The world we live in is, in so many ways, 20 years old. Let’s go back and see how we got here. is editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech.

This past year has seen the applications space shrink by one key player, the PC market lose one of its biggest, and the open source movement grow in influence The year 2004 defied predictions: IBM ...

In a report from May 17, 2004, LGBTQ couples in Massachusetts exchanged vows marking the first time same-sex marriage was recognized as legal in the U.S. Some lawmakers criticized the state over the ...

It’s been 20 years since a mutinous atmosphere rose up against Florida, besieging it on all sides with a succession of furious hurricanes, a pageant of perdition, a caravan of despair. Charley, ...