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Rabbi Dr. Warren Goldstein, the chief rabbi of South Africa, and his wife, Gina, started The Shabbat Project, a global movement to encourage Jews of all levels of faith to observe Shabbat, in 2013. This year, from sunset on Friday, Nov. 15, until the stars come out on Saturday, Jewish people from around the world will…
Illustration: The Verge This week’s new Macs all had one thing in common: a minimum of 16GB of RAM. That was true of the new Mac Mini, MacBook Pro, and iMac, which were all refreshed with M4 processors this week. The MacBook Air was refreshed to start at 16GB of RAM, too, even though it…
They look a whole lot like last year’s models, even down to the wallpaper choice. | Image: Apple Apple is updating the MacBook Pro and introducing some even more powerful chips. Announced this morning via a low-key press release, the 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros are being updated to the M4 line of processors, which…
Screenshot: Apple Apple appears to have wrapped up its week of Mac announcements — and it had a lot to share. Along with updating several devices across its Mac lineup with a more powerful M4 chip, Apple showed off some revamped accessories, too. If you want to catch up on all the news, here’s a…
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple has just announced that 16GB of RAM is now the minimum for the M2 and M3 MacBook Air, giving the laptops the same RAM bump as all of the company’s other new computers this week. The cheapest MacBook Air still starts at $999. Before this, it…
Image: Apple Apple’s week of episodic hardware releases continues today with a new video announcing the updated MacBook Pros with M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max chips. Their announcement follows the updated M4 iMac on Monday and the redesigned M4 Mac Mini on Tuesday. Like the iMac and Mac Mini videos, the new MacBook Pro…
Olivia Rodrigo had a scary run-in with Border Patrol. While touring, the singer was nearly arrested when she tried to reenter the United States. The Disney Channel star turned pop star opened up about the terrifying experience on Tuesday. OLIVIA RODRIGO FALLS THROUGH HOLE AT CONCERT, JOINING MADONNA, LUKE BRYAN IN WILD STAGE MISHAPS “I…
Image: Mojo Wang for The Verge When Amazon launched its Alexa voice assistant, it envisioned a computer platform that could do anything for you. A decade later, the company is still trying to build it. Amazon’s Alexa was announced on November 6th, 2014. A passion project for its founder, Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s digital voice assistant was inspired…
Avride, the robotics company that spun out of Russian search giant Yandex, has a new sidewalk delivery robot to show off. The company currently has plans to operate a fleet of six-wheeled delivery robots in Austin, Texas, delivering Uber Eats orders to customers, as well as South Korea. Now Avride’s next generation model is shedding…
Image: Mojo Wang for The Verge When dealing with an aging parent, Alexa was a great help — in both practical and emotionally important ways. About two years ago, I got a call from my mother. “You know,” she said, “that Alexa is really working out. I was feeling a little depressed, so I told…