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Brits sitting on £1.6B gold mine of Windows 10 junk as support ends

Wednesday October 8, 2025. 10:03 AM , from TheRegister
Recyclers reckon millions of obsolete PCs could yield a small fortune in precious metals
There's gold in them thar piles of old Windows 10 PCs. Quite literally, according to recyclers.…
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