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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 opinion on my health. Get the Newsletter https://shortcut.bot/topfive How IMAX 70MM Film is Projected! https://youtube.com/watch?v=7S_geBV5bLQ&is=RiKJLJadWQUnE5...

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 I lost my stuff on purpose. Who found it faster? https://youtu.be/8DvGX96Obh8?is=IJjz38TkacpQt8gI The Chart Is Terrifying — Accidental Tech Podcast https://podc...

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 https://geni.us/wN559wu Shortcuts Community https://create.beard.fm/checkout/community?coupon_code=HALFOFF25 Spider-Man: Brand New Day – New Trailer (4K) https:/...

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 shake-ups happening in tech journalism. Get the Newsletter https://shortcut.bot/topfive How  Vision Pro Immersive Environments Are Made https://www.youtube.com/...

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 I Asked Apple About visionOS 27 and Vision Pro Rumors Andrew Clare's YouTube Channel My WWDC 2026 Video Playlist WWDC 2026 LIVE from Apple Park | Primary Technology WWDC 2026: Between...

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 hang with Judge Judy. Get the Newsletter https://shortcut.bot/topfive MacVince's New Mac Apps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06Zn0NVoG2g&t Gruber on TBPN ht...

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 — 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/p...

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 Newsletter stop being an audience member of your own life — YouTube Apple TV renews 'Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars' for a second season — 9to5Mac Knife's Edge on App...

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 Me hey@topfive.tech What's Really Under Antarctica - Cleo Abram https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfGEMCb6BQU Watch the SmartLess Live Show with Jonah Hill https...

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 Fry on Claude https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnzR5aOElvw Acquired: Starbucks with Howard Schultz https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/acquired/id1050462261?i=...

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 AI Chatbots — Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Decoder with Nilay Patel — Apple Podcasts The people do not yearn for automation — The Verge Apple Reportedly Gives Up on Vision Pro After M5 Refresh — MacRumors Appl...

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 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 Ste...

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