How Tech Works How Refrigerators Work Refrigerators crap out all the time—one of our most-popular forum posts is about a refrigerator not working properly, if that tells you anything. Here’s how a refrigerator works, so you’ll… July 15, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
Tech News Your Phone Is Not Waterproof, No Matter What The Maker Says Samsung is being sued by an Australian watchdog group because, the consumer advocates claim, the phone maker is trying to have it both ways. Samsung advertisements and social media posts… July 9, 2019 by Kevin Purdy
How To Five Toilet Repairs You Can Totally Handle Yourself Drip, drip, drip. That’s the sound of a running toilet keeping you awake at night. You flush the toilet. You fiddle around the tank and push and pull on the… July 1, 2019 by Kristen Gismondi - iFixit
How To How to Fix a PC That’s Beeping at a Black Screen When you boot up your computer, you’ll usually be greeted with some sort of snazzy sound or animation to show you things are starting up. But if your computer is… June 19, 2019 by Whitson Gordon
How Tech Works What All Those Dashboard Lights on Your Car Actually Mean Ever notice your car’s instrument cluster lighting up like a Christmas tree when you start it up? All those lights and symbols tell you what your car is up to… June 18, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
How To How to Repair a Worn-Down Cat Scratching Post Cat scratching posts will inevitably wear down after a couple of years (or even months) from constant use. Instead of throwing out the whole thing and buying a new one,… June 18, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
How Tech Works Rice Is for Dinner, Not Repair Rice can transform an economy, save a boring meal, and stop winter drafts. One thing it absolutely, positively cannot do is save a wet cell phone. In fact, submerging your… June 17, 2019 by Kevin Purdy
How Tech Works How Humidifiers Work If you’re suffering through dry weather, a humidifier can quench your arid home by adding some moisture into the air. Here’s how these devices work. There are several different types… June 13, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
How To Five Ways to Make Your Aging Phone Last Longer Every year, manufacturers reveal their newest, shiniest phones, each with one or two incremental improvements over the previous year’s. If your current handset is feeling a little dated, you might… June 13, 2019 by Whitson Gordon
How To Fear No Flat: How to Fix a Busted Bike Tube or Tire A flat tire on a bike feels like your luck running out, hissing into the ether as you roll to a stop. Having to pay someone to fix it is… June 6, 2019 by Kevin Purdy