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Tech

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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The Cool Shop

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
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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This Racing Drone Pilot Chased a Rollercoaster in Sweden

There's nothing quite like the sensation you get when you're sitting in the first or last car of a roller coaster as it cruises through a brilliantly engineered tracked filled with twists, turns, loop-de-loops, verticals and pulls--except, maybe, if you can experience the entire thing on the screen in front…

By Cooper Fleishman
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“Mad Dreams and Monsters” – Phil Tippett Documentary Trailer

If, for whatever reason, you're not familiar with the work of Phil Tippett, he's a renowned director and Oscar and Emmy award-winning visual effects, stop-motion animation maestro and character creator. Whether he's been working with other studio or through his own Tippett Sudio, he's been in involved with plenty of…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Nokia 800 Tough Phone

In a world of fancy smartphones, sometimes you just need something that can take a licking. Nokia's 800 Tough Phone doesn't care much about great photos, movie streaming, or a ginormous screen. What it does care about is IP68 certified water and dust resistance, as well as clumsy fumbles on…

By Amos Kwon
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