OpenAI’s Codex for Mac now watches your screen to build context, but sends the screenshots to its servers first

Summary: OpenAI’s Codex for Mac has added Chronicle, a research preview feature that periodically captures screenshots, sends them to OpenAI’s servers for processing, and stores text summaries as [...]

Semrush launches a framework for measuring brand visibility in AI search as the old SEO playbook breaks down

Summary: Semrush launched a Brand Visibility Framework at Adobe Summit introducing “Agentic Search Optimisation” as a new discipline for measuring brand presence across AI-generated answers, tradi [...]

Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple CEO after nearly 15 years, with hardware chief John Ternus taking over

Summary: Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple CEO on 1 September after nearly 15 years, during which Apple’s market capitalisation grew from $348 billion to roughly $4 trillion and annual revenue quad [...]

WhatsApp is testing a paid subscription at EUR 2.49 per month as Meta rolls out premium tiers across its apps

Summary: WhatsApp has begun testing a paid consumer subscription called WhatsApp Plus at approximately EUR 2.49 per month, offering cosmetic upgrades including 18 chat themes, custom icons, exclusive [...]