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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
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The Best Portable Hard Drives for Backing Up Your Work

Whether you’re a first-rate media consumer, a professional always on the go, a traveler logging miles and memories in your backpack, or just a regular Joe Schmoe with a history of bad luck, you should invest in a portable hard drive. Years ago, when they first emerged as backup file…

By Maxwell Barna
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Apple Is Giving Students Free Beats Headphones When They Buy a Mac or iPad

Look, college is expensive enough for us to argue you should use whatever brick of a laptop you have around the house. That said, we're not naive, and we understand many college students want to shell out their (parents') hard-earned money on a MacBook and/or an iPad. Well, at least…

By Mike Newman
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Creator of the World’s Largest NERF Gun Moves on to Super Soakers

Last summer, YouTuber (and former NASA engineer) Mark Rober built the world's largest NERF gun and terrorized his kids with it. This summer, Rober is getting into water sports, putting his specific brand of engineering to use building himself a custom Super Soaker. Where the original is hand pumped, Rober's uses…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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‘The Deuce’ Official Teaser Trailer

The geniuses behind The Wire, David Simon and George Pelecanos, are making what is sure to be another triumphant return to television later this year with The Deuce, "a look at life in New York City during the 1970s and '80s when porn and prostitution were rampant in Manhattan." If…

By Cooper Fleishman
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‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Is Back for Season 9

After six long years without new episodes, Curb Your Enthusiasm is back for Season 9 starting October 10 on HBO. In a promo teaser just released, Larry David spins in a circle like a rotating statue while wearing a toga and a headdress. This should in no way excite us,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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