Microsoft backed a repair bill in Washington State. It died anyway.

Microsoft changes its stance on state repair bill in Washington. It’s not enough. Microsoft has been backing a right-to-repair bill…

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Chromebook Churn could sink school budgets (and the planet). Also: a call to open source firmware.

Chromebook churn could sink school budgets (and the planet) The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic pushed school districts across the…

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Ag Equipment Right To Repair Headed To Governor’s Desk in Colorado

In recent years, farmers in the U.S. have become the poster children of a global right to repair movement. Their…

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Cochlear Implant Users Face Grim Future Without Repair or Upgrades

The price of abandoning medical devices is profound Vikas is a child living in India who was born deaf. At…

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28+ State AGs Urge Federal Right-To-Repair Legislation

A bipartisan group of Attorneys General representing over half of the US states and Guam is urging Congress to pass…

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March Madness: State Lawmakers Press Right to Repair

Photo by Bao Chau on Unsplash The March 9th meeting of the Colorado Senate’s Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee had…

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Liberate the appliances! Washing machine hacker outsmarts anti-repair measures – Week in Repair

The Ballad of ChuxMan: Hacker airs out appliance company’s dirty laundry A twitter user by the name of ChuxMan had…

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With eye on sustainability, EU agrees to battery regs – Week in Repair

The European Union reached an agreement to overhaul the rules on batteries. The agreement spans from the design stage through end-of-life.

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Deere hedges bets on repair with new agreement – Week in Repair

Please hold your applause… “US farmers win right to repair John Deere equipment.” -BBC This was the headline from the…

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Gov. Hochul Got It Wrong on Cybersecurity And Repair

Governor Hochul threw in with Big Tech and ignored analysis that information sought by the Digital Fair Repair Act doesn’t create new cyber risks. New York families, communities and businesses will pay a steep price.

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