Microsoft has reportedly deployed robots and artificial intelligence to pull apart defective hard disks to gather the valuable materials within them. Reports from Tom's Hardware and Blocks & Files ...

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The big picture: After their lifespan has run its course, those spinning disk platters filled with our digital data must be properly dismantled and shredded to prevent information leaks. Microsoft's ...

Microsoft has invested in a rare earth materials startup focused on recycling hard drives. Canada’s Cyclic Materials this week announced it has received an equity investment from Microsoft’s Climate ...

There is the mental image that most people have of electronics recycling, and then there is the reality, which is shredding. Less than 20 percent of e-waste even makes it to recycling. That which does ...