No, trans identify is not a social media fad, writes this gender studies scholar. Here's how bulletin board systems, email lists and GeoCities pages played a role in forming an LGBTQ community on the web.

2020's Black Lives Matter protests brought about a sweep of corporate DEI pledges and funding commitments for racial equity. Are local tech companies following through?

Business leaders from Philly, Detroit and D.C. discussed ways to boost support and access during Introduced by Technical.ly 2021. For one: Reimagining what a city is known for can lead to pivots and new opportunity.

In May 2021 — Tech for the Common Good Month of our editorial calendar — look for check-ins on early-pandemic data projects, profiles of technologists working in civic tech, stories on social entrepreneurship trends and more.

In April 2021 — Funding Women Founders Month — look for data dives, startup check-ins, founder and investor profiles, and stories on venture capital trends with gender equity in mind.

Internet access is emerging as a new and troublesome determinant of health, particularly for under-resourced communities and aging populations, say these researchers.

The comms giant raised speeds of its service for low-income customers. Coming amid a pandemic, it raises the questions: Is it enough? And what is Comcast's responsibility to solve the digital divide?

Months into all-remote-everything, we checked in with a handful of tech pros and event organizers around the mid-Atlantic about how they're continuing to connect with and learn from their peers.

On the challenges of nonprofit, policy, private-sector and other proposed solutions to lessening the harmful effects of the U.S. criminal justice system — and the case for a new model.

For Workforce Development Month, Technical.ly reporters will dive deeper into IT training programs, upskilling, tech apprenticeships, pipeline diversity efforts and the like.