Like the Battery Pack for Your Phone, Just in Your Stove

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Tech News

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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There is a growing view that electricity is the best way to power everything from cooking to driving and that America’s infrastructure is inadequate to distribute that electricity. That has startups working on larger batteries to power appliances, homes and whole neighborhoods. WSJ tech columnist Christopher Mims joins host Zoe Thomas to talk about those efforts. Plus, law firms are targeting small businesses with disability lawsuits alleging their websites aren’t ADA compliant. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.0	Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Monday, July 22nd. I'm Zoe Thomas for the Wall Street Journal.
0:36.0	The internet is crucial for everything from hunting for a job to making banking transactions.
0:42.0	But for people with visual impairments, for a job to making banking transactions.
0:43.0	But for people with visual impairments, many websites don't have the accessibility features
0:47.8	they need according to advocates.
0:50.1	A cottage industry has sprung up around website accessibility, and law firms are targeting small
0:56.4	businesses.
0:57.4	We'll explain the impact this is having.
1:00.2	And then, we're used to our personal devices, like phones and tablets having batteries.
1:05.1	But what if everything in your home had its own battery?
1:08.4	Our tech columnist Christopher Mims is going to tell us more about some startups behind this push.
1:15.0	First though, the Americans with Disabilities Act was enacted in 1990 to prevent discrimination against people with disabilities.
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