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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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Portable Bluetooth Speaker That Charges in 5 Minutes

We're not electrical engineers, so we're just going to let the people at Blueshift explain why supercapacitors are better than batteries for your portable Bluetooth speaker. "Batteries store energy chemically. Supercapacitors store energy physically, in an electric field. This allows supercapacitors to be charged very quickly, and to be extremely…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Watch Skiers wear LED Lightsuits in Afterglow

It's almost time to hit the slopes this season. Get inspired with the 3 minute Afterglow short, featuring skiers traversing Alaskan Mountain ranges in the middle of the night with 7,000 LEDs sewn to them. Enjoy the full movie here.

By Jeff Drumheller
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All New iMac With Retina Display

Screen size is no longer the only barometer that matters when it comes to measuring the awesomeness of your television. Those new, ridiculously expensive 4K TVs have a horizontal resolution of 4,000 pixels (hence the name 4K). The new iMac that Apple just unveiled has a 27" 5K display, which is…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Building The Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime

Patek Philippe is paying tribute to its 175th anniversary with the Grandmaster Chime Ref. 5175, which is the most complicated wristwatch they've ever built. They made a video of the entire process that's more than ten minutes of pure watch porn. This is truly extraordinary.

By Cooper Fleishman
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Timberland MarkMakers: Erin Lowder of Solemn Oath Brewery

That delicious syrupy thick Porter you're drinking required a lot of patience, attention to detail and work to create. In this episode of MarkMakers, Timberland visits with Erin Lowder of Solemn Oath Brewery in Chicago to see how a degree in fashion helps her relate to craft beer; from the back…

By Mike Newman
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