Tech News Apple Emails Reveal Internal Debate on Right to Repair Tim Cook didn’t reveal anything new during his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday. But emails his company shared with the committee spoke volumes. These internal discussions reveal that… July 30, 2020 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
Tech News Hugh Jeffreys: What’s In Your Toolbox? This is What’s In Your Toolbox?, an occasional post series where we showcase tools and tips from our favorite fixers. Today’s post features Hugh Jeffreys, who fixes all manner of things… July 28, 2020 by Kevin Purdy
Tech News Apple, ARM, and What It Means Note: This is a guest post by Russell Graves, who writes about computers and his projects at Syonyk’s Project Blog. This is an edited version of his post about Apple’s transition to ARM,… July 27, 2020 by Russell Graves
Tech News Jibo, the Social Robot that Was Supposed to Die, Is Getting a Second Life – The Verge July 24, 2020 by Kevin Purdy
Tech News How Water Heaters Work I enjoy hot showers, but since the water traveling into my house is only at ground temperature (read: cold), it needs to be heated up. This isn’t done at the… July 8, 2020 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
Tech News Apple Expands Independent iPhone Repair Program to Canada and Europe When Apple launched its Independent Repair Provider program last year, we had a lot of questions. We still do, really—but that’s us. For the past 15 years we’ve been fighting… July 8, 2020 by Kay Kay Clapp
Tech News Apple Just Made the First Retina MacBook Pro Obsolete. We Still Got You. I remember when rumors went out that Apple was about to unveil the first MacBook Pro with a Retina-quality display. I remember because I was relating to a friend the… July 2, 2020 by Kevin Purdy
Tech News With Stores Closing, Now Is the Time for Microsoft to Open Up Repair Microsoft’s “new approach to retail,” announced last Friday, involves closing all of its 83 retail stores. The Verge reports that the closures were already planned for 2021, but hastened by… June 29, 2020 by Kevin Purdy
Tech News Apple’s Mac Pro SSD Kits Prove Security Is No Barrier to Repair Ready for some happy news? In a surprise move, Apple this week released SSD upgrade kits for Mac Pro owners, along with DIY instructions, and (crucially) the secret-sauce software that… June 19, 2020 by Jeff Suovanen - iFixit