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A French law takes aim at our throwaway gadgets

Kate Hairsine & Carl NasmanApril 27, 2015

Why do our smartphones or laptops always seem to wear out after only a few years of use? Some activists say companies design them that way. Now a new law in France is taking aim at so-called "planned obsolescence."

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