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TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING THE WORLD FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

Global Accessibility Awareness Day is this week and technology is doing its part to help improve the lives of people with disabilities. Apps that describe surroundings; the ability to create 3-D audio maps; and accessible gaming devices are all small steps toward a more inclusive world.

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Iran war threatens water access in Middle East
Natalie Johnson, Eileen Zhang

As missiles fly and oil prices soar, the Iran war is exposing another major resource vulnerability in the Middle East: water. Fresh water has been a scarce commodity in a region defined by a dry climate and low rainfall, but attacks on the region’s desalination plants, which convert seawater into drinking water, threaten to open a new front.