The rise of the analogue bag: fashion’s answer to doomscrolling | Handbags

There’s a new “it” bag – but this time it is not about a designer label or splashy logo. Instead, it’s what is inside that counts. So-called analogue bags, filled…

All the tech and gadgets announced at CES 2026

It’s the first week of a new year and there’s no time for the tech world to slowly ease back into things following the holidays. That’s because CES 2026 is…

What If We’re All Martians? The Intriguing Idea That Life on Earth Began on the Red Planet

How did life begin on Earth? While scientists have theories, they don’t yet fully understand the precise chemical steps that led to biology or when the first primitive life forms…

The Download: The case for AI slop, and helping CRISPR fulfill its promise

—Caiwei Chen If I were to locate the moment AI slop broke through into popular consciousness, I’d pick the video of rabbits bouncing on a trampoline that went viral last…

Best Home Pet Cameras of 2026: Watch From Anywhere

Pet cams help keep tabs on pets, but it’s important to test your pets reactions first. iStock/Getty Images Resolution A higher resolution gives you more information about what your pet…

The Vergecast Live at CES 2026: the biggest stories and trends in tech

This year’s CES was an odd one. This is a conference usually dominated by futuristic, expensive TVs and futuristic, expensive cars, but those things weren’t what dominated CES 2026. Instead,…

ChatGPT falls to new data-pilfering attack as a vicious cycle in AI continues

To block the attack, OpenAI restricted ChatGPT to solely open URLs exactly as provided and refuse to add parameters to them, even when explicitly instructed to do otherwise. With that,…

Conservative Lawmakers Want Porn Taxes. Critics Say They’re Unconstitutional

As age-verification laws continue to dismantle the adult industry—and determine the future of free speech on the internet—a Utah lawmaker proposed a bill this week that would enforce a tax…

The venture firm that ate Silicon Valley just raised another $15 billion

Andreessen Horowitz just announced the firm has just raised a little more than $15 billion in new funding. The haul represents over 18% of all venture capital dollars allocated in…

The 15 best Nintendo Switch 2 games to play in 2026 | Games

Nintendo’s newest console has been out for a less than a year but it already boasts an impressive catalogue of excellent new games, as well as a variety of enhanced…