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This year, two of Lenovo's flagship T-series business laptops have earned 10 out of 10 repairability scores. As the best-selling laptop brand, they've proven that repairable design is possible at the biggest scale in the world. |
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Last June, Trump promised a new wireless service with its very own phone, “Made in America.” We were skeptical, knowing how little of the smartphone manufacturing pipeline exists in America. And well, after our first peek at the Trump phone, compared to the HTC U24 Pro, they’re almost identical. |
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Despite Amazon ending software updates for older Kindles this week, there's also some good news for the e-readers: upcoming Kindles may include user-replaceable batteries, based on references discovered in Amazon’s latest firmware update. The change is likely tied to upcoming European repairability regulations. |
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A new class-action lawsuit accuses manufacturers, including John Deere and its iconic “Yellow” construction machines, of using repair restrictions and software locks to block independent repair. For example, Deere wouldn't sell a customer a part for his $100K hay baler; check out this this video from Glease Man on YouTube, where he reverse engineers and manufactures a custom shaft. |
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iFixit in the Wild: Custom cyberpunk jacket |
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So this is pretty cool. Friend of iFixit Evan Brand (@mementomechanica) and his friend Sasha (@sashur.c) attended Neotropolis, a week-long cyberpunk event, wearing a custom, fully functional jacket with our tools mounted on it, calling himself an in-character "cybernetics tuneup station."
After he brought some iFixit tools to last year's event and people were coming to his trailer to fix their costumes, he was inspired to make it mobile. Attendees could literally walk up to him and use the tools right off his jacket, and apparently it was a huge hit! |
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