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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
Computers
Montana Black 2GB USB Stick

With options like Dropbox, Drive and Skydrive (yes, they're actually two different things), you probably have little or no use for anything that connects via USB that isn't a keyboard or mouse. But if you do find yourself taking the occasional file to or from work, Montana has a new…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Phones
Quirky Cipher Business Card Stylus

Quirky's newest product is pretty aptly named. It's a wallet-sized card made of capacitive material which makes it interact with any touch-screen perfectly with any touch screen device. Why is this important? We're tired of burrito fingering everything on our iPhones, Androids, iPads and car navigation systems. We love the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Tech
Leap Interactive Computer Controller

Have you ever thought about what the world would be like if we actually lived in Minority Report? Or accidentally touched your computer monitor thinking it was your phone or iPad? Grown tired of constantly having to clean finger prints off of your screen when other people actually point things…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Rockmate iPad App

For some reason, we don’t care about the fact it costs an extra few bucks to add sweet potato fries (or extra cheese) to anything, but $3 for an app is criminal. We’ll happily pay $1 for just about anything, but what about $3? Rockmate by Fingerlab is definitely worth…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Makey Makey Invention Kit

Being responsible for an invention that changes the world has been a dream of ours since we were little. It doesn’t matter if you’re designing your dream pad out of Legos or designing a new pen to put on Kickstarter, you’re inventing on some level. The Makey Makey Invention Kit…

By Cooper Fleishman
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