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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
Videos
What People Look Like Getting Tasered

We have this odd little part of us that wants to get tasered just to see what it feels like. This is an awful idea. Still, we aren't the only ones. The Taser Photoshoot beautifully highlights the reaction from folks getting a jolt from a stun gun.

By Mike Newman
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Hardwood Chairs For Your Tablet Or Laptop

Moku's idea for a chair involves premium wood sheets that are cross-grained and hydraulic hot-pressed for maximum durability and precision and then formed into a shape worthy of placement in the MoMA store. Unfortunately for us, all that crazy precision, durability and design came together to form a final product…

By Cooper Fleishman
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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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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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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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