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Tech

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
Audio
JBL MS-8 Car Audio Equalizer

Pairing the phrase "high end" with anything related to an automobile is something that will make any man hurt where it counts most - in his wallet. It always starts harmlessly enough as a new stereo but quickly turns into a sunroof, leather package, rims, intake - you get the…

By Cooper Fleishman
JBL MS-8 Car Audio Equalizer
Phones
iPhone 4 Gumdrop Cases

Firstly, we're not gonna lie... we'll likely be getting iPhone 4's when they debut, just like you.  That rhymed. Secondly, considering one our editors has--while drunk--accidentally dropped his current iPhone down an elevator shaft (we are not making this up), it's probably best to buy that new iPhone 4 a…

By Wylie Overstreet
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Philips Fidelio Primo iPod/iPhone Docking Speaker

There isn't a single audio or electronics company that isn't making an iPod/iPhone dock these days, but what separates the brand you're normally used to finding at Wal-Mart from all the others out there is the fact that this one doesn't so much look like a dock as it does…

By Cooper Fleishman
Philips Fidelio Primo iPod iPhone Docking Speaker
The Roundup
Nike Trackbike Football

Being amazingly good at just one sport is difficult enough - just ask Ronaldo or Armstrong. Sure, you make shitloads of money in endorsements and get more tail than the entire cast of Ocean's Eleven, but there's also the perception (or reality) that you're a huge douche. So what happens…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Aiaiai TMA-1 DJ Headphones

How do you a judge the effectiveness of a pair of DJ headphones? According to Jon Schumann (Mannhandle's music production god) it has to be able to withstand a night of "playing very loud, getting very drunk, and getting stepped on" and the Aiaiai TMA-1 is the first product that…

By Cooper Fleishman
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