Category: Tech News

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Educational Repair Kits for Kids! Team Repair Is Partnering with iFixit

iFixit’s mission is to teach the world how to fix every thing. That’s why we offer over 100,000 step-by-step guides for fixing the gadgets that run your life, from your…

October 14, 2025

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Tech News

Windows 10 Is Dead. Your PC Doesn’t Have To Be

As autumn sweeps in, we’re excited to see International Repair Day just around the corner. It’s a good time to review this year’s repair harvest. The EU’s new rules on…

October 13, 2025

by Manuel Haeussermann - iFixit

Product Design

How We Built a 100-Watt Soldering Iron During Supply Chain Hell

Last year, we released our first-ever electronic tool, the FixHub Portable Soldering Iron, and we’ve been honored to see that the tech community has shared our excitement about it. If…

October 10, 2025

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

Teardowns

The Pixel Watch 4 Is the Most Repairable Smartwatch on the Market

Hot news from the teardown table: The most repairable smartwatch on the market isn’t from Fairphone or Framework. It’s from Google. The Pixel Watch 4 looks nearly identical to last…

October 10, 2025

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Teardowns

AirPods Pro 3 Teardown: Still a Tragedy

AirPods were a major star of Apple’s product rollout this year, with fun new live translation features and heart rate monitoring. So we had to dig into the AirPods Pro…

October 1, 2025

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Teardowns

The Science Behind Scratchgate and What It Means for Repairing the iPhone 17 Pro

The anodized aluminum finish on the brand new iPhone 17 Pro is gorgeous, right up until it meets your keys or a stray coin bouncing around in your pocket. And…

September 23, 2025

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Teardowns

Apple’s Thinnest iPhone Still Stands Up to Repairs

To be honest, we were holding our breath for the iPhone Air. Thinner usually means flimsier, harder to fix, and more glued-down parts. But the iPhone Air proves otherwise. Apple…

September 20, 2025

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Teardowns

Two Years After the FineWoven Fiasco, Is TechWoven Better?

When I smushed a greasy thumb into Apple’s FineWoven case two years ago, I thought that was the last time I’d need to deal with a tech-textile case. I was…

September 20, 2025

by Arthur Shi - iFixit

Repairability

When Coding Robots Break, Can You Fix Them?

If you’ve ever watched a classroom full of 8-year-olds try to reprogram a robot that’s just faceplanted into a wall, you know two things: (1) kids are fearless experimenters, and…

September 19, 2025

by Jeff Suovanen - iFixit

Repairability

About That iPhone Air Battery…

Apple’s new iPhone Air is full of compromises, but surprisingly for such a thin device, the battery isn’t quite as bad as we’d feared. This could be down to a…

September 16, 2025

by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit