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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
Videos
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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Videos
“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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Phones
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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Apple Watch Vintage Stands

It's hard to do both kitschy and cool, but these nostalgic Apple Watch stands pull it off perfectly. Evoking bygone iconic eletronics, you can choose between original iPod, Nintendo Gameboy, and the Macintosh computer from the '80s with its own small hard disk drive slot for authenticity. Though there's zero…

By Amos Kwon
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Audio
Sonos Finally Made a Portable Speaker

Whether you're talking about smarthome speakers, multiroom audio or TV soundbars, there's no denying that Sonos makes some of the most stylish and advanced audio options on the market. The one thing the brand was missing until today was a portable speaker designed to let you take your Sonos listening…

By Cooper Fleishman
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