This year, the right-to-repair movement got a boost from—surprisingly—big tech, tariffs, and economic downturn. But the ...

Ever had to replace the screen on your top-of-the-range smartphone? You’ll be no stranger to the sting of repair fees for the top handsets… on top of what you paid when you bought the gadget in the ...

Last summer, fourth-generation California farmer Dave Alford showed correspondent David Pogue around his 2004 John Deere tractor. "Oh, man, it's like a 747 cockpit over here!" Pogue laughed. "Not your ...

Manufacturers are creating monopolies by preventing customers (or anyone else) from fixing their products. It's time to end that. Right-to-Repair focuses on removing what are known as repair ...

Editor’s Note: Nathan Proctor is director of the Right to Repair Campaign for US PIRG, an advocacy organization. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. Though you’ve probably never ...

The next IC Repair event will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 20 at East Side Recycling Center, 2401 Scott Blvd. SE in Iowa City. The event provides a free opportunity for anyone to bring in a ...

Late last year, in a totally unexpected move, Apple announced a program called Self Service Repair. There’s a Self Service Repair store. It enables you – yes, individuals – to buy official Apple parts ...

As a country, America generates 624,000 metric tons of waste every single day, according to the LA Times. According to the FrontierGroup, each American produces nearly 5 pounds of trash daily. This is ...

Rossmann Group’s Louis Rossmann has made a name for himself calling out tech companies’ seemingly anti-consumer practices while producing increasingly popular DIY-computer-repair instructional videos ...

Blake Swensen remembers the day he fell in love with tinkering. This was 50 years ago in Alaska, and the small plane his father was flying crashed. Swensen, 6 at the time, doesn’t know whether it was ...

The event aims to help people repair broken items instead of discarding them. Volunteers are needed to help with repairs, demonstrations, and general event support. The Repair Café is part of a global ...