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Raymond Kuan
Raymond Kuan is the founder of TIDEZINE. He leads the publication's editorial direction and develops its work across culture, media, technology and commerce from Taiwan.
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'WandaVision' Trilogy Wraps Up: Ultron Returns Along With Vision's Memories
Disney+ drops the first trailer for 'VisionQuest,' with James Spader back voicing Ultron and Paul Bettany returning as Vision after four years. The eight-episode trilogy finale lands mid-October.
Lamborghini Revuelto SV: Packaging "Man and Machine as One" Into a 2.4-Second, 0-60 Monster Spec Sheet
Lamborghini has unveiled the SV version of its flagship hybrid supercar, the Revuelto — 0-62mph in just 2.4 seconds, matching the limited-edition Fenomeno, with pricing expected to reach as high as $750,000.
Same Bottle of Greek Mastiha Spirit, Testing Room Builds a Fragrance, The Public House Steeps Pouchong Tea
Skinos, the mastiha spirit from Greece's Chios Island, makes its Taiwan debut with a limited collaboration. Testing Room breaks down the perfume logic with top, heart, and base notes, while The Public House folds red oolong, watermelon, and Kyoho grapes into the glass. Limited run through end of August.
No Gimmicks, Ten Years Strong: How Sakal Phoeung Turned Le Corto's Kitchen Into Saigon's Chef Nursery
From Sofitel to striking out on his own, chef Sakal Phoeung has spent a decade proving that a restaurant's longevity isn't built on reinventing concepts, but on discipline and cultivating people.
Nvidia Reportedly Eyeing $3B Stake in SoftBank's SB Energy, Eyes AI Data Center Play in Ohio
Sources say Nvidia is in talks to invest roughly $3 billion in SB Energy, the renewable energy arm of SoftBank Group, with the funds reportedly earmarked for AI data center deployment in Ohio. The deal remains unconfirmed for now.
The Rolex Drake Got as a Gift, Engraved on the Back: "Freeze the World"
Rolex crafted a one-of-a-kind Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona "Ice Gradient" as a gift for Drake, marking his 15th career Billboard No. 1 with the album *ICEMAN*.
Hitachi Beef, Hinuma Clams & Cantaloupe: 5 Tokyo Chefs' Ibaraki Solutions
Same Ibaraki ingredient shopping list, five different answers from five restaurants—teppanyaki beef tenderloin with clam-infused sauce, Korean-style charcoal-grilled rare cuts, chilled melon soup with sweetfish. Rolling out from July, with availability periods varying by restaurant.
Bought the Wrong Game by Mistake? Xbox's Refund System Isn't as Hard as You Think
Trailer misled you, bought the wrong edition, or got charged for a subscription you forgot about—Xbox actually has refund channels for all of these. Here's a breakdown of the 14-day, 90-day, and 30-day windows, plus how long refunds actually take to process.
Bangkok's Wasteland Bar Waited Five Years for One Ingredient: Here, "Waste" Is Just Value Nobody's Noticed Yet
Upstairs from Bangkok's experimental bar Wasteland sits a hidden fermentation lab. Founders Tot and Gov are rewriting the logic of cocktail menus with a three-tier ingredient system, and their latest BROWSE project rolls out twelve experimental drink series over three months.
She Never Went to Culinary School, Yet She Cooked Up Robert Downey Jr.'s Fully Vegan Menu
Patcharamon "Fah" Charoenchai, a self-taught contestant on MasterChef Thailand Season 4, took on a gluten-free vegan menu for Robert Downey Jr. while he was filming in Thailand—at just 23 years old. Today, she runs an ice cream shop and a Thai-Italian fusion chef's table.
VANDYTHEPINK x ASICS Gel-Kayano 12.1 "Vanilla": An Ice Cream Sneaker With Almost No Color
Named "Vanilla" yet coded as Antique White/Antique White, VANDYTHEPINK packs its ice cream color scheme into the most restrained monochrome tone this time around. Dropping August 14 on ASICS.com, priced at $195.
Ethereum Staking Ratio Hits 34%, EIP-8361 Wants to Burn Off Part of Validator Rewards
A researcher has proposed EIP-8361: the higher the staking ratio climbs, the more validator rewards get burned — essentially fitting a brake onto Ethereum's ever-expanding staking curve.
SEC Gives Green Light: Franklin Templeton's Traditional Funds Can Now Invest in On-Chain BENJI/FOBXX Fund
The SEC has issued a no-action letter allowing Franklin Templeton's traditional registered funds to put idle cash into its own on-chain money market fund, BENJI/FOBXX, building a regulator-approved capital channel between traditional and on-chain funds.
Figure's Quarterly Net Profit Surges 192% to $87 Million as Loan Marketplace Volume Hits $4.3 Billion
On-chain lending platform Figure released its quarterly earnings, showing net profit up 192% year-over-year to $87 million, alongside loan marketplace volume of $4.3 billion for the same period. The numbers alone send a clear signal.
Price Target Slashed to $11, But Mizuho Says BitGo Regulatory Delay Is Actually Good News
Mizuho cut its price target on BitGo to $11, but pointed out that delays to the Clarity Act could actually benefit the crypto custodian — citing a 27% year-over-year growth in client numbers as the reason.
World's #2 Bitcoin Mining Nation Just Shut Down Its Capital's Rigs Until 2032
Russia commands 16.4% of global Bitcoin hashrate, second only to the US—yet a single government decree just froze Moscow's mining operations through the end of 2032. What's straining isn't just the power grid, it's the whole hashrate ambition.
Kingdom Hearts Gets Its First Animated Series in 20 Years, With Tetsuya Nomura Personally Overseeing Production
Disney announced at D23 that a Kingdom Hearts animated series is coming to Disney+, featuring a brand-new original story rather than a retelling of the games; meanwhile, Kingdom Hearts IV dropped a new trailer confirming a late 2027 release, with the Coco world officially joining the fray.
D23 2026 Live Report: MCU's X-Men Cast Revealed, Cyclops Accidentally Played by Two Actors
Disney's annual fan extravaganza D23 2026 has arrived, unveiling the full cast for MCU's X-Men and dropping a new trailer for Avengers: Doomsday. In a strange twist, the character Cyclops ended up being played by two different actors on the very same night. Also revealed: animated sequel updates for Frozen 3, Incredibles 3, and more.
SpaceX Buys Cursor for $6 Billion — What It's Really Buying Is a GPU Fleet
A rocket company buying an AI coding tool looks like a cross-industry acquisition on paper, but Cursor itself put it bluntly: what it wants is SpaceX's "largest GPU fleet in the world."
Same USB-C Port, 8x Speed Difference: What USB4 Actually Sells You
USB-C is just the shape of the connector—USB4 is the spec that actually decides your transfer speed. Plug into the wrong port, and your blazing-fast SSD gets dragged back to the dark ages.
A Song Rehearsed For Three Years: The Strokes Finally Play "Lonely In The Future" In Full In Tokyo
The Strokes opened their Summer Sonic Tokyo set with the full version of "Lonely In The Future" — a song that had only ever been performed in improvised snippets since Incheon in 2023 — marking its first-ever live debut with a proper arrangement.
Hybrid Dashboard Flashing a Battery Warning? Figure Out Which Battery Is Actually Acting Up First
Hybrid cars actually run on two separate batteries, and when the dashboard throws up a fault message, the right response depends entirely on which one is failing. Mix up the order, and at best you'll call the wrong kind of roadside assistance—at worst, you'll turn a fixable problem into an expensive repair bill.
BT Calls Itself a Telecom Fossil, But It's Really Openreach's Cables That Never Went Dark
BT Group traces its lineage back to a telegraph company from 1846, which sounds like a two-century-old institution. But that history runs through nationalization, breakups, and privatization — the thing that's actually stayed unbroken is Openreach, the company running today's fiber and copper lines.
Decoding the USB Trident Symbol: Why One Port Has Changed Identities Ten Times
From USB 2.0 in 2000 to USB4 2.0 in recent years, the same trapezoidal port has cycled through multiple naming systems. Colors, symbols, and speed labels each mean something different — figure these out first, or you might end up plugging your mouse cable into the fastest data port on your machine.
JJJJound x AIAIAI Collab Headphones: Black and Yellow, Two Ways to Listen
JJJJound teams up with Danish audio brand AIAIAI to launch special editions of the Tracks over-ear headphones and UNIT-4 wireless monitor speaker, dropping August 20.
Khakis FW26: The Obsession of Recreating "the Beauty of Old Clothes"
Seoul brand Khakis continues its research into military and workwear archives, and for FW26, it's not chasing new silhouettes — instead, it's obsessing over fit, fabric, and the exact right level of wear, recreating the kind of vintage texture that makes people want to spend hours treasure-hunting.
STUDIO DOE Summer New Arrivals: Fitted, Not Sculpted—Flare Pants That Lengthen Legs Starting Below the Knee
STUDIO DOE launches its Perfect Fit collection, from waist-defining camis to low-rise flare pants, using neckline cuts and fabric stretch to follow the body's natural shape rather than reshaping curves through tailoring.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV Delayed to December 3, Commander Edition Players Still Get 3-Day Early Access
KING Art Games has pushed the release date back to December 3, 2026, saying the goal is to deliver the best possible experience from day one, while also revealing plans for two major story expansions in the first year.
Same Foam, Two Ambitions: New Balance Splits Training and Racing with SC Rebel v1 and SC Elite v6 This August
New Balance drops five models this August—SC Rebel v1, SC Elite v6, Coco Delray, ABZORB 2000, and 471—alongside a 12-week women's half marathon training camp, spanning the track, the court, and the street.
Inside Usher's Atlanta Home, a 1956 Segregation-Era Photo Greets You at the Door
Usher opens up his home to Architectural Digest, showcasing a collection spanning Rashid Johnson, Damien Hirst, and George Condo—but what actually stops you in your tracks is a vintage Gordon Parks photograph hanging in the entryway.