How Tech Works Rice Is for Dinner, Not Repair This post was originally published June 2019; it was updated in August 2024. Rice can transform an economy, save a boring meal, and stop winter drafts. One thing it absolutely, positively… June 17, 2019 by Kevin Purdy
How Tech Works How Humidifiers Work If you’re suffering through dry weather, a humidifier can quench your arid home by adding some moisture into the air. Here’s how these devices work. There are several different types… June 13, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
How To Five Ways to Make Your Aging Phone Last Longer Every year, manufacturers reveal their newest, shiniest phones, each with one or two incremental improvements over the previous year’s. If your current handset is feeling a little dated, you might… June 13, 2019 by Whitson Gordon
How To Fear No Flat: How to Fix a Busted Bike Tube or Tire A flat tire on a bike feels like your luck running out, hissing into the ether as you roll to a stop. Having to pay someone to fix it is… June 6, 2019 by Kevin Purdy
How Tech Works Does Dark Mode Really Save Battery on Your Phone? At WWDC today, iOS 13 was shown with a system-wide “Dark Mode.” About one month earlier, at Google I/O, Android version Q showed off its own Dark Mode. This shift… June 3, 2019 by Kevin Purdy
How To Seven Car Maintenance Tasks You Can Totally Handle Yourself Car repair and maintenance can seem like something you have to leave to a professional—an untouchable good that you feel like you aren’t able to open up. It’s how a… May 6, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
How To What to Do When Your iPhone Screen Breaks When you drop your phone, time tends to slow down. It slips out of your hand and makes a beeline for the concrete, your heart dropping into your stomach as… April 8, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
How Tech Works Smartphone Data Has a Larger Carbon Footprint Than You Might Think This blog post was originally published in March 2019 and updated in May 2024. As the experts on the insides of devices, we talk a lot about how repair and… March 22, 2019 by Dorothea Kessler - iFixit
How Tech Works How Ultrasonic Fingerprint Sensors Work There’s no doubt that the Galaxy S10 is a sexy phone, and while the new hole-punched display has everyone talking, the in-display fingerprint sensor is also something to marvel at.… March 14, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
Repair Guides It’s the 12 Days of Fixmas! We’re firm believers that new doesn’t necessarily mean better. And this holiday season, we plan on celebrating the stuff we already own by making it last longer. We hope you’ll… December 10, 2018 by Kay Kay Clapp - iFixit