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An esports team in Chicago in 2018 playing the game "League of Legends," one of the most popular esports in the world.

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22/06/2023

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Euroviews. Products should be built to last, not break down prematurely

If consumers can confidently trust the lifespan of their product, they will be more inclined to use them longer and less likely to be swayed into replacing them too soon, Els Bruggeman and Luisa Crisigiovanni write.

05/06/2023

More than half a million device repairs have been subsidised under Austria’s e-waste scheme.

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Austria is tackling e-waste by helping to pay for repairs

An EU-wide ‘right to repair’ law could soon make it easier to repair rather than replace electronics.

02/05/2023

Semiconductors are a vital component in many of the products we use every day.

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Semiconductors: How China-Taiwan tensions could affect 'every country'

Semiconductors are a key component of products we use every day, including smartphones, laptops, and cars - and the majority of them are Taiwan-made.

11/04/2023

An e-waste worker wades through a sea of electronic items dropped at Mt. St. Mary's School for their annual recycling event, Grass Valley, California, Oct. 10, 2020.

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Which EU countries are the worst when it comes to e-waste?

From laptops to smartphones, Europeans generate the most electronic waste per capita. How good are they at recycling it?

03/11/2022

Microbatteries are between 100 microns thick (roughly twice the thickness of a human hair) and 2 millimetres thick for the largest.

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This French start-up makes microbatteries the size of a breadcrumb

The microbatteries developed by ITEN are just a few millimetres thick and could be used across a range of consumer electronics.

18/10/2022

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Why I swapped my iPhone for a €600 ethical Fairphone

The Fairphone is top of the ethical phone table according to Ethical Consumer, but it’s also a beautiful bit of technology.

13/09/2022

FILE PHOTO: IPhone 12 phones are seen at the new Apple Store on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 24, 2021.

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EU agrees all phones and tablets must have a common charger by 2024

Apple will have to change the connector on iPhones sold in Europe by 2024.

07/06/2022

A picture taken on February 6, 2020 in Brussels shows plugs for mobile charger next to a European flag.

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Europe moves one step closer to a worldwide phone and laptop charger

Apple's iPhones are charged from a Lightning cable while Android-based devices are powered using USB-C connectors.

21/04/2022

A rendering shows early plans for two new Intel processor factories in Magdeburg, Germany.

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Intel to build a new €17 billion chip manufacturing hub in Germany

The US chipmaker plans to invest over €80 billion in Europe in the next decade to ease a global shortage of semiconductors.

15/03/2022

Arm chips are found in many consumer electronic devices, including iPhones.

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UK chipmaker Arm to axe up to 15% of staff after Nvidia deal collapse

The UK chipmaker is set to cut hundreds of jobs after its $40bn (€36 billion) sale to US chipmaker Nvidia was called off last month.

15/03/2022

File - A medical worker takes a swab sample to test for COVID-19 from a worker at the Foxconn factory in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021.

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Apple supplier Foxconn shuts factories in China amid COVID lockdown

Foxconn, the biggest supplier to companies including Apple and Samsung, is halting production at its plants in Schenzen as the Chinese city enters a COVID lockdown. Other iPhone suppliers are also affected.

14/03/2022

European users have reported problems with their Amazon Alexa devices.

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Amazon Alexa back online after users report outages across Europe

The smart speaker system came back online after a two-hour outage after users across the continent reported problems with their Alexa devices.

21/01/2022

People take pictures in front of a sign during the CES tech show Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, in Las Vegas.

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CES 2022: Sustainability a buzzword as new electric vehicles unveiled

One of the keywords at this year's tech fair has been sustainability, with electric vehicle manufacturers being among those who have made it to Las Vegas.

07/01/2022

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Hisense's European campaign ramps up efforts to boost the multinational's image overseas

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22/12/2021

Pioneering Danish cafe launches EU campaign to slow the mass consumption of electrical devises and goods

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This cafe in Denmark fixes your damaged electrical goods for free

The ‘Right to Repair’ campaign wants the EU to rate electrical devices on a scale of reparability to hold manufacturers to account.

21/11/2021

This NASA image obtained November 6, 2014 shows an active region on the sun as it emitted a mid-level solar flare.

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The race is on to stop solar flares from crashing our digital systems

A team of UK researchers are testing ways to shield electronics from solar radiation which could scramble the binary code that the smooth functioning of our digital world depends on.

03/11/2021

Model Daisy Lowe was the first to trade her old smartphone in at the pub.

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Pay for your drinks with old iPhones at this unique London pub

This International E-waste Day, pub-goers can get rewarded for the unwanted tech in their drawers at home.

14/10/2021

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Apple against Brussels' bid to have one charger for all smartphones

Brussels says the move will reduce electronic waste. Apple argues it will inconvenience users. What do you think?

23/09/2021

Millions of desktop PCs are lying idle in offices post-COVID

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‘Global mountain’ of desktop PCs abandoned in offices due to COVID-19

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