Don't Want to Wait for iOS 27? Shortcuts Playground From MacStories Generates Shortcuts Using AI

Apple is rumored to be adding an AI feature for creating shortcuts with natural language to the Shortcuts app in iOS 27, but ...

You can now send Codex tasks from your phone even when your Mac is locked

OpenAI's Codex can now use apps on your Mac remotely from your phone, even when the screen is off and the Mac is locked. Here's how it works and what to keep in mind.

Codex for Mac updated with new Appshots feature that instantly gives chat context

Appshots is now available for Codex for Mac, adding a new way to instantly provide context to your chat. “On your Mac, press ...

Brye song that hit 100M streams was produced in GarageBand on school iPad

Indie singer-songwriter Brye has shared a TikTok video revealing that her song Lemons – that notched up 100M streams ...
Tech Times

OpenAI Codex Becomes Desktop Agent: Controls Mac Apps, Watches Screen, Runs on Mobile

Over a six-week stretch in spring 2026, OpenAI rebuilt what its Codex product actually is. On April 16, the company released a major Codex update titled “Codex for (almost) everything,” ...
MacStories

Introducing Shortcuts Playground: Create Apple Shortcuts with Claude Code or Codex

Today, I’m pleased to introduce something I’ve been working on for the past six months: Shortcuts Playground, a plugin for ...
GitHub

A video wallpaper engine for macOS Tahoe.

Phosphene is a menu bar app + wallpaper extension that plays your own video files as the macOS desktop and lock-screen wallpaper. It plugs into the system's native wallpaper picker, so videos appear ...