Skip to Content
Gear & Tech
Travel
Watches
Fashion
Lifestyle
Guides
steals

Get the Cool Material Newsletter

Insider recommendations, the best deals, and the most unique products & experiences, delivered right to your inbox.

Subcribe

Tech

The latest in tech: the newest products, most exciting innovations and biggest releases.

1
Tech
The Rise of Prediction Culture
By Cool Material
1
Tech
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
1
Tech
Black Book: 13 Products Our Editors Loved in June 2026

The products our editors have been obsessed with in June 2026.

By Cool Material
1
Tech
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
Dexter Season 7 Sneak Peek

"Dexter, what the fuck?" Seriously. We don't even know where to begin about our feelings for the show that somehow made a serial killer a cool anti-hero. On September 30, we finally find out if any season of Dexter will ever dethrone the Lithgow one.

By Cooper Fleishman
video-Dexter-Season-7-Sneak-Peek-th
Audio
1Q Bluetooth Sound System

Depending on your home's design, the current wave of Bluetooth speakers might not fit in with their surroundings. If you have a rustic theme running through your rooms, a Jambox will seem as out of place as Jet Li in a romantic comedy. The 1Q is an ideal alternative if…

By Mike Newman
1Q-Bluetooth-Sound-System-th
Phones
Romo Smart Phone Robot

We've waited far too long for our own Rosie. Ever since we first watched The Jetsons, we have been making plans for all the things our friendly robot would do for us - take out the trash, clean the house, NOT start an uprising. Most of our wishes are a…

By Mike Newman
Romo-Smart-Phone-Robot-th
Phones
Untappd for iPhone and Android

We've got a feeling you don't really care when your friend "Checks In" at the local supermarket. That information impacts your life in no way whatsoever. "Oh, you're picking up some produce and Greek yogurt? Thanks for informing everyone!" With Untappd for your iPhone or Android, you get only the…

By Mike Newman
Untappd-for-iPhone-and-Android-th
Computers
L8 SmartLight

Do you sit at your computer constantly refreshing both your Twitter feed and Facebook page eagerly awaiting comments on your most recent hilarious update? Do you feel like the world is passing by while you do? If so, the L8 SmartLight can help. The little LED-filled square can alert you…

By Mike Newman
L8-SmartLight-th