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Microsoft gets smart about HDD recycling with robots that extract valuable metals [TechSpot]
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A staggering amount of e-waste is generated by hard drives every year, with up to 70 million of them mindlessly shredded in their entirety. This results in the loss of valuable metals like neodymium, aluminum, and stainless steel. Microsoft aims to change that with this new technique.