As Life Moves Online, An Older Generation Faces A Digital Divide New York Times (3/27, Kate Conger And Erin Griffith) The New York Times reports under the headline “As Life Moves Online, An Older Generation Faces A Digital Divide” that “while teenagers are celebrating birthdays over Zoom with one another, children are chatting with friends over online games and young adults are ordering food via delivery apps, some older people are intimidated by such technology.” A 2017 Pew Research study found that “three-quarters of those older than 65 said they needed someone else to set up their electronic devices,” and one-third “also said they were only a little or not at all confident in their ability to use electronics and to navigate the web.