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Whether you repurpose it, rehome it, or recycle it, that dusty old computer in your closet may still be surprisingly valuable. Russell McLendon is a science writer with expertise in the natural ...

Computers become obsolete for a variety of reasons — old age, insufficient specs, malfunctioning hardware, or users simply want an upgrade. From selling hardware to be repurposed or bringing your ...

Deleting a file on a computer rarely means it is gone. On traditional hard drives and many solid-state drives, what ...

We are talking about taking out the hard drive. On a CPU, you will have to take about a few screws to remove the outer metal shell and then find the hard drive. The hard drive pulls right out and now ...

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. At a laboratory inside a Google data center in Mayes County, Oklahoma, researchers spent the fall of 2019 ...

In a groundbreaking move towards sustainable technology, Microsoft has unveiled its latest innovation: the AI-Driven Recyclobot. Designed to address the growing challenge of electronic waste, the ...

Apple's Mac Pro desktop computer has four hard drive bays, each of which can accommodate hards drives up to 2 terabytes in capacity. The first drive bay contains the main system hard drive; the three ...

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. At a laboratory inside a Google data center in Mayes County,Oklahoma, ...