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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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Squarespace Lets You Build Your Own Personal Website

We had brushes with web design in school (also, we're a website) and something that struck us was how inaccessible the process can be. Squarespace simplifies the whole process, allowing you to create a website tailored to your personal needs. The platform provides plenty of customizable options and templates, so whatever you're building your…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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‘Colossal’ Official Teaser Trailer

With a plot that rivals the recent Swiss Army Man in terms of sheer originality and ridiculousness, Colossal is an upcoming movie that blends aspects of modern film, comedy and the best of the kaiju genre. After one heck of an evening, Anne Hathaway discovers she has the power to spawn…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Teenage Engineering OP-Z Synthesizer

Teenage Engineering has made waves with their synthesizers that many in the music industry refused to believe in because of their design, user interface and small form factor. They're doubling down on everything that made all their initial releases great with the Teenage Engineering OP-Z Synthesizer. It fits in your…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Meet the Snow Guardian, a Hermit Who Has Tracked Snowfall for 40 Years

billy barr (that's how he writes it) lives in a small house he helped build in one of the coldest places in the US—Gothic, Colorado. According to billy, "the main thing I interacted with was the weather and the animals, so I started recording things just cause it was something…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Nintendo Switch Gets a Price and Release Date

Treehouse Live, basically Nintendo's private E3, launched last night with a ton of information about their new console. From what they revealed at the presentation, this could end up being a welcome and fun addition to console options. The console's launching at the fairly standard $300 mark.  Some people are…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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