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ICE Raid on Samsung Repair Contractor Shows Big Tech’s Reliance on Exploitative Labor
The biggest ICE raid in a decade, at a CVE Technology Group facility in Texas, went after the people who repair our phones.
A Cell Phone Carrier Breaks With Big Telecom, Announces Support for Right to Repair Legislation
Cell phone providers have actively lobbied against right to repair legislation, but Ting Mobile announced that it supports consumers' right to fix the things they own.
Internal Documents Show Apple Is Capable of Implementing Right to Repair Legislation
A leaked internal document obtained by Motherboard outlines a program that looks almost exactly like the requirements of right to repair legislation that has been proposed in 20 states.
Elizabeth Warren Calls for a National Right-to-Repair Law for Tractors
It would apply only to farm equipment, but Warren becomes the most powerful national politician to support a consumer's right to repair the things they own.
Insurance Giant Allstate Buys Independent Phone Repair Company, Joins Right to Repair Movement
With Allstate's purchase of iCracked, you could say the right to repair movement is ... in good hands.
The World Economic Forum Tells Davos: Electronics Are 'the Fastest-Growing Waste Stream in the World’
"The material value of e-waste alone is worth $62.5 billion, three times more than the annual output of the world’s silver mines and more than the GDP of most countries."
'I’m Possibly Alive Because It Exists:' Why Sleep Apnea Patients Rely on a CPAP Machine Hacker
An Australian hacker has spent thousands of hours hacking the DRM that medical device manufacturers put on CPAP machines to create a free tool that lets patients modify their treatment.
Microsoft Is Being Sued Over the Xbox One's Warranty-Void-if-Removed Sticker
"The goal is to intimidate consumers and repair organizations and deceive them into thinking that that a warranty is void if anybody other than Microsoft opens up the box."
In Groundbreaking Decision, Feds Say Hacking DRM to Fix Your Electronics Is Legal
The new exemptions are a major win for the right to repair movement and give consumers wide latitude to legally repair the devices they own.
Motorola Becomes First Smartphone Company to Sell DIY Repair Kits to Its Customers
As Apple continues to fight independent repair, Motorola partners with iFixit and supports the right to repair movement.
45 Out of 50 Electronics Companies Illegally Void Warranties After Independent Repair, Sting Operation Finds
New research showed that 90 percent of contacted companies told customers that repairing their own device would void the warranty; that's illegal under federal law.
Apple's New Proprietary Software Locks Will Kill Independent Repair on New MacBook Pros
Failure to run Apple's proprietary diagnostic software after a repair "will result in an inoperative system and an incomplete repair."