Activism Linksys Won’t Lock Down WRT Routers It will soon be harder to install third-party firmware on Wi-Fi routers—thanks to new FCC rules. But even as some manufacturers—like TP-Link—have started locking down devices in order to comply,… May 17, 2016 by Julia Bluff
Activism iFixit Talks Scrap Recently, our co-founder Kyle Wiens sat down with Scrap Magazine for a Q&A about our mission to teach everyone to repair everything. The interview appeared in Scrap’s November/December issue, but… February 26, 2016 by Julia Bluff
Activism Meet The Restart Project Recently, one of our personal repair heroes stopped by iFixit’s California office. And we couldn’t resist the urge to talk shop. Janet Gunter is the co-founder of The Restart Project—an… January 21, 2016 by Julia Bluff
Activism iFixit at Work in the European Parliament We stopped by the European Parliament in Brussels to show some folks there how to fix their phones. The repair-focused showcase was part of massive effort to put Europe on… November 30, 2015 by Julia Bluff
Activism We Sent 40,000 Comments Demanding Reform to the Copyright Office As part of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act review process, the Copyright Office recently asked the public to weigh in on which devices should be legal to tinker with, hack,… February 10, 2015 by Julia Bluff
Activism Fight for Your Right to Truly Own Your Things If my phone were a person, it would be the Bionic Woman. Its body has been broken and rebuilt more times than I can count. Its brain has been modified,… August 21, 2014 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
Activism Internet Activism Worked Today. We Want to Keep the Momentum Going A year and a half ago, a man in Washington made a bad decision that screwed over thousands of small businesses and hundreds of thousands more consumers. He made it… July 11, 2014 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
Activism Join Us: Reset the Net One year ago today, Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the NSA—and it changed the way we look at the Internet forever. It seems, Big Brother really is watching us.… June 4, 2014 by Julia Bluff
Activism Smartphone Repairs You Can Do on Earth Day Repair is better than recycling. This Earth Day, add “repair” back into your sustainability checklist. To help get you started, we’ve compiled a few smartphone repairs you can do at… April 22, 2014 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
Activism Our Open Letter to Senator Monning about SB994 We support your bill, SB 994, which will give consumers the right to access and share the information from their cars. Who owns our vehicles? The answer used to be… April 21, 2014 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit