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Tech

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
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Pale Blue Rechargeable Smart Batteries Can Save You Thousands of Dollars

Disposable batteries are toxic, expensive and take up too much space in landfills. But they're also necessary because we still need to power our remotes, cameras, game controllers, gadgets and drones. That's where Pale Blue comes in. Their new Lithium Polymer USB Smart Rechargeable Batteries are more efficient, faster charging,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Cameras
The Polaroid Lab Turns Your Smartphone Pictures into Polaroids

We love the fact that modern smartphones give us the ability and convenience of being able to take great photos wherever we are and share them with the world. And yet, we still long for the nostalgia and tangibility of the old school Polaroid. That's where the Polaroid Lab comes…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Audio
Braun Is Getting Back into the Audio Game with a New Line of Speakers

Six decades ago around 1959, Braun released the Dieter Rams-designed LE1 speaker, the first electrostatic mode loudspeaker available on the German hi-fi market. After being absent from the audio business for almost thirty years since then, Braun is getting back into the speaker game with an all new line of…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Videos
“Doctor Sleep” Final Trailer

In case you haven't been paying attention--or, for whatever reason, you didn't watch the Doctor Sleep Official Teaser Trailer when we wrote about it--there's a sequel to The Shining set to hit theaters later this year, and it's called Doctor Sleep. Ewan McGregor steps into the role of a Danny Torrance…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Homemade Batman Wings

You might never achieve Bruce Wayne's level of wealth, fancy weaponry, fighting ability, or dashing good looks, but you apparently can make yourself some semi-functional bat wings with PVC piping, a heat gun, nuts and bolts, stretchy black fabric, Velcro straps, and hot glue. That's what YouTuber The Q did…

By Amos Kwon
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