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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
Features
Can the New Palm Phone Help You Overcome Screen Addiction?

Our lives are becoming more and more attached to the large phones in our pockets. We spend hours—a little less than three every day—looking at our phone screens, checking email, swiping left and right, scrolling, double tapping, and sharing our way through our digital lives. Recently, the question has become: “Is…

By Maxwell Barna
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Videos
‘True Detective’ Season 3 Trailer

The first season of HBO's True Detective remains one of our favorite seasons of a TV show ever. As we all know, what followed that standout season was less than stellar. Okay, it flat-out sucked. Nic Pizzolatto tries to get the series back on track in Season 3, which, again, features an…

By Mike Newman
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Phones
This Is the World’s First Foldable Smartphone

We're not quite sure the world is ready for, or even needs, a foldable smartphone. But just because we're struggling with a real use case doesn't mean the "world's first foldable smartphone" from Royole is any less interesting. While all the other major manufacturers were busy figuring out how to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Pixel Vision 2.0 Handheld Game System

There's no one else doing what Luve Hultén is doing. The fusion of traditional craftsmanship with classic video games makes for some uniquely beautiful products, many of which have found their way to the pages of Cool Material. The latest is the Pixel Vision 2.0, an upgraded version of the…

By Mike Newman
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The Nebula Capsule II Is a Pocket Cinema With Google Assistant Built In

Want to take movie night or the next Red Dead Redemption 2 session outdoors or over to a friend's house? Check out the Nebula Capsule II, the tiny portable billed as the "world's first Android TV pocket cinema." One-second autofocus and keystone correction. Chromecast integration and access to over 3,600…

By Cooper Fleishman
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