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 | 18
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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 | 53
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 | 18
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 | 115
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
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