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Tech

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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Tech
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
Phones
The Infinite Loop Tablet and Phone Stand

The first thing on most people's lists when they pick up a new piece of tech is to look for accessories. It doesn't matter if you just bought a brand spanking new iPhone or iPad or an Android device or even a Blackberry, you're going to need - at the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Computers
Lacie Porsche Design P’9230 Hard Drive

Let's be totally honest here, Lacie peripherals are ridiculously expensive. $120 for a 1TB external hard drive is approximately twice as much as whatever Newegg currently has on sale from a different, no-name vendor you've never heard of. You could buy that hard drive and it would, in theory, do…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Audio
iBamboo Electricity-Free Speaker

If you need a serious speaker system to blast whatever garage rock or hip-hop you've got loaded on your iPhone, the iBamboo is probably not the ideal unit for you.  However, if you like to chill-out with some jazz, classical or ancient Gregorian Chant (shot in the dark) the electricity-free…

By Mike Newman
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Audio
UCube USB Speakers

If you use your desktop or laptop to listen to music (who doesn't these days) you definitely feel our pain when it comes to affordable, quality options for speakers. We didn't have a problem shelling out over a grand for a laptop, but we expected a little more in the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Audio
Audyssey Lower East Side Media Speakers

Analog is supposedly far superior to digital in everything but convenience. Call us lazy, but being able to access damn near our entire library of music with something smaller than a pack of smokes (that also happens to make phone calls) is worth the sacrifice. With the Audyssey Lower East…

By Cooper Fleishman
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