The tech company announced on Monday that it will spend around $25 million over five years to support developers designing tools that will make lives easier for people with disabilities. "For the most part, this is just about possibility," says Rob Marvin, associate features editor at PCMag.
For the full interview, [click here](https://cheddar.com/videos/the-biggest-moments-from-microsofts-build-conference).
In a year of the electric vehicle, new technology led to layoffs, new flight options, scooters, and jumps forward in space travel.
ICON's streaming fitness service iFit recently raised $200 million to invest in technology, expand its content library, and reach more potential users.
Amazon Alexa Auto Chief Evangelist Arianne Walker told Cheddar she wants Alexa to shift the perception of the in-car digital assistant.
These are the headlines you Need 2 Know for Wednesday, December 18, 2019.
As 2019 puts a bow on the teens, highlights from the year showed fans that the industry is ready and willing to adapt to upheavals in technology and politics while still having some fun along the way.
Mark Groden, founder and CEO of Skyryse, sees the just completed end-to-end autonomous flight of its helicopter called Luna as a large step forward in realizing a new sky-based transportation system.
Joel Flory, CEO of the photo editing app VSCO, discussed the VSCO girl trend and the acquisition of camera and app company, Rylo, in a sitdown with Cheddar.
Cheddar looks back at the high-profile product failures of the year.
The middle-of-the-night moves on Capitol Hill blindsided the solar sector. The industry had launched an ambitious lobbying effort this summer to extend the industry's tax credit and until last night had believed that an extension would be included in the tax packages.
1-800 Contacts, the private-equity-owned online contact lens retailer, is buying 6over6 Vision, an Israeli startup that has pioneered a way for customers to bypass eye doctors and complete in-home eye tests via their smartphones.
