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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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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
Home
Orro Smart Light Switch

The notion of smart homes is no longer just a notion. From doorbells and security systems to garage door openers and the whole internet of things that makes so dependent on not doing much of anything on our own anymore. Well, add to this cornucopia of tech the Orro smart…

By Amos Kwon
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Phones
The Moment Anamorphic Lens Will Upgrade Your Smartphone Photos

Ever since we first slipped our smartphone into a Moment case with one of their upgraded camera lenses we were impressed. Tens of thousands of people, us included, have being using those same Moment cases and lenses to seriously upgrade the shots that end up stored on user photo rolls.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
DIY Beer Keg Sidecar

For most of us, getting a new bike means picking up all kinds of accessories like helmets, lights, bottle holders and the like. For German artist / designer / maker Laura Kampf, getting a new bike meant turning a beer keg into a sidecar. Yes, you read that correctly. Laura…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Audio
McIntosh MTI100 Integrated Turntable

New York-based McIntosh Laboratory has been manufacturing high-end audio equipment for seven decades as of this year. Describing their products as top of the line is in no way a stretch as they have cult-like followings in Japan and Italy, and one of their car audio systems was even available…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Videos
The Dude Returns for a Stella Artois Super Bowl Ad

Jeff Bridges has been putting in some truly remarkable performances across a whole host of genres for longer than most of you reading this have been alive, but he will always be Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski to us. The movie is more than two decades old at this point, so…

By Cooper Fleishman
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