Buying electronics used to help fund war in Africa. Now big tech companies like Intel are working to make sure their money isn’t used for destruction. Seven years ago, if you bought a new iPhone or a laptop, you were probably also inadvertently supporting warlords and mass rapists in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The country has some of the world’s largest deposits of many of the tiny bits of metal, like tin and tungsten,…
In 2016, Intel’s entire supply chain will be conflict-free
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