Sam Kessler

1 week ago | oracleoftime.com | Sam Kessler

Last year, we did something big: we created a watch. Granted, we’re not the first media company to collaborate on a timepiece. You could argue that it happens perhaps too often. But with the Dune Shoreline we not only created a fantastic-looking limited edition, but one that went on to become a full Christopher Ward collection. There’s been a big question hanging over us ever since though: what’s next? How does one follow up a sell-out success like the Shoreline?

1 week ago | oracleoftime.com | Sam Kessler

Heist-Out, the self-styled outcast watch magazine, has garnered attention not just for its off-kilter editorial style but for its unique authenticity. Not just with the unusual approach to their debut issue (medieval armour and Piaget don’t often go hand-in-hand) but with their painfully cool AREA_51 auction with Sotheby’s last month, which showcased plenty of weird and wonderful timepieces.

2 weeks ago | oracleoftime.com | Sam Kessler

If you’re up on your hypercar releases, the word ‘hybrid’ is pretty common these days. Pretty much every insane, adrenaline-fuelled monster on four wheels uses a hybrid drivetrain and the reason why – and the very concept of a hybrid – is pretty appealing. Petrol engines have power but take a while to ramp up; electric engines offer less horsepower but much greater torque and therefore acceleration. Put the two together and you have a recipe for breathless performance.

3 weeks ago | sg.finance.yahoo.com | Sam Kessler

Sam Kessler Fri, 16 May 2025 at 2:01 pm GMT-5 3 min read TORONTO — Ethereum just completed its most significant upgrade in more than a year, but the milestone comes after a turbulent stretch for the blockchain. The price of ether (ETH) has declined, developers have migrated to rival platforms, and the Ethereum Foundation — a nonprofit steward of the project — has faced criticism for a lack of coordination and vision.

3 weeks ago | sg.news.yahoo.com | Sam Kessler

TORONTO — David Goyer, the filmmaker whose credits include the Blade trilogy, The Dark Knight, and Apple TV’s Foundation series, said Friday he is building a new blockchain-based science-fiction universe called Emergence. The world of Emergence, according to Goyer, features spaceships, relic-hunting and white holes — science-fiction staples that will serve as the foundation for a sprawling transmedia project built inside Incention, Goyer's new blockchain platform.