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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
Transportation
SBU V3 – Self Balancing Unicycle

On the list of worst ways to get around, the unicycle is right next to the car from The Flintstones. Sure it leaves your hands free while you ride, but, unless you're a circus bear, who has the time to learn how to use one? The SBU V3 is a self…

By Mike Newman
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Computers
Game of Thrones Wallpapers

Keeping track of who's who on Game of Thrones is like being Kate Gosselin and trying to remember all your kids' friends. Even if you can't recall which House has gained your allegiance, you can at least pick out some nice looking wallpaper for your desktop based solely on design.…

By Mike Newman
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Videos
Berkeley Ridiculously Automated Dorm (BRAD)

Ah, college, it's a time when most of us gain our greatest life skills (like figuring out how to pass a class without actually attending). While we devoted most of our time towards social achievements rather than scholarly (sp?) ones, we did pick up a bunch of knowledge we've implemented in our…

By Mike Newman
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Phones
Une Bobine

As a species, we're getting weaker and weaker. Cavemen didn't complain about sore muscles after hunting all day (we assume), but recently we've developed things like "iPad neck" and FaceTime shoulder cramps. Luckily, while we shrivel into a breed of girlie men, we happen to be getting smarter and smarter,…

By Mike Newman
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Videos
The Watch Trailer

Put Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Richard Ayoade (Moss from the IT Crowd) in a movie together and we'll watch it. It doesn't matter if said movie is about something as mundane as the neighborhood watch because the four of them will find a way to make it…

By Cooper Fleishman
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