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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.

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  1. 7 HR AGO ·  VIDEO

    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 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 Visionhttps://sandwich.vision/hovercraft Earth GIF from Artemis II — Hank Greenhttps://youtu.be/OdO_g1S_MBU?si=9-QyFTfIZN_2eGjC

    6 min

  2. 1 MAY ·  VIDEO

    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 NewsletterAI Chatbots — Last Week Tonight with John OliverDecoder with Nilay Patel — Apple PodcastsThe people do not yearn for automation — The VergeApple Reportedly Gives Up on Vision Pro After M5 Refresh — MacRumorsApple Questioning Whether to Drop MagSafe from iPhone — MacRumorsJon Prosser: "Vision Pro ain't dead fam"Basic Gradient Wallpaper ShortcutPatel: Software Brain — Daring Fireball15 Useful Ways I Use AI Every Day

    5 min

  3. 24 APR ·  VIDEO

    I Am Not a Robot, 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 Newsletterhttps://shortcut.bot/topfive Watch the Private Videohttps://youtu.be/WcK0DdUcazk Why I Quit The Wall Street Journal To Start This YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd2Dyr0m3BI Tim Cook Steps Down. And Who is John Ternus? — With Joanna Sternhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXOLfijQzQc Inside Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Studios — Twenty Thousand Hertzhttps://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

    6 min

  4. 16 APR

    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!Watch this on YouTube--- Watch: Hank Green Interview on MythosListen: Western Electric 500: Monopoly phoneVideo versionRead: Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted? — The New YorkerPrimary Tech Chapter on Sam AltmanDownload: Capture AppDeep: Reconcilable Differences #284: Burger Boy I Deleted My Second Brain

    5 min
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