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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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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
Audio
Phiaton PS 20 BT’s

Any time we wear a pair of headphones that aren't wireless, we feel like one of those kids on a backpack leash you see at the mall. They get tangled, knotted and—with a quick turn of the head—can come flying off like that kid when he catches a whiff of Cinnabon. The…

By Mike Newman
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Cameras
Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera

If you want something done right, do it yourself. If something you want doesn't exist, make it yourself. This is the story of the throwable panoramic ball camera which started as a thesis project by Jonas Pfeil. You can't actually capture your world in three dimensions yet, but it's only…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Cameras
Lytro Camera

Look, there’s only so much Photoshop can do to fix a crappy photo. Even with that new un-blur thing Adobe just announced it still can’t account for your inability to focus. Basically that means if you’re too drunk to hold the camera steady you’re fine, but if you were too…

By Cool Material Guest
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Phones
Droid Razr

Back before touch screens, Angry Birds or internet connections measured in Gs, the Razr was the phone to have. Now Motorola’s bringing back the Razr name for a phone that’s sure to be just as desirable. True to its name, the Droid Razr is crazy thin—yes, even thinner than the…

By Cool Material Guest
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Audio
Audyssey Lower East Side Audio Dock Air

Unless you're talking about a designing a ridiculous Steampunk costume for Halloween, everything is better without wires—especially electronic equipment. Wires get tangled, look messy and someone will inevitably trip on them sooner or later. Cutting the cord was always a difficult proposition before because that meant you also had to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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