The Tech established an early presence on the World Wide Web, and continues to publish online in tandem with the print edition.

[1][2] The Tech is a completely student-managed, and largely student-written publication, officially recognized as a student activity by the administration of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

[citation needed] The publication has an advisory board composed primarily of ex-staffers who are alumni of MIT.

[citation needed] Printed copies are distributed throughout the MIT campus on the morning of publication.

In 1987, the Middlesex News (Framingham, Massachusetts) launched Fred the Computer, a single-line BBS system used to preview the next day's edition and later to organize the newspaper's past film reviews.