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The Rise of Prediction Culture

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

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.

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Bose VideoWave System

Bose Audio is known for... well, audio. You've probably wandered in to one of their showrooms and been impressed by the big sound coming from a set of speakers the size of sugar cubes. We're not sure how they do this--elfish pixie dust, probably--but the results speak for themselves. Bose…

By Wylie Overstreet
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Microsoft LifeCam Studio

Most men tend to avoid Best Buy like the plague unless absolutely necessary (read: new TV end of January, early February) because sales people suck and the prices aren't anything to write home about. The Microsoft LifeCam Studio is about to change all of that... kind of. It's exclusive to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Powerbeats In-Ear Headphones

If you were going to base a headphone purchase on a celebrity recommendation, who would it be? Katy Perry? Halloween costumes for the lady maybe, but not headphones. Kanye? Yeah, right. How about Dr. Dre? Yeah, that's what we were thinking too. Dre teamed up with Monster (yeah, the crazy…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The MoviePeg for iPad

You've got yourself a new iPad, and you've got yourself that brand shiny new copy of Hello Dolly! and you're just jumpin' out of your skin to watch it. Questionable film tastes aside, you're going to soon realize that holding an iPad for two hours straight is surprisingly unfun. That's…

By Wylie Overstreet
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Audyssey South of Market iPhone Dock

When it comes to gadgets, bells and whistles are all that matter. If they didn't, you would still be rocking a Startac instead of that app happy, death grip susceptible, toilet entertainment device known as the iPhone. The same goes for your dock. Why just have speakers and charging when…

By Cooper Fleishman
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