Legislation The Senate Just Unanimously Passed an Cellphone Unlocking Bill Last week, we wrote in Wired about the Unlocking Bill—a bill that the Internet demanded from Congress 17 months ago. A bill that Sina Khanifar, iFixit, the EFF, Public Knowledge,… July 15, 2014 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
Fixers Why Seniors Are the Heroes of the Fixer Movement My grandfather was typical of a generation haunted by the shadow of the Great Depression. Out of necessity, people like my grandfather eked every bit of usefulness from what little… July 14, 2014 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
Activism Internet Activism Worked Today. We Want to Keep the Momentum Going A year and a half ago, a man in Washington made a bad decision that screwed over thousands of small businesses and hundreds of thousands more consumers. He made it… July 11, 2014 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
Teardowns Wearables Teardown War: LG G Watch vs Samsung Gear Live Today we had the newiest of the new Android Wear smartwatches grace our teardown table—the Samsung Gear Live and the LG G Watch! Interestingly enough, both watches took a page… July 8, 2014 by Miro Djuric
iFixit We Just Gave Away 15,000 Liberation Kits We take freedom—both free as in speech and free as in beer—pretty seriously around these parts. So, we ring in Independence Day with a little something we like to call… July 2, 2014 by
Repair Stories The Young Women of St. Joseph’s Academy A group of young female students sit around a table, laughing and talking. But they’re not discussing school, boys, or music. Instead, they’re talking how to replace a dead hard… June 30, 2014 by Cait Emma Smith
Teardowns Apple’s Refreshed 16 GB iPod Touch Torn Apart We delved inside Apple’s “refreshed” device and found the same components we’d seen in Touches of yesteryear, but with 16 GB of on-board flash memory. June 27, 2014 by Miro Djuric
Gadgets Microsoft’s Newest Surface Pro 3 Tablet Cracked Open If thin is in, then thinner must be...inner. Microsoft made serious strides, taking their Surface Pro series closer to the laptop frontier than ever before, while still keeping up with… June 26, 2014 by Andrew Goldheart
Legislation Senate Takes Major Step to Legalize Cellphone Unlocking The Senate has made a strong positive step towards making sure that people have the right to unlock their cell phones. June 23, 2014 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
Repair Stories For the Record: How I Saved My Vinyl Album from My Cat The other day, I came home, walked through the door, and found my cat sleeping on my couch. He yawned and sat up—and underneath him I spotted a vinyl record.… June 20, 2014 by Brittany McCrigler - iFixit