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Electronic junk gathering dust in a drawer could be the key to loosening China’s grip on rare earth metals. WSJ energy columnist Ed Ballard takes us through the latest chapter in technology recycling. Plus, Meta and Microsoft have both invested extraordinary amounts of capital in AI, but their stock market fortunes are diverging. WSJ Heard on the Street columnist Dan Gallagher explains why.

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