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Today on the 5: You've likely seen or heard the news that Tim Cook will be stepping down as CEO at Apple. Much oif the discussion around this news is centering on what the new CEO will do going forward. I feel like most of these conversations leave out the true limits on what anyone can really do at Apple now.

Today on the 5: Recently a humanoid robot was among the competitors in a half-marathon race, and the winner finished ahead of any of the human runners by a significant margin, setting a new world record. I can absolutely see why the robotics advancements that led to this result are impressive, but the "world record" part not only makes no sense to me but is also completely meaningless.

Today on the 5: It feels like there have been a lot of stories lately around Adobe's market dominance being under threat. None of this should be much of a surprise, and the alternatives are only going to keep getting better. Even as a virtually lifelong Adobe fan, it's hard to deny that Adobe has brought this upon themselves.

Today on the 5: You may have seen something about Bluesky having an outage last week due to a reported DDoS attack. This led many to criticize the problem of having a service that isn't decentralized. While those critiques are valid, the idea of decentralization is itself a myth in the world we currently live in.

This week we're talking about Shadowrun, Shobijin, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, and Obex. Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show!

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Today on the 5: I finished the second season of Fallout a little while ago, but just now realized I never reviewed it! You might remember that I really enjoyed the first season, and so it may not be a massive shock to hear that I had a blast with the second season as well.

Today on the 5: For one of our commentary films this week, we watched 2025's Obex. While this microbudget film won't be for everyone, I think it's a wonderfully unique story that is a rare case where the writer/director/star combination actually worked out!

Today on the 5: Tim Cain of Fallout fame has a YouTube channel where he talks about various subjects. Recently he focused on the future of generative AI, and the hellscape of a future he envisions is truly horrific to contemplate.

Today on the 5: Recently a sports grill in Santa Cruz got a ton of hate directed at it over the use of AI in redesigning their logo. While I'm no fan of generative AI, review bombing a small business is not the right way to proest this technology.