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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All Eyes on NY Governor as Clock Ticks Down on Right to Repair Legislation – Week in Repair

Thank you for joining us for another week in repair, our last of 2022! We are extremely appreciative for those…

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Governor Hochul: Sign The Digital Fair Repair Act

With a little more than a week left for the Governor to sign The Digital Fair Repair Act (S4104A/A07006), I am making public an email I sent to the Governor in early September urging her to pass the Digital Fair Repair Act, and addressing some of the misconceptions and outright untruths foisted upon her office by anti-repair interests including lobbyists for the electronics, telecommunications and home appliance industries.

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Complaint: Apple’s Part Pairing Powers Planned Obsolescence – The Week in Repair

Part pairing is fueling planned obsolescence, says a complaint filed in France. Plus: What to do about the e-waste from electric cars? And: the FTC wants to hear your thoughts on right to repair.

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