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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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Amazon Programmable Dash Button

The latest Amazon Dash button is going to do something far more exciting than make paper towel and laundry detergent reorders easy. It's going to do, well, anything. The Amazon AWS IoT Dash button is programmable so, with a little know-how, you can use it to request an Uber, order a pizza,…

By Mike Newman
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Videos
Robert Downey Jr. Shows Off His Epic Watch Collection

Leave it to GQ to get RDJ to sit down for a hilarious interview about the epic collection of watches he keeps in his jewelry box. It wouldn't be RDJ without a certain amount of triviality (who throws a Breitling and a Rolex on the floor?!?), but the collection really…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Ephemeral Tattoo Ink Disappears After a Year

Everyone knows that tattoos are awesome, but if you're one of those people that can never decide what they want or worries about future regret, Ephemeral is developing a "temporary" tattoo ink that's perfect. Just revealed at Tech Crunch Disrupt, the Ephemeral Tattoo Ink uses smaller molecules designed to be processed…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Cheap TVs: The Best Televisions Under $600

There are men out there who will spend a tremendous amount of money on their home entertainment systems. Dropping three grand on a top-of-the-line, 3D, 4k, 80-inch something-or-other makes perfect sense to them. And that’s fine. But for us—for you? Television is a mere auxiliary tool, tucked deeply inside your…

By Maxwell Barna
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Bar Roulette App

Just like picking the perfect Netflix movie for the night, picking the ideal bar for the evening usually ends in frustration. Bar Roulette wants to squash that paralysis by analysis by selecting the watering hole for you. Just confirm your location and the neighborhood you want to go to, and the…

By Mike Newman
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