this post was submitted on 15 Mar 2025
217 points (92.2% liked)

Technology

66922 readers
4599 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
217
Humane's Ai Pin was a flop. Now it's a recycling nightmare. (www.context.news)
submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
36 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

What’s the context?

Humane's Ai Pin and other AI wearables are difficult to recycle, threatening to worsen the world's global e-waste problem.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Apple recycles AirPods. There’s no trade in value, but you can bring them to any Apple Store, or fill out the form for a mail in label.

https://www.apple.com/shop/trade-in

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

It's better if you can just use the same equipment forever by replacing the battery.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

What happens to them then?