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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.

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  1. New Era for MacBooks, Machine Gods, Instagram Tries TV Again

    Hands-on with Apple’s first touchscreen MacBook Pro, Kevin Roose and Casey Newton’s new AI podcast, a full workday on iPhone Duo, my new Apple TV dashboard app, and Instagram’s second try at long-form video. • Get the Newsletter (https://sh

  2. iPhone Duo Reviews, John Ternus Interview, and the Four Horsemen

    It’s iPhone Duo week, Apple CEO John Ternus talks foldables with TIME, my return to The Vergecast to discuss vibe-coding apps, a new free iPad app for Apple Home, and an 11-year-old Scott Galloway talk that saw a lot of today coming. • Get

  3. HomeView First Look, AI Doesn't Have Feelings, Walk Across Canada

    The best recaps of Apple’s Welcome Home event, Michael Fisher’s iPhone Duo interview, why Anthropic’s new Claude policy if off, an app to "walk" across Canada, and a TED talk asking if AI is turning us all into the same person. • Get the Ne

  4. The Real Danger of AI Agents, 3 Free Apps for Creators, Muse Mixed Bag

    Kurzgesagt explains how AI models broke containment and hacked Hugging Face, my interview on going independent, three free Mac apps I built this week, a clever iOS 27 Shortcuts launcher, and Alexandr Wang on Meta’s Muse agent. • Get the New

  5. YouTube's A/B Problem, Zuck on Muse and Glasses, Bill Gates on AI

    Craig Federighi goes in-depth on iPhone Duo, Joanna Stern questions Zuckerberg on AI and glasses, Bill Gates's blunt AI warning, Ron Johnson on building the Apple Store, a better Nextdoor, two great free apps, and MKBHD on YouTube's coming

  6. iPhone Duo Hands-On, Meta's Muse AI Has a Problem, Inside Star Wars

    Tom at Byte Review goes hands-on with the iPhone Duo, a rare look back at Apple's Antennagate Q&A, Jason's warning about Meta's Muse AI, a handy AI prompt app from Parker Ortolani, and why the AI warnings are worth hearing out. • Get the Ne

  7. iPhone 18 Pro Reviews, Apple's Fight Against AI Imagery, Will AI Eliminate Us All?

    Tyler Stalman's camera review, a reader-submitted Apple Watch Series 12 heart rate study, 48 hours behind the scenes with MKBHD, Adam Conover on Decoder, Austin Mann's iPhone 18 Pro photos, how Apple Reference Image works, the return of App

  8. Best Look at iPhone Duo, iPhone 18 Pro Camera Breakdown, Apple Watch Audio Intelligence

    A hands-on look at the new iPhone Duo, a photographer's take on iPhone 18 Pro camera, Tim Cook's perfect handoff moment, free iPhone Duo wallpapers, and what it means that your Apple Watch is now always listening. • Get the Newsletter (http

  9. AI Slop is Killing Educational Videos, Designed in California, Upcoming Movie Shortcut

    A 30-minute investigation into how AI slop is killing educational YouTube, the Designed in California podcast from Myke Hurley and Jason Snell, Governor Kathy Hochul on Decoder, my own App Store featured spotlight, and a Shortcut that drops

  10. MKBHD Says Yes to Every Email, GoldenEye on iPhone, Cancer Vaccine

    MKBHD says yes to every wild gadget email again, Robert Downey Jr. and Joe Russo look back at Infinity War and the MCU, Bill Gates on our turbulent AI era, GoldenEye 007 running natively on iPhone, Super Mario 64 on  Vision Pro, and we may

  11. Minimal Phone 2, Claude Watermarks, and Camera AirPods

    The strangely intriguing Minimal Phone 2 on Kickstarter, Ben Smith of Semafor on Decoder, John Gruber on Anthropic's text watermarking, a free app that fixes DMG installs forever, and the AirPods camera leak hiding inside macOS Tahoe. • Get

  12. Superintelligence is a Dragon and I Should've Tried Raycast Years Ago

    Mrwhosetheboss on what Google's Pixel 11 event means for Android's future, Colin and Samir on where the AI line is for creators, Casey Newton's take on Zuckerberg's AI manifesto, and the launcher that's better than Spotlight. • Get the News

  13. Space is Bigger Than You Think, Google Maps Blew It, When It's Too Much AI

    Cleo Abram's tour of fascinating neutrino detectors, Kurzgesagt's video on why we're trapped in our Solar System, and if you're over 40, you're ready to use AI. • Get the Newsletter (https://shortcut.bot/topfive) • The Massive Machine Hidde

  14. iPhone User's Take on Z Fold 8, Deep Fitness Tracker Testing, U.S. Bans Robot Vacuums

    Andrew Clare tests the Galaxy Z Fold 8 as a primarily iPhone user, history podcasts I can't stop listening to, in-depth fitness tracker testing, two of my favorite apps got big upgrades, and the FCC just banned robots, including vacuums. •

  15. Nolan's Odyssey, WWII with Tom Hanks, Great Apple Home App

    Ludwig Göransson's incredible Odyssey score, a feature-length breakdown of Nolan's "invisible CGI," World War II podcast with Tom Hanks, a great smart home app, creativity in the age of AI. • The Odyssey | In Studio: Ludwig Göransson (https

  16. Robot Hands Are Getting Wild, Get USB-C Cable Insights, ChatGPT Super App

    The 1X NEO robot's incredibly dexterous new hands, Hank Green interviews Helen Hunt on his new podcast, M.G. Siegler on why the new ChatGPT app sort of super sucks, a free Mac utility that tells you what your USB-C cables can really do, plu

  17. How IMAX 70mm Works, Best Movie and TV App, The Rest is History

    A behind-the-scenes look at how IMAX projects 70mm film for The Odyssey, the JFK series that got me hooked on The Rest Is History, Derek Seaman's top macOS app picks, and the two apps I'm leaning on to track my media and get a second opinio

  18. Find My Showdown, Hyperspace, Four Thousand Weeks

    Lexy Savvides pits Find My against Google's network, ATP digs into Apple's price increases, the book that reframed how I think about time, John Siracusa's disk-space app, and Holst's Jupiter. Get the Newsletter https://shortcut.bot/topfive

  19. Slate EV Truck, Apple Raises Prices, Toy Story 5

    First look at the $25,000 Slate EV Truck, why Apple just raised prices across the lineup, a plain-language Mac utility, and what Toy Story 5 says about our screens. Get the Newsletter https://shortcut.bot/topfive Affiliate Prime Day Deals h

  20. How  Vision Pro Immersive Content is Made, Harmony Remotes, Tech News Moves

    A behind-the-scenes look at how Apple builds those immersive visionOS environments, Version History episode on the Harmony remote, how Australia's social media ban is actually playing out, a fun shortcut for yesterday's sports scores, and s

  21. Apple Vision Pro Future, Task App, Viticci's 10 Years at WWDC

    Justin Ryan asks Apple if it's done with Vision Pro, Primary Technology was LIVE from Apple Park, Federico Viticci's reflective WWDC essay, and the beautifully designed Tasks app I'm about to try. • Get the Newsletter (https://shortcut.bot/

  22. MacVince Channel, Gruber on TBPN, Designed in California

    MacVince is making incredible YouTube content about apps, John Gruber guesting on TBPN, the Kickstarter for Mike Hurley and Jason Snell's new Apple history podcast, the $10 Mac app I use to grab text from anything, and Amy Poehler's great h

  23. Bob Ross × Mozart × Ferrari

    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. Get the Newsletter https://shortcut.bot/topfive Ferrari Luce Interior

  24. Creating vs Consuming, Arctic RV, Making iPhone Apps on iPhone

    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. • Get the Newslett

  25. Antarctica's Secrets, I Am Not a Robot, Do You Hate AI?

    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. Get the Newsletter https://shortcut.bot/topfive Email

  26. Hannah Fry on Claude, Acquired's Starbucks Story, Animated Earth

    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. Get the Newsletter https://shortcut.bot/topfive Hannah

  27. AI Chatbots IRL, Software Brain, Vision Pro Rumors

    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. • Get the Newsletter (https://shortcut.bot/topfive) • AI Chatbots — Last W

  28. New Things, Hans Zimmer, Tim Cook Leadership Lesson

    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). Get the Newsletter https://shortcut.bot/topfive Watch the Priv

  29. Mythos, Capture, and AT&T

    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. • Get the Newsletter! (https://shortcut.bot/topfive) • Watch this on YouTube (ht

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