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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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Tech
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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Tech
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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Tech
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
Videos
A Dramatic Surprise on a Quiet Square

You probably know TNT as the network for Law & Order and occasional viewings of The Shawshank Redemption and Die Hard 2, but over in Belgium, they've been without Jerry Orbach's unimpressed disposition and the network that knows drama. Until now. To launch TNT over in Belgium, they decided to…

By Mike Newman
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Amplifiear

So many of the products we find are simple in premise. We see them and think, "Dammit, why didn't we think of a portable computer so we could swim in gold coins?" Then it quickly dawns on us, even if we had that brilliant flash in our skulls, we wouldn't…

By Mike Newman
Amplifiear
Phones
Turn Any Ride Into a Racecar With XLR8

Your car might do 0-60 in the double-digits, but now at least it won't sound like a quiet washing machine when it attempts to do so. With the XLR8 app, your ride can sound like a Ferrari, a GT40, a classic muscle car or another far manly automobile than the…

By Mike Newman
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Drinks
Craft Beer App

We spend way too much money on apps for our iPhones. It's so hard to say no when something only costs $1, and it's even more difficult when the app you're considering is basically an encyclopedia of craft beer. The Craft Beer App has (deep breath): an enormous database of craft…

By Cooper Fleishman
Craft Beer App
Videos
Turntable Rider by COGOO

We don't know what inspired COGOO to trade in a mixer and pair of Technics for a couple of wheels and some pegs, but for our viewing pleasure we're glad they had such a bizarre brainstorm. When the bike in question gets hooked up to an iPhone, every trick the…

By Mike Newman
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