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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
Phones
Brewster

Sadly, this app has absolutely nothing to do with beer. You've stopped reading, haven't you? If you're still here, here are two quick selling points for Brewster: It's awesome and it's free. If you live your life through different social media streams, and who doesn't these days, Brewster will create…

By Mike Newman
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Parrot Zik Wireless Headphones

If you haven't been able to tell recently, we've kinda got an unhealthy obsession with headphones. We gladly sifted through tons to put this together, and here we are less than a week later with another pair we gotta tell you about. Parrot's offering is jam-packed with goodies. They've got…

By Mike Newman
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Mike Tompkins: Skrillex and Santigold Voice Mashup

Plenty of people have gotten famous because of YouTube, but few of them are as talented as Mike Tompkins. Part beatbox, part Ableton jockey and part expert Dubstep face maker, Tompkins combined Skrillex and Santigold in a way that would make both original artists proud. And he did it using…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Sounder Stand

We have a love/hate relationship with purchasing wooden amplifiers. We love how we can ditch wires and electricity and have a perfect product in one portable piece of wood, but we hate the feeling that we could have built the damn thing ourselves. The thing is, we've got DIY projects lined up…

By Mike Newman
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California Headphones

If you prefer crisp vocals and clean guitar riffs to skull-shaking beats, you may have a difficult time finding a pair of headphones that align with your tastes. California Headphone Company is looking to fill that void. If you're a rock, country or alternative music fan looking for a new…

By Mike Newman
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