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Access all areas this summer: Beach ramps, pool hoists, off-road wheelchairs – there’s a wealth of new innovations for those with a disability

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A long-overdue mix of innovations, inventions and improvements are set to transform holiday options for disabled travellers this summer. 

Better still, it’s not just planes, trains and (off-road) automobiles promising easier access and more comfortable journeys.

Hotels, beach resorts and cruise ships are also unveiling radical changes as travel bosses wake up to the size of the disabled travel market.

‘A lot of challenges remain for disabled people and their families, but the travel industry is moving in the right

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Google’s AI Innovations Drive Search & Ad Performance: Q2 2023 Insights

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Alphabet, the parent company of Google, had strong financial results in the second quarter of 2023. This was driven by progress in artificial intelligence (AI) and improvements to Google Search.

During Alphabet’s earnings call, CEO Sundar Pichai highlighted the company’s continued dominance in AI and the ongoing enhancements to Search.

Pichai emphasized that Alphabet is leading the way in applying AI to improve its products and services, with Search being transformed by advanced AI capabilities.

AI Innovations Powering Search

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What made the last century’s great innovations possible?

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In the early decades of the 20th century, a slew of technologies began altering daily life with seemingly unprecedented speed and breadth. Suddenly, consumers could enjoy affordable automobiles. Long-distance telephone service connected New York with San Francisco. Electric power and radio broadcasts came into homes. New methods for making synthetic fertilizer portended a revolution in agriculture. And on the horizon, airplanes promised a radical transformation in travel and commerce.

As the technology historian Thomas P. Hughes noted: “The remarkably prolific

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