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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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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
Computers
Google Titan Security Key

Google made headlines a few months ago when the company told Business Insider that none of its 85,000 employees had had their work accounts compromised since Google mandated physical security keys in the workplace. Google wants to bring that level of protection to the masses, which is why it built…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Cameras
The Polaroid OneStep+ Lets You Use Your Phone as a Remote

Despite options from stalwart brands like Leica, Fujifilm, Lomography and IntantFlex, the first brand that comes to mind when we think about instant cameras is always Polaroid. The brand makes the best instant cameras out there. Despite taking a few years off, Polaroid is back with another new camera—the Polaroid…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Videos
‘The Other Side of the Wind’ Trailer

Carrying on with House of Cards without Kevin Spacey seemed like the toughest challenge Netflix would ever face just months ago. Alas, that's chump change compared to what the streaming giant has up its sleeves. Say hello to the official trailer for The Other Side of the Wind, a long-unfinished project from…

By Mike Newman
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Audio
Grado Made the First Open-Back Bluetooth Headphones

Grado Labs is a Brooklyn-based audio company that's been making some of the best headphones and turntable cartridges for longer than most of you reading this have been alive. The label made headphones from whiskey barrels. They made headphones from a Brooklyn tree. Now, finally, they're turning their eyes to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Features
External Hard Drives to Keep Your Personal Info Safe

Hard drive storage capacities have exploded and per-gigabyte prices have dropped, which means you can get yourself a huge external hard drive for a price that would make your head swim a few short years ago. Today, external hard drives are a full terabyte on the low end of the…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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