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

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Black Book: 14 Products Our Editors Loved in July 2026
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The Cool Shop

What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

By Lanny Fuller
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The Rise of Prediction Culture

From sports to pop culture, Polymarket is changing how we engage with what happens next.

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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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HacBook Elite Is an HP That Runs Mac OS X

We love our MacBooks as much as the next guy or gal, but they're nowhere near as cheap as a "hackintosh" alternative. The HacBook Elite runs OS X for 1/3 the cost of a Mac out of the box. The package and guts of the HacBook Elite are a refurbished…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Classic Video Games You Can Now Play on Your Phone

Mobile gaming is going through a legitimate renaissance period right now. Over the last couple years, games like Candy Crush Saga, FarmVille, Words With Friends, Flappy Bird, and now Pokemon Go, have completely revolutionized the way we take our lunch breaks, wait for our Ubers, visit the DMV, power Mobile…

By Maxwell Barna
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Nikon KeyMission 360 Action Camera

Nikon is one of the biggest names in cameras, so the only real surprise about the new Nikon KeyMission 360 Action Camera is that it took them this long to make it. With dual lenses and image sensors, the KeyMission 360 captures full 360-degree video and photos in Ultra HD…

By Cooper Fleishman
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7 Sets of Computer Speakers Worthy of the New Frank Ocean Album

There are plenty of options out there for extracting quality audio from your computer, but how do you really pick the best speakers for computer use? Size? Design? Raw power? Price? Brand? The truth is that the best computer speakers out there are a combination of all of those things…

By Cooper Fleishman
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8Bitdo Desktop Arcade Joy Stick

The new 8Bitdo Desktop Arcade Joy Stick outdoes all the fantastic retro gaming hardware they've released in the past. By combining mid-century modern styling with a retro joystick and arcade buttons, 8Bitdo created a gaming console that you will happily display on an end table in between two Eames chairs…

By Cooper Fleishman
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