Top Five Tech Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/top-five-tech Get my top five picks of the week with something to watch, listen, read, download, and a deep thought all about tech! Delivered every Friday, by Stephen Robles. © 2026 Stephen Robles cd557262-1729-5573-a606-6c6a75ff2d5a yes en Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:04:39 -0400 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:05:55 -0400 https://topfive.tech https://img.transistorcdn.com/oqrRBN4uG1G--ps3aEy2j5TNsFCy_dggSFluHaAlnUo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80ODZm/NGY3NTZiODY1MDY3/NDczYjNhMWMwZDQ1/NGNkZS5qcGc.jpg Top Five Tech https://topfive.tech episodic Stephen Robles Get my top five picks of the week with something to watch, listen, read, download, and a deep thought all about tech! Delivered every Friday, by Stephen Robles. Get my top five picks of the week with something to watch, listen, read, download, and a deep thought all about tech. technology, apple, podcasts, ai, Mac, iPhone, apps, google, amazon, openai, anthropic, gemini, ChatGPT Stephen Robles No No Bob Ross × Mozart × Ferrari 7 7 Bob Ross × Mozart × Ferrari full 101c647b-2926-480b-89b5-bc0a0b84553b https://topfive.tech/7 Ferrari's first EV designed by Jony Ive, Sundar Pichai on Google's AI future, a seven-year-old video about the word you say every day, and a new RSS reader worth trying.

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Ferrari Luce Interior — MKBHD
https://youtube.com/watch?v=6Reu1WS3BhM


How Sundar Pichai Is Rethinking Google for the AI Era — Decoder with Nilay Patel
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/decoder-with-nilay-patel/id1011668648?i=1000769616958


Focused — with David Sparks and Mike Schmitz 

  • Note: My Episode releases Tuesday, June 2nd

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/focused/id1138055739


Why we say "OK" — Vox
https://youtu.be/1UnIDL-eHOs


Amethyst
https://amethyst.news


Inventory Shortcut
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Inventory Shortcut Demo
https://youtube.com/shorts/8c9hMTDAZr0


Bob Ross × Mozart × Fortnite
https://youtube.com/watch?v=q5HAEgkIaRM

]]> Ferrari's first EV designed by Jony Ive, Sundar Pichai on Google's AI future, a seven-year-old video about the word you say every day, and a new RSS reader worth trying.

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Ferrari Luce Interior — MKBHD
https://youtube.com/watch?v=6Reu1WS3BhM


How Sundar Pichai Is Rethinking Google for the AI Era — Decoder with Nilay Patel
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/decoder-with-nilay-patel/id1011668648?i=1000769616958


Focused — with David Sparks and Mike Schmitz 

  • Note: My Episode releases Tuesday, June 2nd

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/focused/id1138055739


Why we say "OK" — Vox
https://youtu.be/1UnIDL-eHOs


Amethyst
https://amethyst.news


Inventory Shortcut
https://shortcut.bot/3RA2Pvb


Inventory Shortcut Demo
https://youtube.com/shorts/8c9hMTDAZr0


Bob Ross × Mozart × Fortnite
https://youtube.com/watch?v=q5HAEgkIaRM

]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 07:00:00 -0400 Stephen Robles Stephen Robles 245 Ferrari's first EV designed by Jony Ive, Sundar Pichai on Google's AI future, a seven-year-old video about the word you say every day, and a new RSS reader worth trying.

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Ferrari Luce Interior — MKBHD
https://youtube.com/watch?v=6Reu1WS3BhM


How Sundar Pichai Is Rethinking Google for the AI Era — Decoder with Nilay Patel
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/decoder-with-nilay-patel/id1011668648?i=1000769616958


Focused — with David Sparks and Mike Schmitz 

  • Note: My Episode releases Tuesday, June 2nd

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/focused/id1138055739


Why we say "OK" — Vox
https://youtu.be/1UnIDL-eHOs


Amethyst
https://amethyst.news


Inventory Shortcut
https://shortcut.bot/3RA2Pvb


Inventory Shortcut Demo
https://youtube.com/shorts/8c9hMTDAZr0


Bob Ross × Mozart × Fortnite
https://youtube.com/watch?v=q5HAEgkIaRM

]]> technology, apple, podcasts, ai, Mac, iPhone, apps, google, amazon, openai, anthropic, gemini, ChatGPT No Creating vs Consuming, Arctic RV, Making iPhone Apps on iPhone 6 6 Creating vs Consuming, Arctic RV, Making iPhone Apps on iPhone full 9fdbbf64-0f62-4b0d-8b6c-0e5c3e421830 https://topfive.tech/6 A YouTube gem on making instead of consuming, the Antarctic Snow Cruiser disaster, an Apple Vision Pro doc on Real Madrid, the social app that unifies Bluesky and Mastodon, and Google brings vibe coding to Android phones.

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]]> technology, apple, podcasts, ai, Mac, iPhone, apps, google, amazon, openai, anthropic, gemini, ChatGPT No Antarctica's Secrets, I Am Not a Robot, Do You Hate AI? 5 5 Antarctica's Secrets, I Am Not a Robot, Do You Hate AI? full ff6679b1-56f8-4f8d-8d1f-5092c73f9e9a https://topfive.tech/5 Cleo Abram goes to Antarctica, Jonah Hill's interview on SmartLess, Joanna Stern's new book I Am Not a Robot is out, a few great Mac apps, and a commencement address clip reacting to AI.

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What's Really Under Antarctica - Cleo Abram
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfGEMCb6BQU


Watch the SmartLess Live Show with Jonah Hill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCvlPFnOC0o


SmartLess Live with Jonah Hill on Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jonah-hill-live/id1521578868?i=1000766700415


I Am Not a Robot
https://www.amazon.com/Am-Not-Robot-Almost-Everything/dp/0063446618


Contextly App
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/contextly-notes/id6762497168


Gnome - Share GIFs on a Mac
https://lexfriedman.com/gnome/


Today Menu Bar App
https://sindresorhus.com/today


UFC Commencement Video - Cabel Sasser on Bluesky
https://bsky.app/profile/cabel.panic.com/post/3mlk75u3om22e

]]> Cleo Abram goes to Antarctica, Jonah Hill's interview on SmartLess, Joanna Stern's new book I Am Not a Robot is out, a few great Mac apps, and a commencement address clip reacting to AI.

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What's Really Under Antarctica - Cleo Abram
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfGEMCb6BQU


Watch the SmartLess Live Show with Jonah Hill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCvlPFnOC0o


SmartLess Live with Jonah Hill on Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jonah-hill-live/id1521578868?i=1000766700415


I Am Not a Robot
https://www.amazon.com/Am-Not-Robot-Almost-Everything/dp/0063446618


Contextly App
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/contextly-notes/id6762497168


Gnome - Share GIFs on a Mac
https://lexfriedman.com/gnome/


Today Menu Bar App
https://sindresorhus.com/today


UFC Commencement Video - Cabel Sasser on Bluesky
https://bsky.app/profile/cabel.panic.com/post/3mlk75u3om22e

]]> Fri, 15 May 2026 08:55:50 -0400 Stephen Robles Stephen Robles 324 Cleo Abram goes to Antarctica, Jonah Hill's interview on SmartLess, Joanna Stern's new book I Am Not a Robot is out, a few great Mac apps, and a commencement address clip reacting to AI.

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What's Really Under Antarctica - Cleo Abram
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfGEMCb6BQU


Watch the SmartLess Live Show with Jonah Hill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCvlPFnOC0o


SmartLess Live with Jonah Hill on Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jonah-hill-live/id1521578868?i=1000766700415


I Am Not a Robot
https://www.amazon.com/Am-Not-Robot-Almost-Everything/dp/0063446618


Contextly App
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/contextly-notes/id6762497168


Gnome - Share GIFs on a Mac
https://lexfriedman.com/gnome/


Today Menu Bar App
https://sindresorhus.com/today


UFC Commencement Video - Cabel Sasser on Bluesky
https://bsky.app/profile/cabel.panic.com/post/3mlk75u3om22e

]]> technology, apple, podcasts, ai, Mac, iPhone, apps, google, amazon, openai, anthropic, gemini, ChatGPT No Hannah Fry on Claude, Acquired's Starbucks Story, Animated Earth 4 4 Hannah Fry on Claude, Acquired's Starbucks Story, Animated Earth full 5b6186c0-2db0-44b2-95e4-816192dee7f5 https://topfive.tech/4 Hannah Fry tests what AI agents can really do, the founding story of Starbucks on Acquired, the rise of clip farms, massive new data center debacle, and the Earth like no one has seen.

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Acquired: Starbucks with Howard Schultz
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/acquired/id1050462261?i=1000657758174


The Clippening — The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/report/920005/social-media-clipping-podcasts-clavicular-marketing-mrbeast


Claude and Grok as Roommates — 512 Pixels
https://512pixels.net/2026/05/claude-and-grok-roommates/


Hovercraft — Sandwich Vision
https://sandwich.vision/hovercraft


Earth GIF from Artemis II — Hank Green
https://youtu.be/OdO_g1S_MBU?si=9-QyFTfIZN_2eGjC

]]> Hannah Fry tests what AI agents can really do, the founding story of Starbucks on Acquired, the rise of clip farms, massive new data center debacle, and the Earth like no one has seen.

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Acquired: Starbucks with Howard Schultz
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/acquired/id1050462261?i=1000657758174


The Clippening — The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/report/920005/social-media-clipping-podcasts-clavicular-marketing-mrbeast


Claude and Grok as Roommates — 512 Pixels
https://512pixels.net/2026/05/claude-and-grok-roommates/


Hovercraft — Sandwich Vision
https://sandwich.vision/hovercraft


Earth GIF from Artemis II — Hank Green
https://youtu.be/OdO_g1S_MBU?si=9-QyFTfIZN_2eGjC

]]> Fri, 08 May 2026 07:00:00 -0400 Stephen Robles Stephen Robles 336 Hannah Fry tests what AI agents can really do, the founding story of Starbucks on Acquired, the rise of clip farms, massive new data center debacle, and the Earth like no one has seen.

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Acquired: Starbucks with Howard Schultz
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/acquired/id1050462261?i=1000657758174


The Clippening — The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/report/920005/social-media-clipping-podcasts-clavicular-marketing-mrbeast


Claude and Grok as Roommates — 512 Pixels
https://512pixels.net/2026/05/claude-and-grok-roommates/


Hovercraft — Sandwich Vision
https://sandwich.vision/hovercraft


Earth GIF from Artemis II — Hank Green
https://youtu.be/OdO_g1S_MBU?si=9-QyFTfIZN_2eGjC

]]> technology, apple, podcasts, ai, Mac, iPhone, apps, google, amazon, openai, anthropic, gemini, ChatGPT No AI Chatbots IRL, Software Brain, Vision Pro Rumors 3 3 AI Chatbots IRL, Software Brain, Vision Pro Rumors full a31e44f8-e358-470d-b67b-f84e19a2982d https://topfive.tech/3 John Oliver tackles AI chatbots, Nilay Patel on the AI backlash, swirling Vision Pro and MagSafe rumors, a fun wallpaper shortcut, and my take on actually useful AI.

]]> John Oliver tackles AI chatbots, Nilay Patel on the AI backlash, swirling Vision Pro and MagSafe rumors, a fun wallpaper shortcut, and my take on actually useful AI.

]]> Fri, 01 May 2026 07:00:00 -0400 Stephen Robles Stephen Robles 321 John Oliver tackles AI chatbots, Nilay Patel on the AI backlash, swirling Vision Pro and MagSafe rumors, a fun wallpaper shortcut, and my take on actually useful AI.

]]> technology, apple, podcasts, ai, Mac, iPhone, apps, google, amazon, openai, anthropic, gemini, ChatGPT No New Things, Hans Zimmer, Tim Cook Leadership Lesson 2 2 New Things, Hans Zimmer, Tim Cook Leadership Lesson full 6cfc735a-309a-4db6-81b7-728386900cda https://topfive.tech/2 Joanna Stern launched her "New Things," a look inside Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Studios, Jason's great commentary on Tim Cook, and on retiring from content creation (not me).

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Watch the Private Video
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Why I Quit The Wall Street Journal To Start This YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd2Dyr0m3BI

Tim Cook Steps Down. And Who is John Ternus? — With Joanna Stern
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXOLfijQzQc

Inside Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Studios — Twenty Thousand Hertz
https://www.20k.org/episodes/hans-zimmers-remote-control

Community Letter from Tim - Apple

https://www.apple.com/community-letter-from-tim/

Tim Cook’s Farewell Letter Just Revealed His Most Important Leadership Habit

https://apple.news/ADYipKBtITUKNC-wuMSx6jw

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I'm Retiring… Gerald Undone 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBqNa6Xa3Ns

]]> Joanna Stern launched her "New Things," a look inside Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Studios, Jason's great commentary on Tim Cook, and on retiring from content creation (not me).

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Why I Quit The Wall Street Journal To Start This YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd2Dyr0m3BI

Tim Cook Steps Down. And Who is John Ternus? — With Joanna Stern
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXOLfijQzQc

Inside Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Studios — Twenty Thousand Hertz
https://www.20k.org/episodes/hans-zimmers-remote-control

Community Letter from Tim - Apple

https://www.apple.com/community-letter-from-tim/

Tim Cook’s Farewell Letter Just Revealed His Most Important Leadership Habit

https://apple.news/ADYipKBtITUKNC-wuMSx6jw

Backup Your Shortcuts 

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I'm Retiring… Gerald Undone 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBqNa6Xa3Ns

]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:00:00 -0400 Stephen Robles Stephen Robles 355 Joanna Stern launched her "New Things," a look inside Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Studios, Jason's great commentary on Tim Cook, and on retiring from content creation (not me).

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Watch the Private Video
https://youtu.be/WcK0DdUcazk

Why I Quit The Wall Street Journal To Start This YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd2Dyr0m3BI

Tim Cook Steps Down. And Who is John Ternus? — With Joanna Stern
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXOLfijQzQc

Inside Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Studios — Twenty Thousand Hertz
https://www.20k.org/episodes/hans-zimmers-remote-control

Community Letter from Tim - Apple

https://www.apple.com/community-letter-from-tim/

Tim Cook’s Farewell Letter Just Revealed His Most Important Leadership Habit

https://apple.news/ADYipKBtITUKNC-wuMSx6jw

Backup Your Shortcuts 

https://shortcut.bot/shortcutsbackup

I'm Retiring… Gerald Undone 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBqNa6Xa3Ns

]]> technology, apple, podcasts, ai, Mac, iPhone, apps, google, amazon, openai, anthropic, gemini, ChatGPT No Mythos, Capture, and AT&T 1 1 Mythos, Capture, and AT&T full f83b2481-f15b-419d-a7ae-55781a9d5618 https://topfive.tech/1 What's the story on Mythos AI from Anthropic, a fascinating AT&T history lesson, a must-read Sam Altman profile, and the best app I’m using to save everything.

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