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Demand for new phones and Wi-Fi connected products dropped in 2022, a survey found, likely due to economic pressures and pandemic-driven purchase over the last two years. 

Comcast and several other tech companies recently announced various investments into digital equity, including donations of devices to a program in Thailand and a partnership with Chicago. 

Around the globe, PC shipments dropped 16.6% in the second quarter of 2023, marking the seventh consecutive quarter of decline. However, Gartner predicts that the market is beginning to stabilize. 

Global tech manufacturer HP made progress on its sustainability goals in 2022, using 45% more recycled metals and auditing twice as many recyclers as the previous year. 

A Portland, Ore. commissioner announced the city would be donating its old computers to nonprofit Free Geek to be redistributed, urging other businesses to do so too. 

Two Pennsylvania senators are trying to restructure the current e-scrap recycling program to make it more efficient and convenient. 

The U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund is calling on Google to extend the software expiration date of its Chromebooks. 

After over two decades in the IT asset management space, Re-Source Partners found its niche and recently received an award for it. 

A Northeast company, IC Recovery, is commercializing its process to gently and quickly remove computer chips from circuit boards so the chips can be reused or resold.

Research and consulting firm Gartner cited economic uncertainty as the reason behind a drop in worldwide PC shipments in the fourth quarter of 2022 and the year overall.