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Tech

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
Phones
Mailbox for iPhone

We can't remember a more buzzed about app that had nothing to do with flinging feathered animals or playing some easily cheat-able form of Scrabble. Mailbox for iPhone had a waiting list longer than a Friday night at The Cheesecake Factory for quite sometime. Now it's available to everyone, and…

By Mike Newman
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Videos
Man of Steel – Trailer 3

The third trailer for Man of Steel packs more emotion into a superhero movie teaser than any we've seen before. The only thing more interesting than the raw feelings that seem to be in the movie (a father trying to help his outcast son, a boy who simply wants to…

By Mike Newman
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Cameras
Ricoh GR

Chances are you're gonna drop a pretty penny if you're in the market for a new camera. Whether you're looking for a point-and-shoot or a DSLR, you basically pay for quality. So it just makes sense that you'll want to save a couple of bucks when you can while not…

By Mike Newman
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Tech
Plair TV Dongle

How many times have been watching a video on your laptop, iPad, iPhone, Android, smartphone, tablet, etc. while you were sitting on your couch? Unless you're nothing like us, there's probably a TV less than twenty feet away that it would look and sound much better on. Why don't you…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Audio
LSTN Wood Troubadour Headphones

If you have many leather-bound books and an apartment that smells of rich mahogany, we've found your headphones. Actually, all thing considered, the Troubadour cans from LSTN won't even set you back as much as some really good scotch. Available in Beech Wood, Cherry Wood, or Ebony Wood, each pair…

By Mike Newman
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