Digital transition a mess, but in entirely unexpected way

By John Dunbar

Imagine paying $556 million for a house and then the seller — after cashing your check — says you have to wait an extra four months before y

Colombia’s black-market coltan tied to drug traffickers, paramilitaries

By Ignacio Gómez G.

Illicit mining in hot spot of Colombia’s Amazon tied to paramilitaries, drug traffickers

Excerpts from this story referencing "consumer electronics":

"… ochips and controls that enhance growing numbers of smart phones and other consumer electronics.These miners are collecting what can be considered “conflict minerals,†…"