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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
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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
Computers
Goods: Digital Artist

Part of the beauty of digital art is that you don’t need dozens of brushes, tubes of paint, or other messy supplies—just a gorgeous monitor, a drawing tablet, and some software. Even so, it doesn’t hurt to have some extra tools to make creating, storing, and sharing your artwork easier.…

By Cool Material Guest
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Audio
Kendall Portable Speaker

We love new, fancy, high tech gadgets to the point that any third party observer would probably consider it an unhealthy obsession. But as of late, we've been far more interested in cramming all those creature comforts we've become used to (Bluetooth, rechargeable lithium batteries, modern amps and speakers, etc.)…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Phones
Samsung Galaxy S4

What's worse than smudgy fingerprints on your phone's screen? Well, a lot of things (bears with sword hands), but it is still annoying. With the Samsung Galaxy S4, those are a thing of the past (sort of). Smart Scroll allows the device to detect when someone is looking at it,…

By Mike Newman
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Computers
Asus Transformer AiO

Outside of everyone's favorite All in One computer (iMac, obviously), we've never considered ourselves fans. In the PC world, it always seemed like you were making some sort of sacrifice for the convenience of having a computer with a monitor built in to it. It wasn't powerful enough; or the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Videos
Kick-Ass 2 Trailer

If you missed the first Kick-Ass movie it could be described as Spider-Man meets Kill Bill. It had the familiar origin story of a misfit teenager gaining super powers, except with way more blood and katanas. Kick-Ass 2 brings in more superheros and villains, promising to be more along the…

By Cool Material Guest
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