stan Smith has become a staple of sneakerheads and classic casual wear enthusiasts alike.

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Cowboy Cauldron Co: Fire it up like a rancher

Cowboy Cauldron Co: Fire it up like a rancher
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If it’s time to up your backyard barbecue game, you’ll definitely want one of these cauldrons.

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SWAT team’s Spot robot shot multiple times during standoff
Spot, a robot dog.

A Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot deployed by the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) was shot during a standoff in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

It’s believed to be the first time that the robot helper has taken a bullet during active duty, and it highlights how the machine can help keep law enforcement out of harm’s way during challenging situations.

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Microsoft Edge is slowly becoming the go-to browser for PC gamers
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Microsoft Edge is already jam-packed with features that other web browsers don't have, but a new one might well help your PC run faster while gaming. The default Windows web browser now has the option to limit the amount of RAM it uses, helping you prioritize RAM access to other applications or games. The feature is currently being tested in the Canary version of Microsoft Edge and could roll out to everyone if Microsoft deems it useful enough and gets quality feedback.

Spotted by X (formerly Twitter) user Leopeva64, the setting for this new feature is buried in the System and Performance section of the latest Canary version of Microsoft Edge. It is being rolled out gradually, so not everyone has it yet, but it gives two options for controlling your PC resources.

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How Intel and Microsoft are teaming up to take on Apple
An Intel Meteor Lake system-on-a-chip.

It seems like Apple might need to watch out, because Intel and Microsoft are coming for it after the latter two companies reportedly forged a close partnership during the development of Intel Lunar Lake chips. Lunar Lake refers to Intel's upcoming generation of mobile processors that are aimed specifically at the thin and light segment. While the specs are said to be fairly modest, some signs hint that Lunar Lake may have enough of an advantage to pose a threat to some of the best processors.

Today's round of Intel Lunar Lake leaks comes from Igor's Lab. The system-on-a-chip (SoC), pictured above, is Intel's low-power solution made for thin laptops that's said to be coming out later this year. Curiously, the chips weren't manufactured on Intel's own process, but on TSMC's N3B node. This is an interesting development because Intel typically sticks to its own fabs, and it even plans to sell its manufacturing services to rivals like AMD. This time, however, Intel opted for the N3B node for its compute tile.

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