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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
Cameras
Polaroid Z2300 Instant Digital Camera

What do you do when you fall off the horse? You get back on. (At least we've been told; we don't really ride horses, what with cars and all). In the time since Andre 3000 mentioned shaking your Polaroid glossies, the company has fallen off our radar. The Z2300 is…

By Mike Newman
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Computers
Google Nexus 7 Tablet

We're Apple fans. Love us or hate us, it's the truth. That being said, however, we are above all fans of simply awesome gear. While the iPad has dominated the barren tablet market for some time now, it appears some worthy challengers are on the horizon. If one of these…

By Mike Newman
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Videos
Kate Upton: Behind The Scenes

We're not the kinds of guys who keep giant collections of magazines in our homes. We know guys who do, but it doesn't fit with the minimalist appeal we strive for. We read an issue and we're done with it. There's no bookshelf lined with rows of Esquire or stacks…

By Mike Newman
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Phones
YardSale iPhone App

Do you like buying new, or slightly used, goods through the Internet on the cheap? Getting sweet deals for buying local instead of through big box? Finding vintage and/or old stuff you had no idea you needed? Of course you do. We're not going to discount the fact that Craigslist…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Phones
Snooze iPhone Alarm Dock

Technology has done a great job of making everything small and portable, but it's also given quite a few people (including us) a serious case of Internet addiction. Once your head finally does hit your pillow though, you don't want to deal with the world out there. You want to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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