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Get read for all the AI subscriptions you’re going to need—starting, perhaps, with Google Photos. If you hate dealing with opaque and costly app subscriptions, I’ve got bad news for you: the situation is about to get even worse—and you can blame artificial intelligence for that.

An an industry notorious for chasing trends, true innovation is hard to come by. As I write this, designerati have just finished their annual schmoozefest in Milan, where they traipsed the halls of the world’s most prestigious furniture fair. But while Salone del Mobile was in full swing, on the other side of the Atlantic a new kind of armchair was taking shape.

Guy Kawasaki and Madisun Nuismer outline the everyday habits that make people remarkable. Guy Kawasaki is the chief evangelist of Canva, an online graphic-design tool. Formerly, he was an advisor to the Motorola business unit of Google and chief evangelist of Apple. He is the author of APE, What the Plus!, Enchantment, and nine other books.

Ramen has surged in popularity in the U. S., South Korea and other countries. Spicy, steaming, slurpy ramen might be everyone’s favorite Japanese food.

With this thoughtful new tool, finding the best possible products for any purpose has never been easier. Tell me if you can relate to this: The time comes for you to buy something new. Maybe it’s something big and expensive, like a refrigerator. Or maybe it’s something small and insignificant, like a spatula.