Over the last two decades, technology companies and policymakers warned of a “digital divide” in which poor children could fall behind their more affluent peers without equal access to technology.

PARMA, Ohio -- The digital divide often affects people in the margins. That includes the senior population, which is why the Donna Smallwood Senior Center in Parma is teaming up with its next-door ...

Digital equity—ensuring everyone has equal access to the internet and the technologies our modern society is built on, regardless of economic status or geographic location—has never been more ...

Denmark, Korea and Estonia top the 2020 UN e-government ranking. As the COVID-19 pandemic forces lockdowns, most countries and municipalities are pursuing digital government strategies, many with ...

Despite worldwide advances in digitization over the past decade, many people are still excluded from the digital economy and miss out on the opportunities it provides. This exclusion, referred to as ...

US schools are going back to in-person learning as COVID ebbs, but the so-called homework gap will persist. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, ...

The pandemic brought the digital divide to the forefront – and made it all the more urgent to fix. Credit: bob al-greene Moving forward requires focus. Mashable's Social Good Series is dedicated to ...

The digital divide has been a hot-button issue for years. Although there is plenty of data to support the fact that the digital divide is alive and well, many people still do not understand the ...

New York, 10 July – As the COVID-19 pandemic forces lockdowns, most countries and municipalities are pursuing digital government strategies, many with innovative initiatives – but vast numbers of ...