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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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The Eames Radio Is Based on an Unreleased Model from 1946

When it comes to Mid-Century Modern design, only a few names are as lauded as Charles and Ray Eames. It doesn't matter if you're talking about the best office chairs, storage units or coat hooks, Eames is the name to beat. Vitra, a firm that has quite a few iconic…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Watch the Somber Trailer for the Last Season of ‘Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown’

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown returns to CNN for its final season on September 23. How we wish we could have written that sentence because Bourdain decided to launch a new project or show. Before his suicide, Bourdain filmed six episodes of his travel program for the season, one of which featured…

By Mike Newman
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‘Homecoming’ Official Trailer

As Mr. Robot is set to come to an end, creator Sam Esmail is back with another project—and it's a unique one. Homecoming is an Amazon series based on a podcast of the same name from podcast giant Gimlet. The psychological thriller stars Julia Roberts as Heidi Bergman, a caseworker at a…

By Mike Newman
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‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ Official Trailer

Anything with the Coen brothers attached to it is must-see cinema, and the coming Netflix film The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is no different. Told as a six-part Western anthology, with each part another story about the American frontier, the film stars James Franco, Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeson, Zoe Kazan, and…

By Mike Newman
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Apple iPhone XS and XS Max

Another big event just went down in Cupertino, and the new iPhone XS and the XS Max, which boasts the largest iPhone display ever, stole the show. Visually, they are very similar to the most recent iPhone, the X. It's under the hood where these new devices shine. The big…

By Mike Newman
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