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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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World’s First Dual-Screen Smartphone

Put simply, the YotaPhone 2 combines a 5" AMOLED Full HD 1920x1080 and a 4.7" e-paper 960x540 display into a single Android package. Rather than just putting a logo and some fine print information on the back of the phone, YotaPhone uses the real estate for the always-on e-paper display…

By Cooper Fleishman
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How To Throw A Left Hook

Along with driving a manual car, pefectly grilling a steak and tying a tie, throwing a proper punch is one of those things every guy should know. Thanks to the Internet, renowned MMA Coach John Winklejohn and UFC fighter Carlos Condit, we can all learn the power of the left…

By Cooper Fleishman
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u-Jays On-Ear Headphones

The Swedes know a thing or two about stunning minimal design. While that's usually seen in clean pieces of furniture, here's a bit of it in a pair of on-ear headphones. Developed over the course of two years, the u-JAYS blend an authentic listening experience with a design that's free…

By Mike Newman
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True Detective Season 2 – Trailer #2

There's no Rust Cohle, but with the second trailer for the coming season of True Detective, we get to see a little more of the four main characters—including a serious Vince Vaughn. And with lines like "My strong suspicion is, we get the world we deserve," it's still got that…

By Mike Newman
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Sony Bluetooth Speaker Lightbulb

There have been a few options for getting audio out of a standard light socket before—a few even also had a light source—but none of them really looked like lightbulbs or bore the Sony name. The electronics giant has combined the best of both the Bluetooth speaker and smart light…

By Cooper Fleishman
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