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HBO Max August 2026 Content Lineup

HBO Max will add a broad slate of movies, TV series, originals and live sports throughout August 2026. Highlights include Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Seattle Seahawks on August 4, Conan O’Brien Must Go Season 3 on August 21, and the original series The Producer on August 28. The platform’s August schedule also includes titles and seasons from third-party networks and studios (Discovery, Food Network, HGTV, Lionsgate, OWN, CNN, TLC, A24, Magnolia Pictures, DC Studios, Adult Swim) and a calendar of live sports programming covering MLB games, Savannah Bananas exhibitions, NASCAR sessions, and All Elite Wrestling (AEW) events.

Using Codex to Control Browser and Computer

Claire Vo (How I AI) demonstrates daily workflows that use Codex (the ChatGPT desktop app) to control a browser and a computer for QA, persona testing, inbox management, shopping, and device control. She walks through five concrete examples: automated QA of an onboarding flow (producing 11 issues including one high-severity blocker and a Google Sheet with screenshots), persona-driven product feedback, hands-free LinkedIn triage, personal shopping (adding 10 Free People items to cart), and using iPhone mirroring to manage home devices remotely. The piece highlights the desktop app + Chrome extension combination, the value of under‑prompting frontier models, and practical shortcuts like filling long forms and generating Google Sheets. The article references sponsors Runway and HyperAgent and links to related tools and platforms.

EU Approves Paramount’s Warner Takeover with Conditions

On 22 July 2026 the European Commission approved Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery subject to remedies addressing film distribution in the European Economic Area. The Commission found film production competition would remain sufficient but that the merger would overly concentrate theatrical distribution because Paramount and Universal jointly distribute via United International Pictures (UIP). Remedies require Paramount to exit UIP in the EEA within 13 months, bar for ten years any agreements with Universal on joint theatrical distribution in Europe and the use of the same cinema distribution channels as Disney and Universal for Warner or Paramount films, and provide oversight by an independent trustee. Separately, a US court temporarily suspended the takeover after a lawsuit by twelve states. The US government had earlier approved the deal without conditions.