Many apps are falling short of being accessible to disabled users, according to a recent report from software developer ArcTouch and the online platform Fable. Ben Ogilvie, head of accessibility at ArcTouch, explains how mobile app developers can improve on their accessibility features.

Anita Ramaswamy, columnist at The Information, joins Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino for this week’s “Tech Bytes: Week in Review.”

The state is betting big on its future with investments in air taxi infrastructure and a possible space port.

China is responsible for most of the world’s processing of rare earth metals and minerals, but its new export restrictions have raised the stakes for U.S. efforts to build its own supply chain and processing industry. Barbara Arnold, a professor of mining engineering at Penn State, says there are options, but they require time, development and investment.

The state’s law enforcement agencies are increasingly implementing public-facing, 24/7 surveillance tech like automated license plate readers, according to an investigation by the nonprofit Cardinal News. Editor Jeff Schwaner discusses the rights issues that motivated him to take an excursion through the network.

People applying for technical jobs are being rejected for using AI in interviews, even as more companies require coders and engineers to use AI at work, according to Business Insider’s Amanda Hoover. AI’s growing role in technical fields is complicating the effort to, in Hoover’s words, “get the best people connected to the best jobs.”

Paresh Dave, senior writer at Wired, joins Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino for “Tech Bytes: Week in Review.”

Nick Daniel, chief product officer, says the LLMs connect buyers’ desires to Etsy’s vast inventory of unique, handmade items. The business model, though, still relies on the expertise of human trendspotters.

Consumers won’t be buying as many gadgets during the potential downturn that’s slamming tech stocks, forecasts Daniel Newman of the Futurum Group. But the tariff-fueled disruption could widen giant companies’ advantage over the rest.