Today on the 5: If you listen to a lot of tech shows today, many of them present AI as the next great tech innovation that could change the landscape of technology as an industry. I wonder if there might be another disruption coming, and AI would only be a part of it.

This week I'm joined by guest Stacey Higginbotham from Consumer Reports as we talk about alcohol, bioengineering, art, pilates, and The Banshees Of Inisherin.

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Today on the 5: One of the biggest stories coming out from the 2026 Google I/O conference is the Google search engine becoming an AI first tool that will attempt to do more than just provide simple answers. While accuracy is always a concern with these tools, I don't think that's what most people will react negatively to.

Today on the 5: For the third film in our final week of "May-be It Won't Suck", Lando and I watched 1964's Fail-Safe. A cautionary tale about the involvement of computers in war as well as the inevitable result of human distrust, this movie is a remarkable triumph of intense storytelling across minimal scenes.

Today on the 5: The second film for our last week of "May-be It Won't Suck" was 1974's It's Alive. A movie Lando had never seen and I only remembered the beginning and end of, this could have been a gimmick movie with a lot of boring stretches. As it turned out, it's a deeply tense exploration of how a VERY problematic pregnancy can push people to the breaking point.

Today on the 5: For one of our "May-be It Won't Suck" movies this week, Lando and I watched 1978's The Medusa Touch. It had been a long time since Lando had last seen it, and I had never even heard of it so we were both curious how it would land. Not only was it a great movie, but it had some of the hardest hitting scenes we've witnessed it a while!

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Today on the 5: I picked up Star Wars: Outlaws during a recent PSN sale, and have been playing it in short burst sessions for the last few weeks. For a game that seemed to come and go without much love or hate, I have to say I'm enjoying it as some of the best Star Wars related material in a long while.

Today on the 5: For the latest selection in TWiT's "Stacey's Book Club" series, I read A Psalm For The Wild-Built by Becky Chambers. This might be the most fun I've had reading a book in a very long time!