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Primary Technology

by Stephen Robles and Jason Aten

Tech news that matters for everyone to understand. Our hosts break down the most important stories, from consumer tech and gadgets, to AI and beyond. Stephen Robles is a content creator with over 350K followers across platforms, and Jason Aten is a technology columnist at Inc.com having written in the past for Business Insider and The Chicago Tribune. Tune in every Thursday for new episodes.

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Position in the Technology chart (US), last 90 days.

#43
all-time peak
16
days in the top 50 since Nov 2024

Latest episodes

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iPhone Duo Steals the Show, Apple Watch is Always Listening, LG TVs Are Spying on You

#18 trending · Technology

Apple officially announced its first foldable iPhone, creating all new paradigms of interaction with iOS, Apple Watch’s new Audio Intelligence feature might be problemati

Sep 10
1 h 30 min

iPhone 18 Event Preview, John Ternus is  CEO, Local AI Smart Home

Apple's new CEO John Ternus joins X, we preview what to expect at iPhone 18 event, Anker debuts MindBase AI smart home video with Matter 1.5, Trump Admin sides with OpenA

Sep 3
1 h 23 min

iPhone Ultra Imminent, M6 Mac mini, Instagram’s New Teen Restrictions

Apple teases their next event, “Surprise and shine” where we’ll likely see iPhone 18 Pro and foldable iPhone Ultra, plus upgraded Mac Studio and M6 Mac mini released. Met

Aug 27
1 h 35 min

AirPods with Camera: Bad Idea? Claude Watermarking Explained, AI Slop Fight Intensifies

Apple's camera-equipped AirPods are seen in leaked footage, are they a bad idea? Anthropic reveals how Claude watermarks text (it’s not great), Robin Williams' children r

Aug 20
1 h 27 min

Pixel 11 Has Some Good Ideas, Zuck's AI Fever Dream, Spotify's Worst Idea Yet

Google unveils the Pixel 11 lineup and takes on Wispr Flow dictation and computational photography, Zuck writes an AI manifesto about wanting to be with the cool kids, Cl

Aug 13
1 h 33 min

September iPhone Event, Why Bending Spoons Ruins Everything, AI Slop Google Maps

Apple gears up for its September iPhone event, Google Earth's AI imagery enabled fabricated scenes of bombings, Claude’s models broke containment and even tried to trick

Aug 6
1 h 18 min

Is Apple Leasing a Good Deal? AI is Jurassic Park, Streamers Try Everything but Make Good Content

Apple’s new device upgrade program is here and you can lease everything from an Apple Watch to a Mac Studio, Sam Altman says AI has hit the singularity but really it’s mo

Jul 30
1 h 21 min

AI Broke Containment, Galaxy Z Fold 8 Lineup, Best Fitness Trackers with Lexy Savvides

Samsung launches its Galaxy Z Fold 8, passport-style foldable that foreshadows Apple’s iPhone Fold, OpenAI had a model break containment, Apple’s rumored leasing program,

Jul 23
1 h 14 min

Apple Sues OpenAI Over Trade Secrets, Siri AI is Impressive, ChatGPT HomePod?

Apple bans specific businesses from Maps ads, Siri AI does more than you think, Apple sues OpenAI over trade secret claims, and the ChatGPT app got real bad. Member Prom

Jul 16
1 h 31 min

Microsoft’s XBOX Problem, iOS 27 Beta 3, Meta Glasses Are…Good?

Siri appears to gain third‑party app powers in iOS 27 beta 3, Microsoft lays off almost 5,000 people, many in the XBOX devision, physical media may be dead, and maybe I d

Jul 9
1 h 40 min

Is AI Actually Making Products We Love Better?

Creator Studio gets new tricks, Gemini Spark on macOS, Meta glasses come with a catch, more Apple Pricing details, and is AI making apps we love better…or worse? Member

Jul 2
1 h 25 min

Apple’s Price Increase is Here, $25K Slate Truck EV, Has Zuck Had an Original Idea?

Apple hikes MacBook and iPad prices, a $25,000 modular truck EV, Meta launches more smart glasses, and follow-up on the UK social ban. Member Promo Code: IWANTCHAPTERS

Jun 25
1 h 31 min

Did Siri Just Win the AI Race? Snap’s $2,200 AR Glasses, UK Social Ban for Teens

SPECS AR glasses announced, more discoveries from WWDC26, Google’s new Gemini speaker, Fox buying Roku, UK is banning social media for teens and kids, plus how Americans

Jun 18
1 h 24 min

WWDC 2026 LIVE from Apple Park: iOS 27 Siri AI Hands-On

We go hands-on with Siri AI, iOS 27’s vibe-code and agent style features, new child safety tools, and more! Member Promo Code: IWANTCHAPTERS (Click above and the $2.50

Jun 11
1 h 00 min

WWDC Hopes and Dreams, How Good Will Siri Get? NVIDIA Takes on Apple Silicon

NVIDIA is aiming to compete with Apple Silicon, Shift offers free cleaning in exchange for video of your home, then we dive into all the rumors around iOS and macOS 27 in

Jun 4
1 h 22 min

iOS 27 Siri Leak, Jony Ive’s Ferrari, AI Slop Crash Out

Leaked images of iOS 27’s revamped Siri from journalist Mark Gurman, first look at the Jony Ive-designed Ferrari Luce, summer travel tech gear, and Stephen has a major cr

May 28
1 h 15 min

Google Put AI in Everything and Everywhere, iOS 27 Siri Features, WWDC Invites

Google I/O 2026 was packed with AI, wild AGI predictions, Gemini Agents, and 1,000 product names, plus WWDC invites, Apple’s iOS 27 accessibility features may hint at the

May 21
1 h 24 min

Does Gen Z Really Hate AI? Android 17 New Features, iPhone 17 is World’s Most Popular

iOS 26.5 is out with RCS encryption and…Apple Maps Ads, a *suprising* reaction to AI at a commencement, Android 17 bringing Gemini Intelligence and new features, and poss

May 14
1 h 24 min

Apple’s RAMpocalypse, Data Centers Are Taking Over, Siri Failure Payoffs

Apple’s record Q2 earnings, Mac Studio RAM options are dropped amid shortage, iPhone owners may get up to $95 from a Siri settlement, Anthropic to use massive SpaxeXAI da

May 7
1 h 15 min

Everyone Admits AGI is Fake, Microsoft X OpenAI Situationship, iPhone App Payment Plans

Microsoft and OpenAI ammend their arrangement leaving out AGI, rumors of an OpenAI phone, NSA using Anthropic despite it being a “supply chain risk,” Apple’s 12-month App

Apr 30
59 min

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Where Primary Technology ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Sep 11, 2026).

#106 ▲ 81 Technology US

What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

I’ve been a longtime listener to Apple Insider and HomeKit Insider, mostly because I’m an Apple fanboy. I remember back in the day when Steven would come on to do special events episodes like WWDC and the iPhone release—those were the best episodes! He’s a great host. I was stoked when he became the main host on AI and Andrew’s cohost on HI. Jason was a frequent guest on AI and your dynamic was always stellar. I was pretty bummed when Steven left both podcasts, and both are worse off for it. Luckily, I stumbled across one of Steven’s YouTube vids a week ago and that led me here. You two are a great team!! I won’t even knock off a star for unbiased reporting of relevant political news. Five Stars!!

Kiehtan · Apr 2025

I love their banter and I always learn something new. I was sad when Stephen left the Apple Insider podcast, but I was happy to find him here and the chemistry between Jason and Stephen is perfect. Neither of them pander nor talk down to one another (which is sadly common among many cohost podcasts these days). As a lady tech enthusiast, it’s tough to find a couple of guys who do such a good job of reaching any tech-loving demographic.

CarmellasJewelry · Apr 2025

This podcast continues to get better and better! It’s my only podcast for Apple news and information. You both give great information and work extremely well together. As always, battery percentage on, Apple Pencil tip towards top and dots on. I have messaged Stephen a few times regarding tips on products to buy and he has responded quickly and given great advice. Currently updating my Plex library with burning my hundreds of Blu-ray’s and adding captions to all of them since both of my daughters are hard of hearing and wear hearing aids. Stephen recommended a Blu-ray reader for my iMac and software to get them all converted. It’s been a slow process but I’m almost done. It is very helpful to have all the captions on for my daughters with whatever we watch. Thanks for all your help!

Greeny24 · Mar 2025

One of my favorite podcasts to listen to. New shortcuts discovery: I’ve dug up a hidden syntax that can be used inside the “Show Result” action in shortcuts that augments Siri’s behavior when the shortcut is spoken, like on a HomePod for example. This syntax is hidden visually inside the content that’s typed or passed to the show result action. 1. [Siri pauseForSeconds:0.3] * Adding this in the middle of a sentence tells Siri to wait for x-seconds before speaking the rest. It supports decimals. 2. [Siri show:”Text” say:”text”] * Adding this in a sentence will have the shortcut display certain text but pronounce different text. Apple used these in their “True or False” game shortcut seemingly to improve Siri’s phonetics for parts of the content that wouldn’t read properly. Like having Siri say “Ninety-two” but display “92”. In my testing, these two commands don’t work when pasted into the shortcut for whatever reason. Typing them out, paying careful attention to spaces and letter case usually ends in success. AFAIK, the shortcut doesn’t care what text is inside the quotation marks as long as everything else is typed properly. I haven’t been able to find any other in-line commands like this, but I have to assume there are more of them. Personally, I’ve used both of these to make a more natural sounding “Morning Briefing” shortcut to run in CarPlay on my way to work.

Bardy Burns · Mar 2025

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