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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
Videos
Micro Mayhem!

What would happen if Quentin Tarantino directed a claymation short about Twisted Metal? Micro Mayhem!

By Cooper Fleishman
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Phones
10 New Apps You Should Know

Since new apps get released at an incredible rate, we figured it only fair to keep you abreast of the best. Stop sifting through all the terrible games and little life helpers to find some gems and break out your iPhone or Android device and get to downloading some of…

By Mike Newman
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Videos
Making Your Own Pen

We consider ourselves to be pretty handy. Drawing up and building pipe shelves, replacing floor boards and homemade kegerators are no problem for us. But this, this is a whole new level. A pen conceptualized, designed and built soup to nuts by one crafty dude and a CNC machine. Check…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Videos
Beastie Boys on Being Stupid

We love Beastie Boys. We love PBS. The combination of the two for the latest installment of Blank on Blank is better than the sum of it's parts. Find five minutes in your day and check out the lost interview from 1985 animated for 2013.

By Cooper Fleishman
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Accessories
Cordito Cord Wrap

Traveling with cables is a pain in the ass. They get buried in the bottom of your bag, separated from the wall adapter or tangled up in all the other stuff you decided to bring with. It's even worse when you consider the fact you need to travel with cables…

By Cooper Fleishman
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