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Tech

Chromebooks Are Trash (Literally)

04.20.23

By Ernie Smith
Tech

Lithium Battery Fires Are Threatening Recycling as We Know It

02.01.22

By Audrey Carleton
Tech

Android’s E-Waste Problem Can’t Be Solved With Custom ROMs

02.01.22

By Aaron Gordon
Tech

When Tesla Says It Recycles 100% of Its Batteries, What Does That Mean?

08.16.21

By Audrey Carleton
Tech

Are Digital Pregnancy Tests a Wasteful Scam? An Investigation

09.15.20

By Maddie Bender
Tech

The World Economic Forum Tells Davos: Electronics Are ‘the Fastest-Growing Waste Stream in the World’

01.29.19

By Matthew Gault
Tech

Giant Art Installation Outside MWC Protests Planned Obsolescence

02.28.18

By Mack DeGeurin
This is part of ECS Refining's e-waste facility. ECS is one of the few recycling centers in the United States that properly recycles old CRT televisions.

Tech

America’s Television Graveyards

02.16.17

By Jason Koebler
Tech

Almost Nothing About the ‘Apple Harvests Gold From iPhones’ Story Is True

04.20.16

By Jason Koebler
Tech

A Slimmer Smartphone Means Mountains of E-waste

02.25.15

By Maddie Stone
Tech

Phoneblok, a Tonic for the iPhone’s Planned Obsolescence

09.12.13

By Ben Richmond
Tech

An Electro-Undertaker Explains America’s E-Waste Problem

05.17.13

By Ben Richmond

The Latest

Sonos Beam (2nd Generation) – Credit: Sonos

Tech

Want a Sonos Home Theater Upgrade on a Budget? The Beam Soundbar Is Just $369.

Want better audio without having to sell a kidney? Sonos’ semi-affordable soundbar is on sale for a price that goes full-blown affordable.

06.05.25

By Matt Jancer
Empa

News

Scientists Used Mushrooms To Invent a Plastic That’s Alive

06.05.25

By Luis Prada
DJI Drone – Credit: DJI

News

Dji Is… Happy That the White House Will Decide Next Week on Whether To Ban Its Drones?

DJI has swagger as the US government fulfills it wishes and takes a rumored imminent look into whether the Chinese company can keep operating as usual in the US.

06.05.25

By Matt Jancer
Wildpixel/Getty Images

News

There Are 8.2 Billion People on Earth—but There Might Actually Be Billions More

06.05.25

By Luis Prada
Photo by Rijksmuseum/Kelly Schenk

Life

Rare 200-Year-Old Condom Goes on Display at Dutch Museum

A Dutch museum decided to put quite an unusual object on display in its most recent exhibit—a 19th century condom.

06.05.25

By Paige Gawley