Right to Repair

Intel pitches modular PC designs to make repairs less painful

x86 behemoth calls the approach 'innovative' - DIY builders may disagree

Personal Tech23 Jan 2025 | 117

Oh, Deere! FTC sues tractor maker, alleging decades of monopolized repairs

Updated Incoming Trump-picked watchdog boss dissents, calls suit 'hasty' and 'deeply imprudent,' so will it stick?

Public Sector15 Jan 2025 | 36

John Deere boasts driverless fleet - who needs operators, anyway?

CES Lots of new ways to cut labor costs, no mention of repairability

AI + ML07 Jan 2025 | 42

Framework laptops get modular makeover with RISC-V main board

Ubuntu Summit One of the braver lightning talks we've seen: Swapping motherboards, live on stage

Personal Tech18 Nov 2024 | 20

Apple drops soldered storage for 2024 Mac Mini

Updated iFixit teardown finds a removable SSD. Time to party like its 2010?

Personal Tech13 Nov 2024 | 72

Canada passes new right to repair rules with the same old problem

No mention of how to get the tools to bypass software locks means owner still legally beholden to OEMs

Personal Tech12 Nov 2024 | 10

iFixit to the rescue: McDonald's workers can rescue their own ice cream machines

Burger me! Partial success in chipping away at insane DMCA rules

Software29 Oct 2024 | 59

UK electronics firms want government to stop taxing trash and let them fix it instead

CLEAR group calls for VAT to be dropped on spare parts, repairs, labor

Personal Tech17 Oct 2024 | 62

John Deere accused of being full of manure with its right-to-repair promises

Tractor maker has only turned over shoddy tools, half-baked info, may be breaking the law, says senator

Personal Tech03 Oct 2024 | 54

Tesla's tight grip on repairs sparks courtroom showdown

Class action allowed to continue with EV maker's 'tying' practices the focus

Personal Tech20 Jun 2024 | 12

Contrary to its fine print, Google says it won't confiscate repair returns that have unapproved parts

'We are updating our terms to clarify this' Pixel giant tells The Reg

Personal Tech04 Jun 2024 | 27

Latest user-repairable Framework laptop includes Core Ultra, 2.8K display

Customize and replace it all with one tool

Personal Tech30 May 2024 | 10

Colorado governor signs 'best in the world' right-to-repair law

But the repairability war isn't over, says iFixit's Kyle Wiens

Personal Tech29 May 2024 | 9

iFixit divorces Samsung over lack of real commitment to DIY repair program

CEO tells El Reg the phone titan's 'refusal to be completely candid with us was a major factor'

Personal Tech23 May 2024 | 55

Good news: The iPad Pro 13 is a bit more repairable

Bad news? The Apple Pencil Pro is *not*

Personal Tech21 May 2024 | 19

State-by-state is the best approach for right to repair, says advocacy leader

Interview Gay Gordon-Byrne of the Repair Association says US at least is nearing a tipping point

Personal Tech27 Apr 2024 | 41

European Parliament votes to screw repair rights in consumer toolkits

Directive places requirements on gizmo vendors, but still needs formal approval

Personal Tech24 Apr 2024 | 49

Apple to allow some iPhones to be repaired with used parts

'A strategy of half-promises and unnecessarily complicated hedges'

Personal Tech11 Apr 2024 | 15

UN: E-waste is growing 5x faster than it can be recycled

Right to Repair should be the Obligation to Repair, if we want to avoid drowning in trashed electronics

Personal Tech21 Mar 2024 | 131

Apple and Samsung tussle over whose gizmos are hardest to fix

Chromebooks earn 'Least Likely to Survive a Screwdriver' award

Personal Tech08 Feb 2024 | 11

EU repair rights bill tells manufacturers to fix up or ship out

Provisional deal will mean companies cannot 'hinder repair'

Personal Tech06 Feb 2024 | 49

What to make of Google backing Right-to-Repair in Oregon? 'It gives me hope'

Anything to slow down the tech trash treadmill welcome at this point

Personal Tech12 Jan 2024 | 7

Google Pixel gets privacy mode to keep your selfies safe from prying repair techs

You'd better have 2GB free on that handset and be running Android 14

Personal Tech15 Dec 2023 | 23

Fairphone 5 scores a perfect 10 from iFixit for repairability

Middling performance, but check out the longevity

Personal Tech07 Dec 2023 | 45

Right-to-repair fight going national as FTC asked to lay down the law

Why shouldn't you be able to fix your own kit? Clue: Profit is involved

Public Sector15 Nov 2023 | 21

Digital Millennium Copyright Act celebrates a quarter century of takedown notices

Tracing DMCA's dubious legacy over 25 tech-turbulent years

Legal30 Oct 2023 | 7

Microsoft enlists iFixit to extend Surface spare parts program

Appears to have expanded coverage to at least 30 nations

Personal Tech27 Oct 2023 | 9

World checks it's not April 1 as Apple signals support for full US right-to-repair rule

But beware geeks bearing gifts

Personal Tech25 Oct 2023 | 29

California's Governor Newsom signs laws on right to repair and data deletion

'Digital emancipation proclamation' praised by tech tinkerers, but info brokers aren't happy

Personal Tech11 Oct 2023 | 11

Lenovo PC boss: 4 in 5 of our devices will be repairable by 2025

Canalys EMEA Forum And the repair parts will be repairable too. Batteries, SSDs and more will no longer be sealed into casing

Personal Tech05 Oct 2023 | 52

EU right to repair updates pass latest hurdle

Makers won't be able to pull wool over consumers' eyes, though critics say it hasn't gone far enough

Personal Tech21 Sep 2023 | 17

Apple pairs well with profits, not repair shops

iFixit demotes iPhone 14 from 7/10 to 4 after reality of software locks hit home

Personal Tech20 Sep 2023 | 28

Google promises eternity of updates for Chromebooks – that's a decade for everyone else

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe, laptops on fire off the shoulder of Orion...

Personal Tech14 Sep 2023 | 51

Apple-backed California right-to-repair bill just a bite away from governor's signature

This would make the Golden State the third to enact a similar law

Personal Tech13 Sep 2023 | 17

Right to repair advocates have a new opponent: Scientologists

Can't have you finding the ghosts in those E-meter machines, now can we?

Personal Tech01 Sep 2023 | 128

We all scream for ice cream – so why are McDonald's machines always broken?

iFixit takes aim at the John-Deere-for-frozen-milk situation

Personal Tech31 Aug 2023 | 109

After years of fighting Right to Repair, Apple U-turns-ish in California

'It feels like the Berlin Wall of tech repair monopolies is starting to crumble, brick by brick'

Personal Tech24 Aug 2023 | 27

Framework starts taking orders for 16-inch repairable, upgradeable laptop

Coming soon and looking very promising – if you like your models skinny, anyway

Personal Tech21 Jul 2023 | 44

Microsoft dabbles in self-repair with Surface devices now DIY-friendlier

Replacement components available in US, Canada, France only for now

Personal Tech15 Jun 2023 | 14

Minnesota governor OKs broad right-to-repair tech law

Walz's war on walls stopping us from fixing our own stuff

Personal Tech25 May 2023 | 17

Logitech, iFixit to offer parts to stop folks binning their computer mouse

Stick with me and the mice live ... with pads, batteries and screws for two models

Personal Tech17 May 2023 | 45

Colorado sends agricultural right to repair bill to governor

Updated If passed, it'll be the first law in the US to require tractor makers to hand over documentation and parts

Personal Tech12 Apr 2023 | 9

Europe's right-to-repair law asks hardware makers for fixes for up to 10 years

Smartphones and tablets would also be added to the EU's list of devices that must be repairable under new rule

Personal Tech22 Mar 2023 | 129

John Deere urged to surrender source code under GPL

Farmers need a right to repair

Software17 Mar 2023 | 78

Dual Tesla lawsuits pull Elon Musk into right-to-repair war

The nearly identical class action suits claim Tesla unlawfully restricted access to third party repairs and parts

Personal Tech16 Mar 2023 | 40

HMD offers Nokia phone with novel concept: Designed to be repaired by its owner

With spares and tools coming from iFixit, no less

Personal Tech27 Feb 2023 | 46

Uncle Sam backs right-to-repair battle against Big Ag's John Deere

Doh, a Deere, I fear no Deere

Personal Tech16 Feb 2023 | 37

Time to study the classics: Vintage tech is the future of enterprise IT

Opinion Look back in wonder

Columnists16 Jan 2023 | 93

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 | 22

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