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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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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
Entertainment
Hot Wheels iNitro Speeders

It doesn't matter if you're three, thirteen or thirty, men will never grow out of Hot Wheels cars. Hot Wheels cars will always be fun to play with even if you happen to be too "old" to have a sweet track to race them through. They're even cooler now because…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Audio
Zooka

The biggest issue we have with the iPad is the audio (well, and not supporting Flash and general addictiveness). Sure, a quick solution is a Bluetooth speaker set up, but once we're out of range that sucker is pointless. Seeing as how the iPad is a device for the go, tying it…

By Mike Newman
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Computers
Papernomad Sleeves

To be honest, securing an iPad in a paper sleeve sounds fairly scary to us. It would be like sending a high-priced running back onto the field in one of those old school leather helmets. The paper loving folks over at Papernomad think otherwise though, and you'll be glad they do if…

By Mike Newman
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Videos
Making of a Shade

Since our first wood shop class, we've looked for ways we could create the things we would normally buy. Usually this consisted of end tables, small bowls and Pinewood Derby cars, primarily due to a lack of imagination and an advanced skill set. These are two issues Soren Berger does not wrestle…

By Mike Newman
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Serene Audio Speakers

To some, speakers are simply pieces of equipment that get placed in corners, partially hidden from view. They deliver acceptable audio in an aesthetically bland design. We're going to go out on a limb and say, that as a reader of Cool Material, you are not one of these people. If you're…

By Mike Newman
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