MANY people are likely to have the latest tech gadgets on their New Year wish lists: smartphones, smartwatches, earphones and laptops. At the same time, older devices that have outlived their usefulness are often set aside for refurbishment, traded in for discounts on new purchases, or simply left unused until they break down. Yet replacing [...]
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