Tech News Apple Finally Addresses Flexgate with New MacBook Pro Repair Program Hot on the heels of a new MacBook Pro with even more “improvements” to the cursed keyboard, Apple has launched yet another repair program—this time for the fragile display flex… May 21, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
Tech News Fourth Time’s the Charm? Apple Changes MacBook Keyboard “Material” Apple has released an updated MacBook Pro with an eight-core processor for the first time in an Apple laptop. But the more interesting change is a tweak to their butterfly… May 21, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
Product Design Good Vibrations: How Apple Dominates the Touch Feedback Game In its endless quest to produce an iPhone that has even fewer physical features than the last, Apple made its iconic home button virtual in 2016, then killed it entirely… May 20, 2019 by Taylor Dixon
Gadgets This Xbox One S Doesn’t Have a Disc Drive But At Least It’s Repairable Microsoft has released a disc-less version of the Xbox One S, officially known as the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition. The absence of a disc drive means there are fewer… May 14, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
Right to Repair Why Right to Repair Matters: Our Testimony to the FTC You shouldn’t be denied the ability to fix your own stuff. It seems the Federal Trade Commission agrees, and it’s hosting a workshop on July 16th called Nixing the Fix:… May 13, 2019 by Whitson Gordon
Wallpapers Pixel 3a & Pixel 3a XL Teardown Wallpapers After the recent inundation of expensive, premium phones, Google’s new Pixel 3a has us breathing a sigh of relief. So we’re celebrating with teardown wallpapers! The Pixel 3a and its… May 10, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
Teardowns Google Pixel 3a: Budget Phone, Premium Teardown Having taken a fresh, purple-ish Pixel 3a apart, we’re kinda impressed, kinda confused, and feeling like it’s 2016 all over again. The Pixel 3a is easier on the wallet, and it’s easier… May 9, 2019 by Kevin Purdy
Product Design Why Samsung and iPhone X Screens Are Too Expensive to Fix Let’s pretend I’m very rich, very important, and I have a terrible personal assistant, Percival. As I jet around the world, Percival scurries alongside carrying my briefcase. Inside are my… May 8, 2019 by Kevin Purdy
How To Seven Car Maintenance Tasks You Can Totally Handle Yourself Car repair and maintenance can seem like something you have to leave to a professional—an untouchable good that you feel like you aren’t able to open up. It’s how a… May 6, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
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
