It has been a big year for the right to repair, the movement of advocates pushing for people to be able to fix their own electronics and equipment without manufacturer approval. The issue has gathered ...
The BBC aired the 2024 Christmas special of the much-loved restoration show, The Repair Shop, on Wednesday, December 17 when chaos reigned in the village. In a heartwarming yet chaotic episode, ...
WASHINGTON — A defense policy bill expected to be voted on this week does not include provisions that would have ensured the military’s ability to purchase the technical data, parts and information ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — When something breaks, most of us reach for our wallets, ready to order a replacement on Amazon. But volunteers at Repair PDX reach for their toolboxes instead. And for the community ...
An unexpected revisit to my earlier post on mouse encoder hacking sparked a timely opportunity to reexamine quadrature encoders, this time with a clearer lens and a more targeted focus on their signal ...
Series: Military Readiness Reform – Part I: The Right to Repair For years, service members have been limited in what they can fix, even when they know how. A broken part often meant waiting for a ...
SAN DIEGO — The Reuse and Repair Collective, which held its grand opening on Sept. 25, is working to change San Diego's throwaway culture by teaching residents how to repair appliances, bicycles, ...
The cost of car repairs in America is increasing due to several industry factors. Soon, the cost of buying a used and new car could skyrocket because of some of the same factors. Car repair costs are ...
Despite billions in tariff costs for imported autos and parts, new car prices have stayed relatively flat. But the news isn’t as good for car owners taking their vehicles to the repair shop. The price ...
In what appears to be a direct response to anti-competition claims raised in the ongoing FCC v. John Deere Right to Repair lawsuit, the equipment manufacturer has released an updated digital service ...
A fundamental value of life at sea is ‘Don’t give up the ship,’ an axiom ingrained in sailors that all damage and problems aboard a vessel fall to the crew to fix. But under modern contracting rules, ...
There's nothing quite like that slow, sinking feeling when your tire pressure warning light blinks on, or worse, when you actually hear the thump-thump-thump of a flat tire. The most annoying way we ...