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Here's how HP recycles its ink cartridges — and works on climate pledges

Aug 2, 2022
We visit an 80,000-square-foot facility in La Vergne, Tennessee, where the cartridges are taken apart and readied for their next life.
James McCall, left, and Kai Ryssdal stand next to one of the hundreds of boxes filled with used HP ink cartridges.
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NASA is testing supercomputers to send to Mars

Aug 14, 2017
And no, scientists won't be able to use them to peruse Facebook.
The NASA logo on a protective box for a camera near the space shuttle Endeavour April 28, 2011 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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How HP is faring with its printer-PC business

Aug 24, 2016
When HP split in two, one company took the legacy hardware lines, printers and PCs.
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Hewlett-Packard is spinning off its spin-off

May 25, 2016
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise is selling off its services arm.
Meg Whitman, CEO of Hewlett Packard, rings the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on November 2, 2015, when HP spun off Hewlett-Packard Enterprise.
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HP Inc. CEO Dion Weisler banks on 3-D printing

May 17, 2016
The future of computing means blending physical and digital realities, he says.
Dion Weisler speaks at the 2015 International CES at The Venetian Las Vegas on January 6, 2015 in Las Vegas.  
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The downside to being a 'CEO candidate'

May 4, 2015
We look at the political peril that comes with a business record.

Another day, another corporate breakup

Oct 6, 2014
Silicon Valley stalwart Hewlett-Packard divides itself into two companies.

For public good, not for profit.

Hewlett-Packard's innovation trend flattened long ago

May 23, 2014
HP's innovation helped build Silicon Valley, but it's not had a giant hit since its printers 30 years ago.

HP to layoff 16,000

May 23, 2014
That’s on top of tens of thousands of layoffs already announced.

No more working at home for Hewlett-Packard employees?

Oct 9, 2013
First Yahoo. Now Hewlett-Packard is telling telecommuters to come back into the office.