The Federal Communications Commission is telling nine network service providers they won't be able to participate in a federal program designed to provide…

It doesn't take long for a line to form to try at the new virtual reality headset. Right as the event gets started inside the basketball gym at the MLK…

In the run-up to our call-in show for next week, we're looking for alternatives to schools as the solution for breaking the cycle of poverty for…

We've talked about the digital divide here before at the Technology and Opportunity desk, but usually in terms of class and race.But what barriers to…

Researchers are finding that poor and working class communities are often the test spaces for new surveillance technologies.State of Opportunity intern…

The app design has been months in the making. But on this day – Thursday of last week – the teens are nervous. "And we’re scared because we have to…

Michigan Radio brings its monthly Issues & Ale panel discussion to Grand Rapids' Founders Brewery on Wednesday, March 12 from 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.We're…

The PBS series Frontline rang the techno-fear alarm again this week about millennials and their apparent eager willingness to be marketed to, as well as…

Of all the portmanteaus to emerge from our Internet age, "Instafamous" is probably the easiest to parse.Photo-sharing service "Instagram" plus "famous"…

Gov. Rick Snyder hopes a new focus on promoting apprenticeships for young people will solve two of the state's problems. The first is a lack of…