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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
Transportation
Mercedes C63 AMG Edition 507

Somewhere in the sparsely populated city of Affalterbach, Germany, the AMG Performance Studio was restless. Idle minds - you get the idea. Introducing the more aggressive Mercedes C63 AMG "Edition 507." The performance wizards at AMG have magically coaxed an additional 56 horsepower out of its 6.3 litre V8 bringing…

By Kevin McCauley
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Phones
HTC One

For a company with the slogan "Quietly brilliant," HTC sure has put a lot of their chips in the audio category with their latest offering. The HTC One won't make you cringe when you're playing some music or a watching a movie without a pair of headphones clamped to your…

By Mike Newman
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Videos
Bicycled Bikes

Even if you don't consider all the projects on Pinterest you could get lost in, there are countless manly "recycling" projects out there. None of them compares to Bicycled. The creative project from LOLA Madrid turns scrap car parts into bikes. Check out the video below.

By Cooper Fleishman
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Videos
Waiting Out Winter

Vintage motorcycles will always be cool. Andrew David Watson's Vimeo videos will also always be cool. The combination of the two is even better. Focused on Cast & Salvage in Philly, Waiting Out Winter is an homage to all the craftspeople who spend winter in their shops. Oh yeah, and…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Audio
Ion Portable USB Turntable and Cassette Deck

Don't look now, but cassette tapes are making a comeback. It was bound to happen. Despite their inefficiencies, hipsters were bound to hop on the old school mixtape bandwagon eventually. Now that indie labels are releasing tapes again, you can listen along with your other retro music means, the turntable. This…

By Mike Newman
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