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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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The Phantom 3 Standard Is the Perfect Drone for Beginners

When DJI released the Phantom 3 Drone, we told you they were the Apple of drones. If that Phantom 3 was the iPhone 6, the new Phantom 3 Standard is the iPhone 5S. It might not have all the same hardware or the same fancy specs, but it will get…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Link Roundups
Deadpool – Red Band Trailer

If you like some levity to accompany the machismo of an action-based superhero movie, Deadpool is what you're looking for. The, well, different superhero is finally getting the big screen time he deserves. Starring Ryan Reynolds as the foul-mouthed anti-hero, Deadpool hits theaters in February. Here's your first NSFW look at the film.

By Mike Newman
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See the Lexus Hoverboard In Action

A couple months ago, Lexus teased us with the mysterious unveiling of a "working" hoverboard. But with years of disappointment since the moment Marty McFly piqued our interest, we figured it best to wait and see. Well, now we can see. Lexus just released the first video of its hoverboard, SLIDE, in…

By Mike Newman
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Watch Robbie Maddison Ride Waves On a Dirt Bike

For two years, Robbie Maddison, a motorbike stunt rider from Australia, trained to ride his dirt bike on the waves of the Pacific. Impossible? We would have said so, until we saw  Pipe Dream. The video is the culmination of all that training, as Maddison took to the iconic waves of…

By Mike Newman
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The Nokia OZO Is the First Commercially Available Virtual Reality Camera

As we wait patiently for the Oculus Rift to usher in the new era of virtual reality, other brands are getting us excited for the possibilities ahead. Nokia, for example, just unveiled OZO, the world's first commercially available virtual reality camera. Similar in design to the lightsaber training device Luke used in Star…

By Mike Newman
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