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The latest in tech: the newest products, most exciting innovations and biggest releases.

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The Rise of Prediction Culture
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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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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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Magic Leap One Mixed Reality Headset

If you haven't been following the Magic Leap saga, you're probably not alone. The company has been incredibly tight-lipped about its products for a few years now. Well, those confusing tweets and radio silence finally gave way to a product—Magic Leap One. Comprised of a headset, a computer unit the…

By Mike Newman
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Banksy and Danny Boyle Team Up for ‘The Alternativity’

 Earlier this year, Banksy unveiled one of his most challenging installations yet; he opened a hotel in Bethlehem. The Walled Off Hotel is an operational hotel that addresses Israeli and Palestinian relations in the holiest of lands. As you can imagine, Banksy did not hold back. Now, 10 months after…

By Mike Newman
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8 AirPod Alternatives to Consider

It’s been roughly one year since Apple released their highly anticipated AirPod earbuds, with their instant connectivity and quick-charge dock and “superior sound,” and, regardless of how you feel about the way they look, they are selling like hotcakes. If you want a pair of earbuds you can actually get…

By Maxwell Barna
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7 Instant Cameras That Don’t Suck

In an age where the cameras on our smartphones are capable of billboard-quality selfies and where 12- and 13-inch screens equipped with downloadable software give us all the power of a state-of-the-art film lab, it would seem there’s no room for a relic like film photography. Then again, people were…

By Maxwell Barna
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‘Sicario 2: Soldado’ Official Trailer

2015's Sicario delivered far more than we could have hoped for in a standard thriller. Sure it had all those sweaty palm moments, but it mixed them with fantastic performances from Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, and Benicio Del Toro, and beautiful cinematography. Now we have the next installment in the saga…

By Mike Newman
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