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Refurbed: A second life for a smartphone by Mattia Tino
By Benjamin Hughes |
The theme of WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) is more current than ever. Every year around 50 million tons of cyber-garbage are thrown away, which, in terms of recoverable materials, would be worth approximately $62.5 billions. Of these, only 20% are disposed with legal methods: the remaining 80% is thrown into gigantic landfills on…
Read More Alibaba: en-route to greatness or disaster? By Devansh Sachdeva
By Benjamin Hughes |
Alibaba, Chinese e-commerce giant, has started showing recovery signs as stock prices increase steadily after the steep downfall in mid-December. With stock prices (NYSE: BABA) falling as low as US$ 130.60 in December 2018, the company has revived itself and beat analysts’ forecast to reach a healthy US$ 166.82. Despite revenues falling to a threw…
Read More Facebook Among Firms to Support Affordable Housing in San Francisco by Kevin Owens
By Benjamin Hughes |
Big tech firms such as Facebook are pillars of their local communities. They attract a highly-skilled and educated workforce and pay high incomes to their employees. While a young, smart, wealthy population sounds great on the surface, there are drawbacks to such a demographic shift. Since the internet boom of the 1990s and 2000s, the…
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