The technology stack surrounding end-of-life electronics is being impacted from varioust directions at once, and for the first time in a long while, the influence is coming from inside the industry’s own operating assumptions.
Tech & Sustainability: HP’s EliteBoard G1a keyboard PC. Circularity rating: 6.5/10. Sustainability rating 7.5
HP EliteBoard G1a lands at 6.5 out of 10 in our Circular IT rating, with sustainability as its strongest dimension at 7.5 out of 10. We score eight dimensions, from recycled content and repairability through lifecycle and total cost of ownership.
Should we pay attention to IBM’s quantum foundry?
IBM announced that it plans to launch a standalone quantum chip foundry company with support from a proposed $1 billion CHIPS Act award. The announcement adds another signal that the United States is accelerating investment in advanced computing infrastructure.
The future of underwater data centers
A new class of data center infrastructure is beginning to emerge, one that prioritizes sealed environments, remote...
AI Vision Is Moving to Line in E‑Waste Sorting
When injecting AI into ITAD and electronics recycling operations, most ITAD and e‑scrap facilities are still at an...
AI in ITAD and Recycling: Avoiding Claude-Style Cost Overruns with a Hybrid Deployment Model
What happened at Microsoft and Uber when they leaned into Anthropic’s Claude Code? That’s one of the most efficient...
Market Briefing – Component Market: Motherboards in Freefall as AI Soaks Up the Silicon
Global PC shipments returned to growth in Q1 2026, but the apparent recovery is driven more by inventory tactics and...
Can modular metals recovery challenge the smelter model?
A UK-based startup is testing a different approach to extracting metals from electronic scrap, one that could...
The PC Market’s “Memflation” Moment: Why Q1 Shipment Growth Is a Mirage
About this analysis PC shipment data from Gartner and IDC suggests a healthy market on the surface, but both firms...
Wearables are coming
Over 600 million wearables shipped last year, representing the equivalent of smartphone-scale volume. And unlike...
Apple’s MacBook Neo: iFixit’s best MacBook score in 14 years, but the residual value ceiling is real
Apple just shipped its most recyclable and most repairable laptop to date, and priced it at $599. For an industry that...
Siemens: Industrial AI for Meta Ray-Ban AI Glasses
Technology: How AI’s Breakneck Pace Is Outrunning Enterprise Strategy and Your IT Refresh Cycle
Transcript: Anthropic — one of the leading AI companies in the world, backed by over $30 billion in fresh funding at a...
Industry Alert: Brace For a Printer Surge as Microsoft Ends Legacy Driver Support this Year
Just as the end of Windows 10 support triggered an unusually high PC refresh cycle, Microsoft's decision to end legacy...
From CES to the shredder: What 2026 PCs mean for ITAD
In Las Vegas, CES 2026 provided a glimpse of what ITAD companies and electronics recyclers will be confronting three...
Where to Invest in Future Decommissioning Corridors: The Geographic and Utility Forces Reshaping U.S. Data Centers
The U.S. data center landscape is shifting from a historically concentrated model anchored in Northern Virginia toward...
Bridging Distribution and Lifecycle: How Ingram Micro is Doing it and Lessons for the ITAM/ITAD Sectors
Ingram Micro’s latest quarterly results reveal a rapid acceleration beyond traditional IT distribution and into the...
The Windows 10 Sunset: How Enterprise Refresh Cycles Will Reshape ITAD, Refurbishment, and Urban Mining (2026–2028)
The approaching end of Microsoft’s Windows 10 era will set in motion one of the most synchronized technology...