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.

Top Five Tech is a technology podcast hosted by Stephen Robles, with 25 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Stephen Robles hosts Top Five Tech, a technology show with 25 episodes published.

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  Episode #25

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

  Oct 2, 20268 min

  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 video A/B tests. Get the Newsletter I Asked Craig Federighi Why iPhone Still Can't Swipe Back from the Right — Donald Decodes Mark Zuckerberg on Muse, Audio-Only Glasses and Killer AI — Joanna Stern Bill Gates's Blunt Warning on A.I. — The Ezra Klein Show (00:43) Ron Johnson on Letting the Best Ideas Win — Creative Effort (01:43) Roadrunner: Your Neighborhood's Bulletin Board The AI Industry Has a Jurassic Park Problem — Inc. (02:55) Ensemble: Music Player (03:11) Get in Losers, We're Ditching Raycast Hyperkey — The Extra macOS Modifier Key Dear YouTube! — Marques Brownlee

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  Episode #24

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

  Sep 25, 20268 min

  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 Newsletter I Tried the iPhone Duo. I Get It Now — Byte Review Apple iPhone 4 "Antennagate" Q&A — Steve Jobs, Tim Cook & Bob Mansfield Inside Star Wars: Two Suns Setting (01:32) Inside Jaws (01:50) Meta's New Muse AI Agent Read My Private Messages. I Never Asked It To — Inc. (02:10) Meta Keeps Apologizing for Muse. Its Explanations Miss the Point Entirely — Inc. (02:30) QuillCue — App Store (03:10) The AI Warnings Are Getting Louder. Here's What You Need to Know — Apple News Today (03:59)

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  Episode #23

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

  Sep 18, 20265 min

  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 AppZapper, and whether AI is really going to kill us. Get the Newsletter iPhone 18 Pro: A Photographer's Review — Tyler Stalman Apple Watch Series 12 Heart Rate Study: Ranking All Wearables! — The Quantified Scientist 48 Hours at the Folding iPhone Event with MKBHD — The Studio Adam Conover explains how YouTube ruined everything — Decoder with Nilay Patel (01:21) iPhone 18 Pro Camera Review: Dunton, Colorado — Austin Mann Apple explains how the iPhone 18 Pro's new Reference Image camera mode works — 9to5Mac (02:10) AppZapper 3000 AI Companies Love to Tell Us How Dangerous Their Products Are. This Time They Mean It — Inc. (03:08) Humanoid robot crashes into a wall during a sprint test at the 'Robot Olympics' in Beijing — The Straits Times

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  Episode #22

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

  Sep 11, 20266 min

  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 iPhone Duo - Hands-On — SuperSaf iPhone 18 Pro & Duo: A Photographer's Reaction — Tyler Stalman iPhone Duo Episode - Primary Technology (01:09) Tim Cook's Brief Appearance at the iPhone Duo Event Was Apple Stagecraft at Its Best — Inc. (01:46) iPhone Duo Wallpaper — Basic Apple Guy About Audio Intelligence features on Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 — Apple Support

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  Episode #21

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

  Sep 4, 20267 min

  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 upcoming movies straight into your task manager. Get the Newsletter The Death of Educational Content on YouTube The Origin of Apple — Designed in California (00:48) New York Governor Kathy Hochul thinks AI should be 'less evil' — Decoder with Nilay Patel (01:29) Stephen Robles' Productivity Picks — App Store (02:03) Christina Warren's Productivity Picks — App Store Jason Snell's Productivity Picks — App Store Quinn Nelson's Productivity Picks — App Store Upcoming Popular Movies to Kan Do Get the Kan Do App (02:41) How I Use iPad Every Day

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