If you’re in the U.S and AT&T is your mobile network operator, you may have noticed a change at the top of your phone. For the past week, the wireless carrier has been swapping out “LTE” for “5Gᴇ” at the top of many of its customers’ devices. Many informed users know that like other mobile …
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Cyxtera Technologies, a global secure infrastructure company, has released new research which has revealed that IoT devices are continuously being attacked, particularly those leveraging zero-day vulnerabilities for certain devices. The report, titled ‘Detection of Threats to IoT Devices using Scalable VPN-forwarded Honeypots,’ underscores some key findings from the study that was jointly conducted by researchers …
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Provided is a weekly snapshot of the recent mobile repair, sustainability and battery related news that HOBI’s blog reported during the week 4/08-4/12. Internal Apple documents undercut claims about your right to repair Apple device owners could be seeing some radical changes to the way they decide to have their devices repaired. An internal Apple …
A technology refresh cycle establishes a predictable process for swapping out old technology with new assets every few years. It comes with a host of considerations. Sometimes a refresh means a simple software upgrade and other times it means a complete overhaul in the repair show. And sometimes, it means that equipment is out of …
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Researchers at Rice University in Houston say they have a solution to deal with difficult-to-recycle lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles, cell-phones and various other electronic devices. Using an environmentally friendly deep eutectic solvent, the solution can extract recyclable elements from the metal oxides commonly used as cathodes in lithium-ion batteries. The researchers say that …
When it comes to sustainability, can you have both durability and recyclability? A research team at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) aims to answer this question. The team recently published a study in the journal Management Science, that looks into the impact of government policies put in place to reduce the amount of …
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If you’re an Apple owner who has ever been in need of an iPhone or MacBook repair, you’ve more than likely experienced waiting in line at your nearest Apple store’s Genius Bar so an authorized Apple technician can tell you what’s wrong and how much it will cost to fix it. If the device is …
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Provided is a weekly snapshot of the recent mobile, technology and electronic recycling related news that HOBI’s blog reported during the week 4/01-4/05. Apple faces another import ban in one of many battles against Qualcomm The latest chapter in the ongoing and messy Apple versus Qualcomm legal battle involves a U.S. trade judge that has …
Earlier this week, Sustainable Electronics Recycling International (SERI) released the latest draft of the R2 (Responsible Recycling Practice) version 3 standard. The draft will be available for public comments beginning April 15. The R2 Standard is the most globally recognized electronics reuse-recycling standard with more than 850 R2 certified facilities operating in 34 countries. The …
U.S. companies that collect waste for recycling are weighing higher prices and other changes to their operations since China upended the industry when it stopped accepting a majority of the scrap material Americans have been shipping there for decades. E-Scrap, a Resource Recycling publication, reports that while the recycling relationship between the U.S. and China …
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