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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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A Gun That Makes and Fires Paper Airplanes

The wheel. Sliced bread. All you can eat buffets. There have been a lot of brilliant ideas throughout history, but this man had one that takes the cake (Disclaimer: It doesn't actually take the cake, but it is pretty cool). He built a gun that not only fires paper airplanes,…

By Mike Newman
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The HTC RE Camera Challenges the GoPro

Even though it looks like a periscope for a toy sub, the new RE camera from HTC is actually an action camera with its sights set on the GoPro. HTC clearly designed it to be as straightforward and simple to use so it would appeal to the widest audience. It can…

By Mike Newman
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Plastc Is All Your Credit Cards in One

Alright, George Costanza, it's seriously time to pare down that wallet. Keep all the receipts and business cards you want, but Plastic will at least help you clear out all those credit and debit cards. Similar to Coin, Plastc is an all-in-one credit card that stores your credit, debit, gift,…

By Mike Newman
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TRS-80 “Formula ’71” Music Video

TRS-80 is a band from Chicago built on a foundation of live drums and analog synthesizers. They just released a video for their track "Formula '71" that's set to four minutes of Steve McQueen's Le Mans. Here's hoping they re-release a Special Edition of the movie set completely to the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Turn Your iPhone 6 Into A Camera With The Snap! 6 Case

Instagram. Flickr. VSCO. Facebook. Twitter. There are a lot of places to upload your pictures once you've snapped them with your phone and plenty of apps to make them prettier before you do. The one thing that wasn't available before now was a physical way to make taking pictures with…

By Cooper Fleishman
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