Community Did You Know There’s a Tablecloth in Your Phone? Your Translator Does! I’m going to let you in on a little secret: After nearly a year of translating for iFixit, I still have to look up the translations of some types of… February 21, 2023 by Maria Parker - iFixit
Roundups Justice Department Sets Its Sights on John Deere Every week there are too many developments in the world of repair for any mere mortal to keep track of. Fortunately, the folks over at the Fight to Repair newsletter are here… February 20, 2023 by Jack Monahan - iFixit
Roundups Hackers Are Outsmarting Anti-Repair Tactics Every week there are too many developments in the world of repair for any mere mortal to keep track of. Fortunately, the folks over at the Fight to Repair newsletter are here… February 16, 2023 by Jack Monahan - iFixit
Roundups How Big Tech Short Circuited New York’s Repair Law A new report by Grist pulls back the covers on how Big Tech lobbyists got the State’s Governor to do their bidding: defanging New York’s Digital Fair Repair Act February 15, 2023 by Paul Roberts - iFixit
iFixit iFixit Celebrates 20 Years of Fixing the World In 2023, iFixit celebrates its 20th Anniversary. All year long, we’ll be sharing stories, photos, and milestones to commemorate everything that got us to where we are today. Bring yourself… February 14, 2023 by Sam Goldheart - iFixit
Teardowns The HomePod 2 Teardown: Small Changes Make a Big Difference The HomePod 2. Six microphones cut down to four, seven tweeters cut down to five, a humidity sensor that’s in the Mini already, and not much else changed. Or so… February 10, 2023 by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit
Roundups Appliance Repair Pros Struggle to Find LG and Samsung Documentation An investigation of 50 appliance makers found that just 7 made service manuals for their products readily available. The report comes as the FTC weighs requiring OEMs to disclose repair… February 8, 2023 by Paul Roberts - iFixit
Teardowns The Best Feature of Sony’s DualSense Edge Controller Is Durability Sony just released the DualSense Edge, a controller that costs nearly half as much as a PS5 but comes with a potentially waste reducing feature: replaceable thumbsticks. I’ll level with… February 6, 2023 by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit
Roundups Working Macbooks Trashed Over Activation Lock Barely used and fully functional Apple MacBooks, some as new as three years old, are being scrapped for parts and sent to landfills because of a security feature that makes… February 1, 2023 by Paul Roberts - iFixit
Consumer Rights Most Appliance Manufacturers Won’t Give the Public Repair Information, PIRG and iFixit Find If you’ve ever tried to fix a washing machine, dishwasher, or other appliance in your home and struggled to find a service manual, you’re not alone. We recently surveyed the… January 31, 2023 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
