Tag Archives: right-to-repair

If you break the Google Pixel Watch—whether the first-generation smartwatch from 2022 or the latest model launched earlier this month—there is no way to repair it through official channels. Instead, if you successfully make a warranty claim, Google will send you a replacement unit instead of repairing your model. This …

To remove the battery from your current iPhone, you have to stretch the adhesive that glues it to the device's frame until it releases. Now do this several times. If the adhesive breaks while you stretch it, you'll have to pry it off using heat and scrape the adhesive off. …

Google makes some of my favorite hardware. I love the Pixel line of phones. I use Nest Hubs and speakers as my smart home controllers. Nest cameras earned recommendations in our security camera and video doorbell guides. Hell, we even like the Pixel Watch 2. There is an appealing elegance …

It was the last week in June, and José De Bardi hadn’t gotten much sleep. The trouble had really kicked off on June 18, about a week earlier, when the electric vehicle company Fisker announced it had filed for bankruptcy protection. Now some 6,400 Fisker owners like De Bardi wondered: …

Apple will make it a little bit easier to get an iPhone fixed with used parts, marking a reversal of long-standing, strict rules around swapping out iPhone parts. The change, announced Thursday, will begin with “select” iPhone models this fall (The Washington Post reported it will cover iPhone 15 and …

Oregon governor Tina Kotek yesterday signed the state's Right to Repair Act, which will push manufacturers to provide more repair options for their products than any other state so far. The law, like those passed in New York, California, and Minnesota, will require many manufacturers to provide the same parts, …

Who owns the data created by cars: their owners, or the companies that built them? In 2020, Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly approved a law that began to answer that question. It required automakers selling cars in the state to build an “open data platform” that would allow owners and independent repair …