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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
Phones
MAKERphone DIY Cell Phone

Interested in learning about the inner workings of a modern cell phone and perhaps building one yourself? Look no further than MAKERphone, the educational DIY mobile phone that you build and code yourself. Yes, you read that correctly. This kit allows you to fashion a fully functional mobile phone capable…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Traveler Is a Distraction-Free Writing Device

We live in a time when everything around us wants to capture our attention. Social media platforms are constantly tinkered with to keep you on them longer, Netflix quickly rolls into the next episode in a series before you have a chance to stop it, and sites test layouts that…

By Mike Newman
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Videos
‘The Gymkhana Files’ Official Teaser Trailer

If you're unfamiliar with Ken Block, just know that he pretty much treats real cars like they were toy cars, whipping them around tracks and unique terrain with reckless abandon. The Gymkhana Files is an unscripted series that takes you inside the world of the race car hooligan and his Gymkhana series.…

By Mike Newman
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David Lynch Designed a Pair of Speakers

Bang & Olufsen makes great audio products. David Lynch is the undisputed king of all things mindf*ck. The two iconic names have teamed up to provide you with great home audio that just happens to be injected with a fair bit of Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks in the form of…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Love Hultèn’s Pyua Is a Tribute to the Original Nintendo

Swedish craftsman, designer, inventor and lover of vintage video games Love Hultèn is a man that needs no introduction around these parts. If you're not familiar, he built a Portable Arcade inspired by Battleship, a Briefcase Video Game Console, and the De Lux Retro Video Game Console. Pyua is a "conceptual…

By Cooper Fleishman
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