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• Mo Gawdat made predictions about AI in 2020 that seemed bold at the time.
• Today, they have already come true, he said, and it's reshaping society as we know it.
• We will likely see disruption before we reep the benefits of AI, he said.

"There's nothing sci-fi about AI. I think that's one of the biggest myths in our world today," Mo Gawdat said.

Gawdat spent decades working across IBM

After its history-making trip around the Moon, NASA's Artemis II mission is set to return to Earth later today. The Orion spacecraft carrying astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Jeremy Hansen is scheduled to splash down off the coast of San Diego at approximately 8:07PM ET. NASA will stream the landing on YouTube and its NASA+ website, as will Netflix and HBO Max. The

• YouTube increased its Premium subscription prices on Friday.
• The individual plan is now $15.99, up $2 from $13.99.
• The family plan now costs $26.99, a $4 price increase.

YouTube Premium raised its US prices on Friday, marking the latest example of "streamflation."

The massively popular Google-owned video

Not everyone needs a $1,000 soundbar. It’s easy to argue the sonic superiority of those flagship models from Samsung, Sonos and Sony, but for some people a simple boost to their TV speakers can provide a world of difference. As part of its 2026 soundbar lineup, Sony debuted the Bravia Theater Bar 5: a $350 entry-level model that covers the basics and comes with a wireless subwoofer in the box. The

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here.

Last week, our editor-in-chief Nilay Patel messaged me about his new Whoop band, which he'd gotten thanks to a

• When my kids turned 10 and got their first phones, my husband and I made them sign a contract.
• They're now teenagers, and that contract still works.
• The agreement was simple: the phone doesn't belong to them.

When my oldest daughter turned 10, many of her friends were already getting phones. At the time

• My husband and I spent most of last year traveling around the United States.
• After visiting 29 states, I was pleasantly surprised by North Dakota's natural beauty.
• As a lover of both history and nature, I really enjoyed spending time in Georgia.

Last year, my husband Joey and I traveled across the US, visiting 29 states

• Every state is home to at least one truly iconic movie.
• We used box-office success, awards, and pop-culture staying power to determine the most famous.
• Some states were no-brainers, while others had myriad options.

A movie doesn't need the backing of a major studio to become famous; a small-budget cult classic can be just as iconic — it just needs to speak to audiences and

• Lauren Twigge, a registered dietitian and mom of two, doesn't obsessively count her protein intake.
• Instead, she aims for roughly 30 grams of protein per meal and 10 grams per snack.
• She shared her favorite ways to sneak in protein, from cottage cheese dips to energy balls.

Eating enough

Cloudflare, the cloud provider that connects millions of sites to the internet, wants to "fix" another digital giant: WordPress. It announced a new open-source system, called EmDash, that's supposed to address the "core problems that WordPress cannot solve" - and they want to do it by allowing AI agents to take control of your website.

Though it's still in early access, EmDash is already

Another day, another subscription price hike, this time for YouTube Premium. Every plan for YouTube’s ad-free tier is going up, and depending on which one you have, you could be paying as much as $4 per month more.

As reported by 9to5Google, YouTube has started emailing subscribers about the price changes, rather than announcing them publicly, and some Reddit users have posted screenshots of the