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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
Audio
Bowers & Wilkins C5 Headphones

If you're in the market for a new pair of headphones you have more options than Don Draper at a secretary convention.  First you have to make the initial decision of whether you are going in-ear or not.  If you are, just be forewarned that many of the possible canal-fillers…

By Mike Newman
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Acoustic Lab Zeta 2.0 Speakers

We make no bones about the fact that there are a lot of speakers that can easily be classified as cool material. Some of them do double duty as headphones and speakers. Some of them wirelessly receive audio. Some of them are so far out of the box it's hard…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Phones
Pro Slider Case for iPhone 4

It's a bizarre rule of nature that no matter how sure-handed you are, a cellphone is like a greased pig. Sure, they wouldn't be called "slippery" by anyone, but everybody's reached for their iPhone only to have it shoot from their palm like someone was using the force to pull…

By Mike Newman
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Audio
Audio-Technica AT-SPG51 Rugged Speaker

All the best parties have music. It doesn't matter if it's a barbecue, a club banger or a barmitzvah, there's always music. Your playlist might not be the most popular one in existence, but that doesn't mean you don't have a right to play it - especially if you're the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
USB Wall Outlet

When was the last time you needed to charge something that didn't require connecting a USB cable to some sort of funky dongle and then hooking it into the wall? The only thing we can think of off the top of our heads is the charger for our cordless drill.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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