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Why Repairability Is So Important During RAMageddon

Charlie Sorrel — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:50:51 +0000

Finally some good news from the endless bleakness of RAMageddon: Microsoft has extended Windows 10 support for another year, to October 12th 2027, probably because it’s hard to force people to buy a new RAM-hungry Windows 11 computer when prices are rocketing. If you’re already signed up for Windows 10 Extended Security Updates, you should’ve gotten an email announcing the extension; if not, you’…

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Kindle and Switch Replaceable Batteries Show EU Laws Are (Slowly) Working

Charlie Sorrel — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:59:20 +0000

Nintendo and Amazon are putting user-replaceable batteries in the Switch 2 and (possibly) the Kindle. This will not be down to altruism or respect for the buyer, but instead, thanks to EU legislation. And while we don’t yet know Amazon’s intentions, Nintendo’s replaceable-battery versions will only be available in the EU. Bit by bit, Europe’s Right to Repair laws are having their…

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John Deere Settles with the FTC in Massive Win for Farmers

Elizabeth Chamberlain — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:03:34 +0000

Today, the Federal Trade Commission and five states settled their antitrust case against John Deere. The deal does something farmers have been demanding for more than a decade, forcing Deere to give farmers and independent repair shops the same repair software and diagnostic access it hands its authorized dealers. Huzzah! For the next ten years, under FTC and state supervision…

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How iPhone Batteries Are Really Made

Manuel Haeussermann — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 08:01:01 +0000

iFixit Begins Developing a Repairability Scoring Standard with NSF

Elizabeth Chamberlain — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 01:58:31 +0000

For more than 15 years, we’ve scored products to help people understand what makes them repairable. But we’re a small team, and there are lots of products in the world; we’ve come to accept that we can’t score them all. Several jurisdictions have been working on repairability scoring efforts: France kicked things off in 2021, and the Joint Research Centre followed. This month…

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Meet Megalodon: The Home Repair Kit We Kept Wishing We Had

Elizabeth Chamberlain — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0000

We make repair tools for a living, so when something breaks at home, we reach for our own kits. But one problem kept coming up. You know the jobs. Clearing hair out of the vacuum but the screw is miles deep. Swapping that loose outlet and the terminal screws are crazy tight. Troubleshooting your finicky coffee maker and you need way more reach and torque than you expect. Around the house…

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The Community Repair Hub Is Live: Find a Repair Event Near You!

Kris Rodriguez — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:40:05 +0000

For years, Repair Cafés and Fixit Clinics have quietly helped people fix what they already own. Volunteers gather in libraries, community centers, and maker spaces. Someone walks in with a broken lamp or a dead laptop and walks out with it working again. These events happen around the world, gems of local connection and physical restoration. And if we’re honest, they’re a bit hard to find.

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Tips on Writing a Good Manual (And How Not to Do It)

Charlie Sorrel — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:14:26 +0000

Thanks to the EU, tech companies must now provide repair manuals for their products. But there’s a huge gap between creating a manual, and creating a good manual. Some companies (we’re looking at you, Mackie) elevate the manual to a joyful art form that’s as entertaining as it is useful. Others excrete the minimal possible documentation with such resentment that it feels like they hate the user.

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Teardown Confirms the Trump Phone Is a Gold-Painted HTC U24 Pro

Shahram Mokhtari — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:51:10 +0000

In case you missed it, there is now a Trump phone. Yes, really. And this week, we got to take it apart. A couple of weeks ago I got my first look at the Trump Mobile T1 courtesy of NBC News over a brief Zoom call. My first impression: the Trump Mobile T1 looked exactly like 2024’s HTC U24 Pro. But without access to the hardware, it was impossible to tell whether the T1 was a 1:1 copy of…

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When Your Little Helper Needs Help

Sandra Hiller — Wed, 27 May 2026 13:35:50 +0000

Robot vacuums are convenient until they aren’t. One moment, your robot is dutifully making its way across the living room. The next, it’s stuck under the sofa, failing to find its charging dock, leaking water, or confidently driving into the same wall over and over again. At first glance, many of these problems look like serious defects. But often, the first step is not replacing the robot or…

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