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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
By Cool Material
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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
Audio
The Lofree Poison Speaker Mixes Modern Tech With Vintage Design

In case their typewriter-inspired keyboard wasn’t indication enough, Lofree is back with the Poison Speaker to prove they’re the masters of mixing modern tech with vintage design. Being able to go old school with a functional FM radio (88-108MHz) and dial is definitely cool in a kitschy sort of way,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
‘Last Flag Flying’ Trailer

There have been movies set during the War on Terror before, sure, but not many of them had the benefit of time between the start of the conflict and when the story takes place. Last Flag Flying is one of the first to have nearly decade and a half to reflect…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Tech
Herrera Bladeless Drone

Mexican designer Edgar Herrera recently picked up a Red Dot Design Concept Award for this Bladeless Drone Concept. Designed with bladeless technology similar to what you'd find in those funky yet effective Dyson fans, this drone concept uses four bladeless propellers to tackle three of the most common problems with…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Videos
‘Suburbicon’ Trailer #2

The George Clooney/Coen brother's team up is back with a second trailer, this time giving us a bit more of Suburbicon to look at and nailing down a slightly more consistently surreal tone. The opening has those empty condolences people feel obligated to give when someone they don't know loses a…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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The Nebula Mars Portable Cinema Does Exactly What the Name Promises

With tablets, laptops, and cell phones, media consumption might have gone mobile, but those screens are all tiny. Movies are meant to be enjoyed on enormous screens with rich sound, which is an experience that's incredibly hard to make portable. But JBL did it when they created the Nebula Mars…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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