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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
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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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Videos
‘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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Oddball Has a Drum Machine Crammed Inside

At the most basic level, Oddball is a drum machine crammed into a delightfully bouncy ball that allows you to play with it and create your own musical masterpiece. The ball itself functions as the percussion trigger with sensors inside that recognize every time you bounce it off a surface.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Features
6 Chrome Extensions You Should Know About

Here’s a fun fact: Google Chrome is the most popular web browser in the United States. While it’s a great browser right out of the box and despite its popularity, a lot of people don’t realize the power of Google Chrome extensions. These add-ons can completely change the way we…

By Maxwell Barna
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