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The latest in tech: the newest products, most exciting innovations and biggest releases.

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Black Book: 14 Products Our Editors Loved in July 2026
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The Cool Shop

What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

By Lanny Fuller
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The Rise of Prediction Culture

From sports to pop culture, Polymarket is changing how we engage with what happens next.

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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
Cameras
Camera Wrist Strap

For a while we were convinced there was one company making all the wrist straps that are included with most point-and-shoot digital cameras. Just one little uninspired-to-get-creative-because-there's-no-competition company out there churning these things out by the case full. The YKK Zipper company of camera straps. Instead of being stuck with that same boring…

By Mike Newman
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Computers
Crypteks USB

Despite looking like a prop from a cinematic adaptation of some Dan Brown novel, the Crypteks USB is actually a very real way of keeping your most important info safe. Instead of keeping digital tax files, private corporate documents and loads and loads of porn on some USB drive that could…

By Mike Newman
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Videos
The Story of Nooka

We make no bones about the fact that we love just about everything that comes out of Nooka. We've gone behind the curtain at their offices. We've profiled the man with the plan. Hell, we even sell their watches in Shop Cool Material. Behind it all is a desire to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Miniatur Wunderland

Watching You Tube videos has made us do a lot of crazy things, but it's never made us plan a vacation... until now. We have officially decided to visit Hamburg just to see Miniatur Wunderland. For over 20,800 days of man hours, artists and engineers in Hamburg have been constructing…

By Cooper Fleishman
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“If Money Was No Object” Wishlist

You won't find any of these items at the bottom of a pile of soccer moms at your local Wal-Mart. In fact, you won't find them in many stores at all. This is the gear you'd ask Santa for and he'd even be like, "Whoa, who do I look like,…

By Mike Newman
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