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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
Audio
Chinon iPhone Speaker Feels Like Old Times

There are speakers you plug your iPhone into with a cable. Speakers you connect to with Bluetooth. Speakers that passively amplify sound (this is the old plastic cup trick). The Legato CH-PS840 from Chinon is one of the latter, but it's also different than other passive amps on the market.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Videos
Automata – Official Trailer

Set in the year 2044, Automata deals with the ever popular idea of potentially sentient robots. And while that may be a stale idea, there are few films that actually do the grand idea justice (see: I, Robot). Based on the trailer alone, we're thinking Automata might be one of the few…

By Mike Newman
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Audio
GIVEAWAY: Creative Sound Blaster Roar [CLOSED]

While it's almost assumed that audio from most portable Bluetooth speakers will pale in comparison to larger, more conventional units, the Sound Blaster Roar is one of few that defy expectations. Creative's incredibly impressive little speaker boasts a 5-driver chamber design, 2 amps, and a built-in sub to deliver performance…

By Mike Newman
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Creative Sound Blaster Roar

The Sound Blaster Roar is like a wolverine: it's diminutive in size but packs a serious punch. The team at Creative loaded an impressive bi-amplified 5-driver system with a subwoofer inside a case about the size of a hardcover book. It delivers seriously impressive bass along with crisp audio for an…

By Mike Newman
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Cameras
The Sony A5100 Is the World’s Smallest Interchangeable Lens Camera

There's a battle brewing in the camera world, and it isn't among cheap point-and-shoot models and it isn't between pricey DSLRs. The war is being waged somewhere in the middle between fairly affordable cameras that pack features that rival the big guys. The latest, and one of the finest, entries…

By Mike Newman
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