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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
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The Ultimate Lens Hood Lets You Take Reflection-Free Photos Through Glass

You can't always get right up next to your subject when you're taking pictures. Maybe you're at a zoo and that king cobra is, rightfully, in a glass cage, or maybe you're on the road and the scenery out the windshield is breathtaking. Whatever the case, glass is not a…

By Mike Newman
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This Discounted Speaker Is Great for the Beach or the Shower

Whether you're looking for tunes at the beach, ballads in the shower or jams you can take with you, a portable Bluetooth speaker will take care of all your needs. There are plenty of great Bluetooth speakers on market. One of our favorites, the OontZ Angle 3 from Cambridge Soundworks, is…

By Cooper Fleishman
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HAL 9000 Is Coming to a Home Near You

It's almost hard to believe given the almost omnipresent nature of AI assistants these days, but 2001: A Space Odyssey is celebrating it's fiftieth anniversary this year. Thanks to the Master Replicas Group, you'll finally be able to celebrate your love of one of the greatest science fiction films of…

By Cooper Fleishman
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‘Venom’ Official Trailer 2

More than thirty years ago, Venom made his first appearance in a Spider-Man comic. Growing up, Venom (we're talking the classic incarnation that's Eddie Brock fused with symbiote) was always one of our favorite Spider-Man "archenemies" because Brock was always getting the short of the stick and, well, parasites gotta…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Kozmophone Is a Modern Turntable and Phonograph

At the end of the 1800s, Edison invented the phonograph. Ten years after that—still in the 1800s—Emile Berliner invented the gramophone, which opted for flat discs (aka records) instead of Edison's cylindrical ones. More than a century later, Kozmophone is combining those iconic designs with modern technology and functionality. It's…

By Cooper Fleishman
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