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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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An Animated History of the Hamburger

We've never really wondered about how a delicious slab of meat sandwiched between two pieces of bread became a thing, but that doesn't stop us from being any less enthralled by An Animated History of the Hamburger. Food historian (yes, apparently that's a thing) George Motz and animator Jorge Corona…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Batteriser Makes Your Batteries Last 8x Longer

All batteries suck, but at least the ones in your mobile devices can be effectively recharged for a while. That's not true for the AA, AAA, C and D batteries living inside your remote, mouse, keyboard and controller because even the rechargeable options for those batteries suck. Batteriser aims to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Lomography Petzval 58 Bokeh Control Art Lens

Joseph Petzval sparked a photographic revolution in 1840 when he invented his original lens. In the same style as the Petzal 85 portrait lens from 2013, this new Petzal 58 Bokeh Control Art Lens from Lomography aims to give you DSLR fans control over that sweet, swirly bokeh in the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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GoPro HERO+ LCD

The latest updated to the classic GoPro HERO is pretty big one. Borrowing a bit from the HERO 4 Silver, the new HERO+ LCD comes complete with its own built-in LCD touchscreen for easier menu navigation, picture previews, and playback. To go with the new screen, the HERO+ LCD can also…

By Mike Newman
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The 1980s Apple Macintosh Phone Concept

There will be plenty of news soon about the latest mobile release from Apple, but it got Bangkok-based artist Pierre Cerveau to thinking about what Apple's flagship product would have looked like if it had been released long before the first iPhone. Complete with Apple Macintosh Plus styling, the concept…

By Cooper Fleishman
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