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The latest in tech: the newest products, most exciting innovations and biggest releases.

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Black Book: 14 Products Our Editors Loved in July 2026
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The Cool Shop

What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

By Lanny Fuller
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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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XtremeMac Tango TRX iPhone Dock

At any given point in time you could walk into the nearest store and buy some crazy accessory, gadget, attachment, or condom for an Apple device. We weren't paying attention when Prof was talking about market saturation but we assume it's something along the lines of the current Apple accessory…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Roundup
When Werner Herzog Rescued Joaquin Phoenix

In this animated short famed film director Werner Herzog recounts the time he rescued Joaquin Phoenix from lighting a deadly cigarette.

By Tim Jacobsen
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Kensington PowerBack™ Battery Case with Kickstand and Dock

One of the most frustrating things on the planet is having an electronic device die while you're in the middle of using it. That and accidentally biting your tongue. While there is no cure for poor mouth dexterity, you can solve the dead battery device problem on your iPad with…

By Wylie Overstreet
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80’s Boombox Portable Digital Music Player

Not much good came out of the eighties. Any positive cultural additions (the films of John Hughes, The Ferrari Testarossa, Cindy Crawford) were mitigated by an overwhelming number of bad additions (leg warmers, synth pop, any and all hairstyles). Boomboxes were an exemplary positive addition, but with the advent of…

By Wylie Overstreet
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Detroit Lives

We'd like to think that you don't believe anything everything you hear on the news. Detroit - as it's painted in the media - is nothing but ruin porn (interviewees words, not ours). But just like the whole Jeff Goldblum thing, we were lied to... kind of. Sure, Detroit is…

By Cooper Fleishman
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