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

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I Watched USA vs. Bosnia Through the Lens of a Prediction Market
By Lanny Fuller
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Black Book: 13 Products Our Editors Loved in June 2026

The products our editors have been obsessed with in June 2026.

By Cool Material
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On Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, 20 Years Later

And how horror went from critically hated to the latest Cannes "it" genre.

By Andy Crump
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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
Computers
Dune Pro Is a New PC Case Designed to Look like a Mac Pro

The recently unveiled update to the Mac Pro is, quite frankly, the best looking computer we've ever seen. While the hardware inside is certainly impressive to say the least, it's the souped up cheese grater style case that makes us seriously consider the $6,000 sticker price it's going to carry…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Videos
Making an Eames Lounge Chair with Recycled Skateboards

There is perhaps no more iconic, beloved, unique and beautiful reading chair than the Eames Lounge Chair. But the classic Eames Lounge Chair originally designed by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller wasn't quite special enough for Ottawa-based DIY builder Andrew Szeto. So what did Szeto do? He decided…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Tech
Hero Arm Bionic Prosthesis

There have been quite a few different pieces of robotic technology released in the past month that are nothing short of astounding. Unlike those projects that have centered on transportation and workplace applications, Open Bionics is looking to put their advanced technology to work doing good with their Hero Arm…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Phones
Instagram Dark Mode

We weren't quite sure how to feel about night modes, dark modes and all the other supposed improvements that these features would bring to a phone browsing experience when they were initially rolled out by Apple and Google. But after having played with Dark Mode--particularly when it comes to Instagram--we're…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Videos
The War of the Worlds | Trailer – BBC

Every film adaptation of the famous H.G. Wells science fiction novel has been set in a modern-day America (at the time or release) with the last one in 2005 starring the always competent Tom Cruise. The BBC is setting things right and placing the action of the new mini-series in…

By Amos Kwon
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