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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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IGTV Brings Hour-Long Videos to Instagram

This is how it goes for a successful social media platform. You start with a simple, clean idea that resonates with people and earns you a passionate user base. As you grow, you look for new avenues to explore, different revenue streams to dip into. You add characters. Autoplay videos.…

By Mike Newman
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‘Creed II’ Official Trailer

Poll a bunch of Rocky fans on the best movie in the history of the franchise and the only thing we can guarantee is, you won't receive any votes for Rocky V. After that, it's a crapshoot. While Rocky IV might not be the best Rocky film, it's probably the most entertaining, if that makes…

By Mike Newman
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The Instant Magny 35 Turns Film Cameras Into Instant Cameras

We've waxed poetic on the beauty of shooting film before, so we won't recap why we think it's something you should rediscover. What we will say, however, is, we understand that in today's "I want it and I want it NOW" society, the slower process isn't for everybody. The Instant…

By Mike Newman
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Polymega Plays All Your Retro Video Games

The retro gaming craze makes for some head-scratching expenditures. Why would you drop a couple hundred bucks on a Nintendo console that plays original NES games when your phone has the power to handle all of them? That's why, if we're getting in on the vintage fun, we're going with…

By Mike Newman
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‘First Man’ Stars Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong

Most men aren't built for life-threatening expeditions that have never once been completed. It takes a special kind of drive and a unique level of moxie. Neil Armstrong had it, and if you need proof of that, just find your way to theaters when First Man hits. The film is the…

By Mike Newman
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