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Every smartphone has an expiration date. That day arrives when the software updates stop coming and you start missing out on new apps and security protections. With most phones, this used to happen after about only three years.

DENVER (BRAIN) — The Colorado General Assembly has passed an expanded Right to Repair bill, but it's unclear if it will apply to e-bikes because motor vehicles are excluded.

By Jennifer Bamberg for Investigate Midwest.Broadcast version by Terri Dee for Illinois News Connection reporting for the Investigate Midwest-Public News Service Collaboration During the 2023 harvest season, one of Jake Lieb’s tractors quit working. A week later, his combine stopped working, too. Both were new — and he was locked out from making any repairs himself because of software restrictions embedded in the machines.  Instead, a technician from John Deere was ...

During the 2023 harvest season, one of Jake Lieb’s tractors quit working. A week later, his combine stopped working, too. Both were new — and he was locked out from

Farmers have clamored for the Right to Repair for years. It's getting little traction in John Deere's home state.

If you buy something—a refrigerator, a car, a tractor, a wheelchair, or a phone—but you can't have the information or parts to fix or modify it, is it really yours? The right to repair movement is based on the belief that you should have the right to use and fix your stuff as you see fit, a...

McDonald’s might just be a new frontier in our fight against the climate crisis. Yes, that McDonald’s. Specifically, their infamous ice cream machines. Over the last few years, these machines have become a public laughingstock due to their tendency to break down and the inability of individual restaurants to fix them. The constant mishaps and […]

The infamous unreliability of McDonald’s ice cream machines have built support for the next iteration of the right to repair movement.

The change comes weeks after Oregon passed a law outlawing Apple’s practice of tying parts to software, which is known as “parts pairing.”

Starting this autumn, select iPhone models will be able to receive used components - such as a screen or a camera - from another iPhone.