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A new right-to-repair motor vehicle law in Massachusetts that grants owners and their designated service firms access to the telematics data collected in
A right-to-repair motor vehicle law in Massachusetts that was passed by voters two years ago but been held up in court has hit what could be a major
The state’s right-to-repair law, which gives users and independent repair shops access to critical information about the cars they drive and service, passed by ballot initiative with an overwhelming 74.9% majority.
This week, EFF joined with several prominent right-to-repair groups to file an amicus brief in the United States District Court of Massachusetts defending the state’s recent right-to-repair law. This law, which gives users and independent repair shops access to critical information about the cars they drive and service, passed by ballot initiative with an overwhelming 74.9% majority. Almost immediately, automakers asked to delay the law. In November, the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, a group that includes Honda, Ford, General Motors, Toyota, and other major carmakers, sued the state...
Eric Forman and Ben Luzzatto's Dis/Connect (2021) Photo courtesy of Eric Forman Studio The New York-based artists Eric Forman and Ben Luzzatto, with engineer Dan Gross, have designed a signal-jamming chandelier that casts light and creates a cellular- and internet-free zone in the narrow vicinity beneath it. Born in response to our increased reliance on technology, amplified over the last year, the Dis/Connect (2021) chandelier is intended to foster undistracted engagement. The concept also challenges outdated laws against the use of signal-jamming, even in a private sett...