Technology is expanding what’s possible for people with disabilities, from communicating with loved ones to navigating the world with greater independence. Across AI, devices, platforms, and services, companies are building tools that make information, mobility, entertainment, and opportunity easier to reach for more people. Learn how tech is enhancing accessibility in this week’s Tech at Work.

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Amazon shared the first episode of Unapologetica11y, a series sharing stories of people with disabilities living boldly and fully as themselves.

Apple previewed a suite of accessibility updates that use Apple Intelligence to bring new capabilities to features users rely on every day.

ElevenLabs’ 11 Voices docuseries highlights how its technology is helping people living with ALS, cerebral palsy, and other speech-impacting conditions communicate in a voice that sounds like themselves again.

Google is helping blind and low-vision athletes run independently.

Meta’s wearable AI is making a difference for people with disabilities, enabling the blind to describe their surroundings and giving veterans with memory loss more confidence.

Netflix added new accessibility tools, like ‘Search by Language’ and 13,000 additional hours of Audio Description across 34 languages.

NVIDIA received three Webby Awards in Accessibility, Responsible Innovation, and Accessible Technology for its collaborative project with the American Society for Deaf Children.

Salesforce introduced a new suite of AI-powered accessibility skills.

Serve Robotics hosted a session on combating ableism and the responsibility to build with accessibility in mind.

Tesla showed how its FSD Supervised can help increase independence and mobility for drivers with disabilities, including a driver born without arms who described the technology as “life-changing accessibility.”

Uber employees shared first-hand perspectives on why building inclusive products for a wide variety of people’s lived experiences is so important.

Verizon celebrated Global Accessibility Awareness Day by exploring how small businesses are leveraging technology to create groundbreaking solutions for people with disabilities.

Waymo spotlighted how its autonomous rides can create new possibilities for independence and mobility, including for an autistic rider who uses the service to live more independently.

New in Tech

Strava Launches MCP Connector, Allowing Athletes to Sync Training History to Claude

Strava announced the launch of a Model Context Protocol (MCP) connector that lets subscribers query their own Strava data through Claude and get in-depth insights about their training. The connector makes Strava one of the first major connected fitness platforms to ship a native AI assistant integration. With this tool, subscribers can unlock their full training history, analyzed in plain language, and synthesize trends across strength, cycling, running, or however they stay active. Learn more.

Tech Spotlight

Yahoo Finance is launching a dedicated hub for AI news and analysis in partnership with leading publishers such as Axios, Fortune, TechCrunch, and Fast Company. Built to help the 100 million investors who visit Yahoo Finance’s website each month cut through the noise, the new site delivers in-depth coverage from this network of partners and original journalism from Yahoo Finance. Learn more.