E-Waste Be Like Rey: What Star Wars Teaches Us About the Future of Junk Why do Imperial ships dump tons of perfectly good steel and machinery into space? Why does nobody on Jakku take apart the downed Star Destoyer (above) for scrap metal? And how… May 4, 2019 by Kevin Purdy
Hacks The First Step to Becoming a Fixer: Read The Frickin’ User Manual A lot of DIYers have—or develop over time—a holier-than-thou attitude towards owners’ manuals. Tossing them aside becomes an odd bragging right. But your owner’s manual has some choice bits of… May 2, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
Right to Repair How Manufacturers’ Repair Restrictions Are Hurting Small Businesses Part of running a repair shop is explaining how things work to customers. But Sean, owner of a small shop in Oregon, never wants to explain Apple’s parts and repair… April 30, 2019 by Kevin Purdy
Activism Securepairs.org: Security Professionals Who Support Right to Repair This is a guest post from Paul Roberts, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief of The Security Ledger and the founder of securepairs.org. It was originally posted on The Security Ledger, which you… April 30, 2019 by Paul Roberts
iFixit About Our Galaxy Fold Teardown Update, Oct. 7, 2019: We tore down the retail release of the Galaxy Fold. After two days of intense public interest, iFixit has removed our teardown of Samsung’s Galaxy Fold.… April 25, 2019 by iFixit Staff
Wallpapers Samsung Galaxy Fold Teardown Wallpapers Samsung may have recalled its first foldable smartphone, but that didn’t stop us from releasing our Samsung Galaxy Fold teardown. And keeping up with our tradition of teardown wallpapers, we… April 25, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
Teardowns Samsung Galaxy Fold: Yep, We Tore It Down You may have to wait to get your hands on the Samsung Galaxy Fold, but iFixit’s got your back with a fresh teardown! Unfold a chair and strap in—this one’s… April 24, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
Tech News Here’s Why We Think Galaxy Folds Are Failing Who could have guessed that Samsung’s Galaxy Fold would be such a fragile PR nightmare? The iFixit folks who take apart and investigate mobile devices for a living, that’s who.… April 23, 2019 by Kevin Purdy
Right to Repair Independent Repair Shops Aren’t As Risky As People Think As the Right to Repair movement reaches an all-time fever pitch, tech manufacturers are focusing on one big lie in order to halt our progress: That you can’t trust independent… April 22, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
Repair Stories If You Can Repair a Phone, You Can Repair a Fridge “Dryers aren’t all that different than phones,” I say to the phone repair techs riding in the truck with me. They’re nervous. A few weeks ago, I fired off a… April 22, 2019 by Matt Zieminski - iFixit
