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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
Cameras
Dot for iPhone

When you go to a party you can either a) Party (obviously) or b) Spend the evening snapping pictures and capturing video.  As much as we love all our camera toys we also happen to love having a few beers and drawing on our passed-out buddy's face.  Thanks to Dot…

By Mike Newman
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Audio
Clingo Parabolic Sound Sphere

If there's one thing we learned from that drunken night we stole a traffic cone and ran around the streets shouting nonsense it's how the right shape can amplify sound so perfectly (also that Mind Erasers are a bit too delicious).  The parabolic shape of this aptly named Parabolic Sound Sphere…

By Mike Newman
parabolic-sound-sphere
Computers
USB Film Roll

In the ever relevant words of Forrest Gump, "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." Don't get us wrong, we like chocolate as much as the next guy (but nowhere near as much as any woman), but we'll take a box of vintage…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Computers
HandyShell iPad 2 Case

You might think shelling out over $50 for an iPad 2 case is a bit absurd.  Hey, we won't fight you on that, but we have no problem in investing in one that has all the added benefits the HandyShell iPad 2 Case does.  Think of it as buying a…

By Mike Newman
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Phones
Red Pop iPhone Camera Button

Hand someone your point-and-shoot digital and ask them to snap a picture of you and chances are they'll figure out how to do it (unless they are really, really old in which case you're just a poor decision maker).  Hand someone your iPhone and ask them to take a picture…

By Mike Newman
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