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Up to 40 million gadgets lying unused in UK homes

Up to 40 million electronic gadgets are lying discarded in UK homes, a study has found.  Each of the items contains, including old phones, music players and tablets, contain rare Earth metals such as Indium, Yttirium and Europium. Yttrium, for example, is worth £2,397 ($3,400) per pound and is used for camera …

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Virgin Orbit in launch deal with UK’s Royal Air Force

Jeff Bezos in front of Blue Origin’s space capsule Jeff Bezos’ space tourism project with Blue Origin is competing with a similar programme in development by Space X, the rocket firm founded and run by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and Virgin Galactic, backed by Richard Branson. Bezos revealed in April …

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