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

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Black Book: 14 Products Our Editors Loved in July 2026
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The Cool Shop

What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

By Lanny Fuller
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The Rise of Prediction Culture

From sports to pop culture, Polymarket is changing how we engage with what happens next.

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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
Audio
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…

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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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The Datable

When we go out to a bar, we fashion ourselves like Ryan Gosling in Crazy, Stupid, Love. If you haven't seen the movie, basically he closes the deal real quick with any woman he meets by simply saying, "You wanna get out of here?" Unfortunately, this isn't always the case…

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Approved: Headphones

It took us two months to decide on the headphones we’re currently using. It’s not that we spent that time screwing around on the interwebs (partial lie), it’s just that there’s a lot to decide on when picking up a new pair of cans. If you’re in the market, here…

By Mike Newman
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Gabi for iPhone

Spend 10 seconds on Facebook and you'll be inundated with crap: Updates about how bad someone's commute is, pictures of children doing nothing of interest and friends yelling YOLO despite the fact they're wasting their time on Facebook. For a visually pleasing way to see only the good stuff, there's…

By Mike Newman
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