right to repair

Late last month, the UK banned carriers from locking smartphones. Now, Wired is reporting that the same thing might…

Every time I’ve bought an Apple product, I’ve always hesitated at shelling out extra for Apple Care. Even though I’m…

A few weeks ago, I found myself in need of a repair for a borked camera lens on my iPhone 11. I do everything in my…

Apple is expanding support for its independent repair provider program to include its Mac computers. That means more…

While conducting an interview for this very blog, my phone started to die rapidly. My iPhone is a couple years old,…

Apple is notorious for its stranglehold on repairs and managing to weasel its way out of regulation by offering…

Well, well, well. After Apple—a company notoriously hostile to independent repair shops—appeared to cede part of its…

In a warehouse in Chatsworth, California, rows upon rows of giant wooden crates are stacked forty feet high, in a…

A glaring lack of right-to-repair protections touches just about everyone, from consumers to farmers and independent…

During its October Surface event on Wednesday, Microsoft revealed something unexpected (besides the Surface Duo phone

From 2021 onward, manufacturers across the pond will have to make household appliances longer-lasting and easier to…

Here we go again.

In terms of building a more ethical smartphone that meets even the high bar set by repair nerds, Fairphone fits the…

Say what you will about modular smartphones—and there’s certainly plenty to say—they do have one very clear benefit…

Apple has activated a “dormant software lock” that effectively kneecaps third-party replacement batteries on some…

Apple’s notorious for putting strict rules on who can and can’t repair their products—a sore point for Apple haters…

This was one heck of a week in the tech and science world. Ridesharing giant Uber finally launched its long-awaited…

Take a second to look around you and consider the various gadgets within eyeshot. How many of them, if they broke,…