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The latest in tech: the newest products, most exciting innovations and biggest releases.

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Black Book: 14 Products Our Editors Loved in July 2026
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What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

By Lanny Fuller
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The Rise of Prediction Culture

From sports to pop culture, Polymarket is changing how we engage with what happens next.

By Cool Material
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I Watched USA vs. Bosnia Through the Lens of a Prediction Market

Checking Polymarket throughout the round of 32 game added an interesting perspective to my watching experience. Here are my notes.

By Lanny Fuller
Audio
Ampere Hydropower Shower Speaker

Now that you've been working from home for months, maybe your only regular escape is the bathroom, more specifically being ensconced in the steamy shower. The 100% recycled ocean plastic Hydropower Shower Speaker can make that experience even more relaxing, bordering on transformative. Not only does play music via Bluetooth…

By Amos Kwon
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Computers
Fineday Retro Design Bluetooth Mechanical Keyboard

Whether you're cranking out emails, notes, blog posts, to-do lists or, well, anything else you need to type more than five words for, there's nothing quite like the experience of doing it on a mechanical keyboard. There's just something about the clickety-clackety noises and the key travel of a mechanical…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gear
KGB Spy Gear Auction

Julien's Auctions has been responsible for the sale of everything from Kurt Cobain's sweater and Eddie Van Halen's guitars, to Hugh Hefner's collection of jackets and pipes and Evel Knievel's Triumph motorcycle. Next year, they're set to auction off one of the most interesting collections yet with "The Cold War…

By Cooper Fleishman
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DJI Mini 2 Gets Upgraded

DJI makes some of the best drones around, and they just updated their already awesome Mini 2. It gets upgraded to a 12MP camera with 4K/30fps video and a 3-axis motorized gimbal. The Mini 2 also manages up to 6 miles of HD video transmission with robust anti-interference capabilities, and…

By Amos Kwon
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Disney Research Humanoid “Gaze”

If you think Disney is all fun and games, take a look at Disney Research's latest development, an eerily realistic humanoid bust that has a gaze and eye characteristics that mimic an actual human being. The company works on cutting-edge technology for the Walt Disney Company, and this particular one…

By Amos Kwon
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