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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.

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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Luma Surround WiFi

The fact that everything from your appliances and your security system to your phones and tablets can all be connected to the Internet is one of the most marvelous technological achievements of the last decade. But it's also a huge pain in the ass. If you live in a place…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The DRAS Foldable Phone

If you thought the only thing you could fit into a 2" x 1" x 1" space was a pack of gum, R&D Core is here to prove you wrong with their new concept DRAS Phone. The phone uses Digital Resistive Area Sensing technology to overcome the limitations of the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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‘The Hateful Eight’ – Second Trailer

We still have a new Star Wars film and one crazy Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy flick to come first, but after those, our next ticket is for The Hateful Eight. To tide you over, here's the second trailer for the offbeat Western from Quentin Tarantino. This one is loaded with Samuel…

By Mike Newman
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The UsBidi Cable Alerts You When Your Phone Is Charged and More

When it comes to charging cables for all your smart devices, you probably only care when you have to buy all new ones because device manufactures switched to something smaller or because you broke one. Turns out there’s actually some innovative features that can be integrated into the cable that…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Official Trailer for ‘Anomalisa,’ Charlie Kaufman’s New Stop Motion Movie

Charlie Kaufman's films are bizarre and brilliant. But his latest, Anomalisa, may just be the most bizarre and the most brilliant of the bunch. The writer and director has made his first stop motion film, but it's not some fun, kid-friendly story, it's about a man dealing with the boring nature of…

By Mike Newman
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