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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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‘Triple Frontier’ Official Trailer

It seems it's all bigger names and bigger movies for Netflix going forward. Well, the biggest may be coming early next year. This is Triple Frontier, a Netflix Original film that stars Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Garrett Hedlund, and Pedro Pascal as a group of former special forces who…

By Mike Newman
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‘Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame’ Official Trailer

The Avengers are left to pick up the pieces after Thanos followed through on his promise of eliminating 50% of all living creatures in Marvel's last installment, a movie moment so monumental it took on meme status. Now we get our first look as to how the shrunken gang will…

By Mike Newman
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Apple’s Best Apps of the Year

As 2018 draws to a close, it's time to reflect on all the apps, games and overall trends that helped motivate the things we did with our phones throughout the year. We're all for the various New Apps that help make every month more interesting than the last, but there's…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Last Chess Shop in New York City

With with the prevalence of smartphones and internet-connected computers, chess is no longer a game that requires two players sit at the same table. But while that means we can play more games, it also means less face-to-face connection. Chess Forum is New York City's last chess shop, and it's…

By Mike Newman
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Roam Built an Exoskeleton for Skiers

Over the past few years, we've covered a number of different companies trying to rip exoskeleton technology out of the world of science-fiction and make it a reality. A few, like Comau, have actually brought the product to market. One company wants to take exoskeleton technology and leverage it to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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