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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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Netflix Can Now Check Your Internet Speed

In a project completely unrelated to originally programming and acquiring incredible BBC shows, Netflix has just launched Fast.com, a site that does just one thing: check your connection speed. Yes, there are other options out there, including the go-to Speedtest.net, but there is something beautifully clean and simple about Netflix's new…

By Mike Newman
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A 3-Week Railway Journey Through Japan

From concerts and sumo matches, to train and taxi rides, In Japan is "a collection of audiovisual moments and memories of a 3-week railway journey through Japan in 2015” that manages to pack more experiences and beautiful scenery into four minutes than you’d find in a feature film or any…

By Cooper Fleishman
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ZUS Kevlar Charging Cable

ZUS Kevlar Charging Cables can pull 4,000lbs of car, are impervious to cat teeth, assist with 50lb curls and even get the business ends run over by an automobile without losing the ability to charge your Micro USB, Lightning or USB-C devices. Reinforced with Kevlar—yes, the same material you’ll find in bulletproof…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Google Home

A little over a year ago, Amazon launched Echo, an always-connected speaker/hub that allowed owners to receive answers to questions, hear the news, get the weather, and much more without pressing a button. Now, Google has released a competitor: Home. Google Home is a similar always-listening speaker that can respond to…

By Mike Newman
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‘Mr. Robot’ Season 2 Trailer

After watching  the pilot for USA's Mr. Robot last year, we went ahead and declared it The Best Show You're Not Watching. Now that you are watching—along with over one million other people—it's time for Elliot's second act, and if this official trailer is any indication, the coming season, which premieres in July,…

By Mike Newman
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