Claude Code auto mode will become the default permission setting for users next week.
Starting August 14, sessions for Pro, Max, and Team users will use it unless a user or administrator has pinned another setting.
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ChatGPT has become so much more than just chat over the last year. To that end, OpenAI is removing limits on text chat. ChatGPT will also improve with a smarter version of GPT-5.6 Sol. Details below.
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OpenAI’s GPT-5 turns one tomorrow, and the company is marking the week by looking beyond individual models. Today, OpenAI introduced Agent Plugins, an open standard meant to let reusable AI-agent extensions work across compatible products.
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Meta is entering the AI coding-agent race with Muse Code, a new terminal-based tool now available in beta for macOS and Linux.
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MacPaw has announced a long-term strategic partnership with Liquid AI to co-develop an on-device AI technology stack built specifically for the Mac.
The collaboration will start with Eney, MacPaw’s AI assistant for macOS.
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Juggling multiple devices with Signal? The encrypted messaging service is making it easier to use the app across different iPhones and more.
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Spotify has crossed 300 million paying subscribers, a major new milestone for the audio subscription service as it competes with Apple Music.
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If you’re anything like me, you can relate to spending way too much time going down the rabbit hole of random articles on Wikipedia. Now there’s officially an app, err, widget for that.
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Back in May, the Google Health app launched alongside the new line of affordable Google Fitbit Air health trackers.
Google Health initially included one-way Apple Health integration. The app could read and import health data recorded by an iPhone, Apple Watch, and other HealthKit-connected apps, but it couldn’t write Fitbit data back to Apple Health.
Today’s Google Health iOS app update adds the missing half of that connection.
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Vibes around Meta’s AI glasses are off lately. So much so that one of the top three paid iPhone apps today is dedicated to detecting when someone nearby may be using smart glasses.
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Meta has launched a brand-new iPhone app officially called Seller, a Facebook app. The new Meta app is specifically for Facebook users managing listings on Marketplace, the social network’s virtual storefront for physical items.
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OpenAI is releasing a big update to the ChatGPT desktop app today that introduces GPT Voice mode for talking through work to complete tasks. The new feature is powered by GPT-Live, OpenAI’s upgraded voice mode that arrived on mobile this month.
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Meta has quietly released a new iPhone app that uses AI to create personalized children’s stories, complete with illustrations, narration, and original music.
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A planned merger of two major streaming platforms, HBO Max and Paramount+, may not be happening after all.
The plan was announced back in March after Netflix dropped out of the bidding war for Warner Bros Discovery. However, a federal judge has now imposed a restraining order preventing the transaction from completing – at least for now …
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Your Monday afternoon lineup of the best Android game and app deals is now ready to roll, including titles like WINCH IT OUT, LIMBO, Super Dark Deception, Undead Slayer: Offline Premium, Paign – RPG, Box Head: Roguelike Premium, and more. Be sure to dive into the now live Best Buy Black Friday in July – Doorbusters, Galaxy gear, TVs, appliances, and up to $700 off OLED monitors, as well as this new all-time low on Lenovo’s 2025 2K touchscreen 2-in-1 Chromebook Plus, Pixel Watch 4 LTE deals, and Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra at up to $430 off. The apps await below.
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Anthropic is providing free access to premium Claude AI features to K-12 teachers in the United States. The effort is part of a new Claude for Teachers initiative.
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Getting the best answer out of AI usually means running the same prompt through ChatGPT, then Claude, then Gemini, and comparing them yourself. ChatPlayground AI does that comparison in one window, and you also get access to all the models you usually pay for monthly. Right now, a lifetime subscription is also on sale for $59.97 (reg. $619).
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Speaking of AI-powered browser capabilities on the Mac, Anthropic is highlighting Claude Code’s in-app browser on the desktop today.
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OpenAI is pulling the plug on its dedicated web browser, ChatGPT Atlas. Instead of investing in an AI browser with a small user base, the company is improving agentic web use features inside the new ChatGPT desktop app.
While ChatGPT Atlas may not have gained much traction, AI browsers can be useful for automating tasks like research, browser tidiness, and more. Here are options available on the Mac.
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ChatGPT Atlas, OpenAI’s standalone desktop browser, is being sunset in favor of the new ChatGPT desktop app.
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OpenAI held its second livestream this week today at 10 am PT. The video teased that the company was “introducing the next chapter for ChatGPT” today. OpenAI has openly discussed bringing Codex workflows into the main ChatGPT app for some time now.
Today’s release includes a new ChatGPT Work agent, an upgraded ChatGPT desktop app with Codex included, and a new hosted sites service for OpenAI customers.
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A shiny new model isn’t the only upgrade coming to ChatGPT this week. In addition to GPT-5.6’s release tomorrow, OpenAI is announcing an all-new ChatGPT voice mode experience as well.
Because ChatGPT works with CarPlay, today’s release also is a major upgrade to the CarPlay voice mode experience as well.
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Fresh off its polarizing disco ball icon fix, Spotify is continuing to listen to users with easy-win changes. Starting today, the company is giving users a highly requested feature that has sparked feedback for years: vastly expanded pinning.
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