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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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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.

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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
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Audi R8 V10 “R8 Disintegration” by Fabian Oefner

The Audi R8 is one of the most practical supercars ever created. Comfortable, appropriately fast, and all-wheel drive tractable, it’s one of our favorites. Now, artist Fabian Oefner has once again taken his vision and skill (he’s done a Lamborghini Miura in the same fashion) in “disintegrating” vehicles via hundreds…

By Amos Kwon
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This Amazon Favorite Bluetooth Speaker is Under $30

When it comes to home audio, we're all for the high end options from the big name brands that you're already familiar with. But what if you want a simple, quick and easy upgrade for less than a bottle of decent bourbon? Enter the Anker Soundcore Bluetooth Speaker you see…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Oculus Has Two New VR Headsets Worth Checking Out

A proper virtual reality experience used to require giant moving contraptions or full-sized arcade-style contraptions, but the Oculus Rift and other similar headsets brought that experience into the living room. Oculus is back with two new VR headsets that are better than the existing Oculus Rift in completely different ways.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Ford Self-Braking Shopping Cart

Errant shopping carts are machines of destruction and injury when wielded by overeager children or oblivious adults. Plus, aside from making them out of red plastic, shopping carts have advanced about as much as toilet paper has. As part of Ford’s Interventions Series, the “Self-Braking Trolley” utilizes the automaker’s Pre-Collision…

By Amos Kwon
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Samsung Is Making a Vertical TV Targeted at Millennials

You know who hates vertical videos? Everyone. Except millennials apparently, because they're the target market for Samsung's latest TV, The Sero. If their press release is to be believed--and we have no reason to doubt it--Samsung South Korea is targeting both millennials and baby boomers with their new 43" TV…

By Cooper Fleishman
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