Category: Technology

Image: Dropbox Dropbox is cutting its workforce by 20 percent today — laying off 528 people — amid slowing growth for its core cloud storage business. The latest round of cuts comes after Dropbox laid off around 500 people in early 2023 to redirect efforts to its AI division. “We’re making more significant cuts in…

Image: CD Projekt Red Cyberpunk 2077 is making the jump to Macs. According to Apple’s announcement video for the new M4-equipped MacBook Pros, CD Projekt Red’s sci-fi RPG will be available on Macs “early next year.” “Taking full advantage of Apple silicon and advanced technologies of Metal, the world of the dark future is available…

The latest video shared by Boston Dynamics demonstrates the new Atlas robot’s autonomous navigation and handling capabilities. | Screenshot: YouTube Boston Dynamics has shared another look at the latest version of its humanoid robot, Atlas. Earlier videos of the all-electric robot demonstrated its unique range of motions, but this time Atlas is shown using machine…

Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images Waymo has long touted its ties to Google’s DeepMind and its decades of AI research as a strategic advantage over its rivals in the autonomous driving space. Now, the Alphabet-owned company is taking it a step further by developing a new training model for its…

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…

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…