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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
Cinemagram

We plan on releasing an app that ends in -gram sometime soon to piggyback off the success of Instagram and hope people think our apps are related. What will our app do?  No clue. We don't even know how to make one.  With this mindset, we are wary of any photo…

By Mike Newman
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Empty Memory 4GB USB Drive

Even with all the different Dropbox-like services available we still find ourselves toting a USB stick on our keys or in our bag. We'd love to think that all the information on the Internet is secure, but time has shown that even the big names in "cloud" storage screw up…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Videos
Justice – ON’N’ON

The video for Justice's "ON'N'ON" reminds us of an old-school video game. You're either in a car or a spaceship, and stuff just keeps coming straight at you, only you're too slow to dodge it so you slam your controller down in frustration. Only difference—this soundtrack doesn't suck.

By Mike Newman
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JBL OnBeat Xtreme

With all the handheld gadgets we own and time we spend staring at them, we probably will evolve into some sort of craned-neck species. Human candy canes. If you're looking for one audio system for them all, there's the OnBeat Xtreme from JBL. It docks your entire Apple catalog (iPhone, iPod and iPad)…

By Mike Newman
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Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter – Official Trailer

We know what you're thinking, "Not another movie featuring an axe-wielding Abraham Lincoln fighting hoards of zombies!?" In an already oversaturated niche genre ("Ex-Presidents Battling The Undead"), comes this offering from Tim Burton. Wait, Tim Burton directed it, and it's weird? What are the odds? Based off the crazy-ass book, this is the official…

By Mike Newman
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