Western Digital and Microsoft are testing new ways to recover precious materials from old hardware as trade tariffs and other ...

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A new pilot program from Microsoft and Western Digital has demonstrated a novel method of recycling rare earth elements (REEs ...

Microsoft achieved a 90.9% reuse and recycling rate for servers and components in 2024, surpassing its 2025 target of 90% a ...

Digital storage firm Western Digital has launched an initiative in collaboration with Microsoft, Critical Materials Recycling ...

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Synology confirms that its upcoming Plus-series NAS devices will restrict some software functionality if you fail to use ...

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Hard disk drives (HDDs) use rare earth elements like Neodymium (Nd), Praseodymium (Pr), and Dysprosium (Dy) for their ...

Although solid-state drives have become the standard for personal computers, mechanical hard drives remain the backbone of data centers worldwide. When these drives are retired, they ...

The company’s blog post adds that the newly developed recycling process can "result in ~90% high-yield elemental and rare ...