Right to Repair

John Deere signs right to repair agreement with US ag lobbyists

Holy cow! Memorandum of Understanding to give farmers access to 'diagnostic tools' and documentation

Personal Tech09 Jan 2023 | 26

New York gets right-to-repair law – after some industry-friendly repairs to the rules

Video We can already imagine Louis R's reaction

Personal Tech30 Dec 2022 | 54

Apple brings DIY fix-it store to Europe, UK – with gritted teeth

There's an iCatch or two: Spare parts expensive, available for few devices

Personal Tech07 Dec 2022 | 39

Hardware makers criticized for eco double standards

Canalys Channels Forum Don't penalize resellers for selling refurbished kit, educate shareholders on being Earth's friend

Personal Tech20 Oct 2022 | 20

Manufacturers could be forced to include repair instructions

Fix-it guides among changes mulled by FTC for home appliances and potentially other stuff

Personal Tech19 Oct 2022 | 30

Teardown shows Apple iPhone 14 Pro is not pro-repair

Who cares if they are authentic parts! Come to the iStore instead if you know what's good for you

Personal Tech27 Sep 2022 | 23

iPhone 14 iFixit teardown shows Apple's learning on repairs

Video Or was forced into a rethink by legislation

Personal Tech19 Sep 2022 | 20

EU proposes regulations for tablet battery life, spare parts

Rules for devices including phones aimed at reducing environmental impact of scroll addiction

Personal Tech02 Sep 2022 | 64

Apple adds M1 Mac notebooks to self-repair scheme

For 'limited, serial number-authorized repairs' in move unlikely to appease critics

Personal Tech22 Aug 2022 | 10

Oh Deere: Farm hardware jailbroken to run Doom

Corn-y demo heralded as right-to-repair win

Research16 Aug 2022 | 50

Samsung adds 'repair mode' that hides data on Galaxy smartphones in South Korea

Something Hunter Biden probably wishes computers had ages ago

Personal Tech01 Aug 2022 | 8

Indian government starts work on right to repair rules

Mobiles and tablets among sectors identified for regulation

Personal Tech18 Jul 2022 | 6

New York to get first right-to-repair law for electronics

Hey, big Apple, how'd you like them Big Apples?

Personal Tech03 Jun 2022 | 63

California Right-to-Repair bill quietly killed in committee

Despite public support for more repairable gear, tech lobbying may have kept that from happening

Personal Tech01 Jun 2022 | 72

Repairability champ Framework's modular laptop gets a speed boost

With any other portable, this would be bad news for existing owners

Personal Tech20 May 2022 | 25

GPL legal battle: Vizio told by judge it will have to answer breach-of-contract claims

Fine-print crucially deemed contractual agreement as well as copyright license in smartTV source-code case

Applications16 May 2022 | 54

John Deere tractors 'bricked' after Russia steals machinery from Ukraine

If true, a good use for DRM?

Personal Tech02 May 2022 | 129

Apple must fix its self-service repair program, say critics

A+ for marketing, F- for blocking aftermarket parts with serial number checks

Personal Tech28 Apr 2022 | 17

Apple's self-repair service finally launches after months of silence

The company kept quiet on progress since it announced plan in November

Personal Tech27 Apr 2022 | 19

Google to sell replacement Pixel phone parts via iFixit

Batteries, displays, cameras and more, apparently

Personal Tech08 Apr 2022 | 14

European Right to Repair resolution headed for vote

Motion calls for repairability ratings and expected lifetime of products

Personal Tech07 Apr 2022 | 64

The right to repairable broadband befits a supposedly critical utility

Column A bolt of lightning has caused me days of misery, because the fix requires too much proprietary tech

Networks16 Mar 2022 | 85

Deere & Co won't give out software and data needed for repairs, watchdog told

Updated Farming groups demand some kind of actual action from regulators

Personal Tech07 Mar 2022 | 78

Right-to-repair laws proposed in the US aim to make ownership great again

Bills seek to legalize digital lock breaking when mending stuff, ensure farmers can fix their machines

Personal Tech02 Feb 2022 | 31

US President Joe Biden reminds the White House he is serious about repairability

Tech giants will voluntarily do the right thing because of course they always do

Personal Tech26 Jan 2022 | 24

Farm machinery giant John Deere plows into two right-to-repair lawsuits

It's Deere hunting season in Illinois and Alabama

Software25 Jan 2022 | 80

Worst of CES Awards: The least private, least secure, least repairable, and least sustainable

Want fatuous stuff that treats you with contempt? Look no further

Personal Tech07 Jan 2022 | 98

Microsoft vows to make its Surface laptops, Xbox kit easier to fix by 2022

Spare parts, repair manuals more easily available in victory for right to repair ... when it happens

Personal Tech08 Oct 2021 | 8

Right to repair shouldn't exist – not because it's wrong but because it's so obviously right

Column Gatekeeper capitalism at its most odious

Personal Tech02 Aug 2021 | 207

I've got a broken combine harvester – but the manufacturer won't give me the software key

Feature Right-to-repair activists welcome policy wins with caution

Legal27 Jul 2021 | 195

Biden to sign exec order calling for right-to-repair rules for farmers, maybe rest of us

I've got a brand new combine harvester an' I'll give you the firmware update key

Software07 Jul 2021 | 19

New York congressman puts forward federal right-to-repair bill

Fair Repair Act targets all varieties of electronic devices

Personal Tech18 Jun 2021 | 33

New York State Senate first to pass landmark right-to-repair bill – but don't go popping the Champagne just yet

Updated ... lower house, the State Assembly, is not likely to pass the bill

Personal Tech11 Jun 2021 | 12

Apple settles with student after authorized repair workers leaked her naked pics to her Facebook page

Which pours cold water over Cupertino's insistence that third-party fixes violate privacy

Legal07 Jun 2021 | 116

Big right-to-repair win: FTC blasts tech giants for making it so difficult to mend devices

'There is scant evidence to support manufacturers’ justifications for restrictions'

Personal Tech07 May 2021 | 51

iFixit wants you to be legally able to break software locks to repair gizmos. Unsurprisingly, manufacturers are less keen

US Copyright Office asked to add DMCA amendment

Legal23 Apr 2021 | 26

Apple expands third-party repairer program, mostly in Asia

Applicants sought from Afghanistan to Vietnam – even Moscow and Myanmar – with the rest of world allowed later this year

Personal Tech30 Mar 2021 | 11

UK draft legislation enshrines the right to repair in law – but don't expect your mobile to suddenly be any easier to fix

Plus Brexity energy efficiency labelling standards thrown in

Personal Tech10 Mar 2021 | 54

Calls for 'right to repair' electronics laws grow louder across Europe

UK Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee report slams manufacturers as Euro Parliament votes to back tinkerers

Personal Tech26 Nov 2020 | 127

Heck yeah, we should have access to our own cars' repair data: Voters in US state approve a landmark right-to-repair ballot measure

It has been Biden its time

Legal04 Nov 2020 | 58

Right to repair? At least you still have the right to despair: Camera modules cannot be swapped on the iPhone 12

Not without Apple's proprietary System Configuration app anyway

Personal Tech30 Oct 2020 | 42

Repair store faces hefty legal bill after losing David and Goliath fight with Apple over replacement iPhone screens

Top court rules iGiant's trademark infringed by components

Personal Tech04 Jun 2020 | 109

Appareils électroniques: Right to repair gets European Commission backing

What about my iPhone?

Legal12 Mar 2020 | 87

Built to last: Time to dispose of the disposable, unrepairable brick

Column Maybe sustainability's not just for hipsters?

Personal Tech10 Feb 2020 | 213

Ohm my God: If you let anyone other than Apple replace your recent iPhone's battery, expect to be nagged by iOS

Shocking current-affairs news: Cupertino idiot-tax operation hits resistance over harsh repair policy

Personal Tech08 Aug 2019 | 174

Tractors, not phones, will (maybe) get America a right-to-repair law at this rate: Bernie slams 'truly insane' situation

Sanders blasts John Deere in John Deere-buying country

Personal Tech06 May 2019 | 144

Cali Right-to-Repair law dropped, cracks screen, has to be taken to authorized repair shop

Analysis More consumer-friendly legislation killed by Golden State's politics

Personal Tech02 May 2019 | 83

Super Cali optimistic right-to-repair's negotious, even though Apple thought it was something quite atrocious

US state joins others mulling laws allowing folks to freely fix their kit

Personal Tech19 Mar 2019 | 87

From today, it's OK in the US to thwart DRM to repair your stuff – if you keep the tools a secret

Analysis Selling toolsets is a no-no, distributing them for free a gray area

Personal Tech28 Oct 2018 | 95

European MPs push for right to repair rules

A smartphone should be as fixable as a refrigerator

Legal06 Jul 2017 | 57