Activism Linksys Won’t Lock Down WRT Routers It will soon be harder to install third-party firmware on Wi-Fi routers—thanks to new FCC rules. But even as some manufacturers—like TP-Link—have started locking down devices in order to comply,… May 17, 2016 by Julia Bluff
Product Design Another Phone Bites the Pentalobe Bullet Last week, we told you about how we found Apple’s nasty tamper-resistant screw—better known as the pentalobe—somewhere we never expected: on the Huawei P9. Before the P9, we’d never seen… May 12, 2016 by Julia Bluff
Fixers Rediscover the Joy of Electronics with these Throwback Projects from Circuit Classics We tinker with computers for a living—which means, we’ve seen more circuit boards and electronics kits than you can shake a spudger at. But we’ve never seen a printed circuit… May 10, 2016 by Julia Bluff
Teardowns Huawei, Why Is There a Pentalobe on the P9? We don’t want to compare apples to oranges here, but this P9 feels very iPhone. From the opening procedure to the battery adhesive strips, right down to the pentalobe screws… May 6, 2016 by Kay Kay Clapp - iFixit
Gadgets HTC, You’re Giving Us Good Vive-brations Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in an HTC Vive—join us as we escape into virtual reality. Excuse us for being a little rhapsodic, we just… April 26, 2016 by Julia Bluff
Teardowns The Retina Macbook 2016 Like You’ve Seen It Before Here’s the sitch: Apple just offered up their first update to the 12” Retina MacBook—and it’s pretty much identical to their 2015 model. Except for the pretty pink color, because… April 25, 2016 by Julia Bluff
Tools Master the Multimeter Basics If you want to start mastering the basics, look no further than our ongoing YouTube series on repair skills. In our most recent installment, iFixit’s resident tinkerer—Gwendolyn Gay—teaches you how… April 25, 2016 by Julia Bluff
Recycling No, Apple Isn’t Recovering $40 Million in Gold from iPhones People lost their collective minds over Apple’s recycling program this week—hailing the tech giant as a corporate Captain Planet. CNN Money declared that “Apple recovered 2,204 pounds of gold from… April 20, 2016 by Julia Bluff
Gadgets Two Amazon Teardowns Are Better than One Today’s special includes two Amazon teardowns for the price of one. For your first course, we’re dishing up the Echo Dot, followed by your main course, the Amazon Tap. Now… April 20, 2016 by Kay Kay Clapp - iFixit
Repair Stories A Different Focus: Requiem for My Old Canon Rebel We take a lot of pictures at iFixit. The place is crawling with camera junkies—including me. I’ve loved taking pictures since I was little, and I’m so grateful it’s part… April 12, 2016 by Taylor Whitney
