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Apple Could Give “Obsolete” iPads New Life with This One Weird Trick

This fall, Apple will cut off millions of iPads from further OS updates. This will leave owners of perfectly-good hardware with no choice but to watch it slowly wither its…

August 6, 2026

by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit

iFixit

Five Million Reasons to Make Peripheral Repair Easier: One Year of Work With Logitech

A year ago, we wrote that repairability is just the beginning. This year, our work with Logitech put some numbers behind that idea. Logitech repair content on iFixit was viewed…

July 30, 2026

by Brittany McCrigler - iFixit

How Tech Works

The Secrets Behind Samsung’s Privacy Screen

We tear down the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra to uncover the hardware behind its built-in OLED privacy screen. See how this anti-snooping tech works.

July 27, 2026

by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit

Tech News

Why Repairability Is So Important During RAMageddon

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…

July 15, 2026

by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit

Right to Repair

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

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…

July 13, 2026

by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit

Activism

John Deere Settles with the FTC in Massive Win for Farmers

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…

July 8, 2026

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Video

How iPhone Batteries Are Really Made

July 3, 2026

by Manuel Haeussermann - iFixit

Repairability

iFixit Begins Developing a Repairability Scoring Standard with NSF

Update: A public draft of this standard is live, seeking comments by October 9, 2026. For more than 15 years, we’ve scored products to help people understand what makes them…

July 2, 2026

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Tools

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

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…

July 1, 2026

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Community

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

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…

June 16, 2026

by Kris Rodriguez - iFixit

iFixit News