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thenextweb

2024-12-26

A rising tide of e-waste threatens our health, the environment and the economy


Our growing reliance on technology at home and in the workplace has raised the profile of e-waste. This consists of discarded electrical devices including laptops, smartphones, televisions, computer servers, washing machines, medical equipment, games consoles and much more. The amount of e-waste produced this decade could reach as much as 5 million metric tonnes, according to recent research published in Nature. This is around 1,000 times more e-waste than was produced in 2023. According to the study, the boom in artificial intelligence wi [...]

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Match Score: 119.40

Destination

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Match Score: 106.67

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Match Score: 71.74

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Match Score: 48.23

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How to make your smartphone last longer

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Match Score: 46.69

venturebeat

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We keep talking about AI agents, but do we ever know what they are?

Imagine you do two things on a Monday morning.First, you ask a chatbot to summarize your new emails. Next, you ask an AI tool to figure out why your top competitor grew so fast last quarter. The AI si [...]

Match Score: 39.18

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Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 review: Incrementally better than its predecessor...again

We called 2023’s Galaxy Watch 6 a “modest upgrade” from the Galaxy Watch 5, which itself also got described as “very similar” to its predecessor, the Watch 4. So it’s perhaps not surprisin [...]

Match Score: 36.58

thenextweb

2025-09-24

How robotics could turn e-waste into a tech goldmine

E-waste has become a global problem. Unfortunately, the majority of discarded used technology, known as e-waste, is dumped or processed in unsafe conditions. Around 78% of electronic products aren’t [...]

Match Score: 34.30

thenextweb

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Nuclear waste could power Europe for decades. This startup plans to prove it

Europe has been turning uranium into energy for over half a century. In the process, the continent has amassed vast stockpiles of nuclear waste. This radioactive material can take millions of years to [...]

Match Score: 34.25