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| UpdatedWestern Australia could go from one lithium mine to seven over the next 18 months, opening up hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue.
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Tokyo officials says they are recycling the electronics to promote sustainability and save costs.
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| UpdatedSamsung Electronics says internal short circuiting in Galaxy Note 7 batteries caused the phones to heat up and catch on fire, after months of investigation and internal and independent reviews.
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| UpdatedAsia forced to deal with a growing mountain of discarded smartphones and other electronics, amid environmental fears.
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| UpdatedApple pulled the wraps off the iPhone 7 this morning and announced it's ditching the headphone jack. Is this the beginning of the end for wired headphones?
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Ever wondered how Christmas enthusiasts sync their lights with a radio station? Here's how.
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| UpdatedElectronics might be cheaper than ever before, but they're also harder to fix. Now a movement is fighting to ensure consumers have a "right to repair" the goods they own.
Topics: electronics, industry, business-economics-and-finance, consumer-electronics, united-states
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| UpdatedA $15,000 drone being sent to someone in the Northern Territory bursts into flames at a postal facility, prompting a warning from fire authorities.
Topics: fires, consumer-electronics, winnellie-0820
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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 users are reportedly being sent return kits containing gloves to handle the device as well as a number of special thermally-insulated boxes to ship the phones back in.
Topics: consumer-electronics, mobile-phones, united-states, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of
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Samsung has been sending Note 7 owners a kit to return their phones, including an insulating box and explicit instructions to avoid sending the device via air freight.
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| UpdatedThe world's top smartphone maker is in crisis mode as it's forced to again recall the Galaxy Note7. Here are the key developments in Samsung's smartphone nightmare.
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| UpdatedSamsung urges all owners of its Galaxy Note7 smartphones to power them down and stop using them amid further reports of the devices catching fire.
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| UpdatedSamsung Electronics confirms it has made changes to its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone production, following reports its replacements for the fire-prone phones were overheating.
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| UpdatedThe wraps have just come off the Google Pixel and experts say the new phone put Samsung "directly in the crosshairs".
Topics: mobile-phones, information-and-communication, consumer-electronics, business-economics-and-finance, united-states
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| UpdatedIn a move to rival the likes of Gumtree and eBay, Facebook is launching its very own selling application.
Topics: social-media, journalism, consumer-electronics, australia
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| UpdatedDetails of a secret Google-brand smartphone are leaked on the internet after Canadian phone company Bell posts details for pre-ordering on its website.
Topics: consumer-electronics, electronics, telecommunications, canada, united-states
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The US Consumer Product Safety Commission announces a recall of around one million Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones plagued by incidents of batteries bursting into flames.
Topics: consumer-protection, consumer-electronics, electronics, mobile-phones, united-states
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One film maker is urging people to re-consider the need to upgrade.
Topics: mobile-phones, science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, consumer-electronics, information-technology, environment, pollution, mining-environmental-issues, environmental-impact, australia
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| UpdatedApple pulled the wraps off the iPhone 7 this morning and announced it's ditching the headphone jack. Is this the beginning of the end for wired headphones?
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| UpdatedA Sunshine Coast mother says she is happy to be alive after waking at 2am to a smoke-filled room, with her mobile phone "glowing red hot like an element" as it charged on the bedside table.
Topics: consumer-protection, consumer-electronics, electronics, mobile-phones, maroochydore-4558