U.N. panel seeks to close the ‘digital divide’

An independent U.N. panel co-chaired by Melinda Gates and Jack Ma released a report urging the world to make digital technology safer and more inclusive.

By Arete News - June 10, 2019

How far we've come: Commodore PET 2001, the first all-in-one home computer, introduced in 1977 (AN/Alexander Svensson)

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