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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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The Camera That Forces You to Take Unique Photos

Spend enough time at popular tourist destinations and you're bound to take the same exact photo someone else has. You might throw some extra filters on it or edit it differently, but fundamentally the photo is the same. Camera Restricta is a speculative design of a new type of camera…

By Cooper Fleishman
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A Rare Glimpse Inside the Yakuza

Someone bold enough to snap shots of the mafia could easily find himself swimming with the fishes. But for one Belgian photographer, a Yakuza family in Japan actually allowed him access for two years. From the images and stories that emerged, a very different picture gets painted from the one…

By Mike Newman
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Wooden MacBook Covers

In an effort to make your MacBook stand out from the many others propped open at Starbucks, you may be tempted to slap a sticker on the Apple logo that turns it into something clever. Don't. Instead of something goofy, go with something sharp. These wooden MacBook covers are handmade…

By Mike Newman
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ICON’s 1967 VW Bus

ICON, the Los Angeles-based company that transforms awesome vehicles into awesomer vehicles, took a break from the Defenders and trucks of the world to try their hands at something groovier. This video gives you a look at their outfitted 1967 VW Split-Window Bus. The team kept the design of the…

By Mike Newman
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Hardcore – Official Movie Trailer

Outside of that roughly five minute cut from DOOM, few movies have gone as over the top from the POV perspective as this upcoming flick called HARDCORE. Starring Sharlto Copley (aka the dude from District 9), HARDCORE is a film shot entirely from the POV perspective about a guy who…

By Cooper Fleishman
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