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Tech

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
Audio
Upgrade Your Vintage Bang & Olufsen Speakers With Beocreate

Want to give your vintage Bang & Olufsen speakers a new lease on life? Check out the Beocreate 4 Channel amplifier. Developed by a team from Bang & Olufsen who worked with the audiophile builders at HiFiBerry, the Beocreate 4 Channel Amplifier is a DSP/DAC/amplifier combination board designed to upgrade…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Phones
FreedomPop Will Give You Free Monthly Cell Phone Service

Tired of astronomical monthly cell phone bills? FreedomPop will completely change the way you think about cell phone service by giving you 100% free talk, text and data on a nationwide 4G LTE network. Yes, you read that correctly. With a FreedomPop SIM and an unlocked GSM phone, you can…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Videos
‘Fahrenheit 451’ Trailer

Based on the legendary Ray Bradbury book of the same name, Fahrenheit 451 is set in a dystopian future where "firemen" burn all the books left in America. Michael B. Jordan plays Guy Montag, one of these firemen who is advised in life by his mentor, Beatty (Michael Shannon). When Montag…

By Mike Newman
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Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus

The Samsung Galaxy S8 was one of the top pieces of consumer tech of 2017. Samsung is following up that success with the new Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus, which combine some of the great features of the previous model with new tech and package it all in a familiar…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Nokia Is Bringing Back the Banana Phone from ‘The Matrix’

We have a sneaking suspicion that more and more people will return to the simple cellphones of old, the ones unpolluted with apps that suck you into a screen 24/7, the ones like Neo used to in The Matrix. Nokia has answered the call and has unveiled a new version of…

By Mike Newman
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