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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
Looper Voice Recorder

There are some products that are so intuitively simple and amusing that you can't help but love them. The Looper Voice Recorder is one of those products. If we had any electrical engineering skill whatsoever we'd have wish we made it. Even if we did, it wouldn't have come out…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Videos
Mercedes-Benz Silver Slipstreams

Extreme downhill skateboarding - a sport often referred to as insane and terrifying - is actually a precision dance between man and road, requiring the utmost in performance from both the rider and the piece of hardwood with four wheels attached to it. It’s fitting that Mercedes Benz chose to…

By Kevin McCauley
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Cameras
Gear Patrol x DSPTCH Camera Straps

We know first hand how many pictures the guys over at Gear Patrol take. Let's just say they might as well invest in few SD card companies. So this collection of camera straps they just came out with in conjunction with DSPTCH is totally fitting for them and damn sharp for…

By Mike Newman
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Videos
Absolut Transform Today

If hard alcohol brands were honest, their commercials would just be a bunch of people stumbling home from the bar attempting to jump over trashcans and slurring their speech. That probably wouldn't move a lot of product, however, so brands have had to get innovative. This latest ad/short movie from…

By Mike Newman
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Libratone Loop

Most Bluetooth wireless speakers that function with AirPlay, PlayDirect or DLNA are concerned about things like being waterproof, available in a Big Box of colors or some other novelty that we know exists but can't quite think of right now. Until now, there hasn't really been an "affordable" (quotes because…

By Cooper Fleishman
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