Month: May 2022

The same phone for 25 years? iFixit on right to repair’s remaining obstacles, hope

iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens sits down with Ars to discuss the fight for the right to repair.

The same phone for 25 years? iFixit on right to repair’s remaining obstacles, hope

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The fight for the right to repair remains an active battle as various companies and lawmakers claim worries around safety, cybersecurity, and design innovation. But with concerns about e-waste, device quality, and the health of independent repair shops mounting, advocates like iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens are keeping their gloves up. In the lead up to Ars Technica's first annual Ars Frontiers event in Washington, DC, last week, we held a livestream with Wiens exploring this critical tech issue.

Making a federal case of it

Tech repairs got complicated in 1998 when Congress passed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act [PDF]. Section 1201 of the copyright law essentially made it illegal to distribute tools for, or to break encryption on, manufactured products. Created with DVD piracy in mind, it made fixing things like computers and tractors significantly harder, if not illegal, without manufacturer permission. It also represented "a total sea change from what historic property rights have been," Wiens said.

This makes Washington, DC, the primary battleground for the fight for the right to repair.

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Mixtile Blade 3 is a stackable single-board PC with RK3588 processor, support for cluster computing (crowdfunding)

The Mixtile Blade 3 is a single-board computer with a Rockchip RK3588 processor at its heart, a Pico-ITX form factor, and a design that allows you to stack multiple boards on top of one another to build a cluster. First unveiled in April, the Mixtile …

The Mixtile Blade 3 is a single-board computer with a Rockchip RK3588 processor at its heart, a Pico-ITX form factor, and a design that allows you to stack multiple boards on top of one another to build a cluster. First unveiled in April, the Mixtile Blade 3 is now up for pre-order through a Crowd Supply […]

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Love, Death + Robots 3: Mal spannend, mal tragisch, mal gelungen, mal nicht so

Die abwechslungsreichste Science-Fiction-Serie unserer Zeit ist wieder da – mit acht neuen Folgen der von David Fincher produzierten Anthologie-Reihe. Von Peter Osteried (Science-Fiction, Netflix)

Die abwechslungsreichste Science-Fiction-Serie unserer Zeit ist wieder da - mit acht neuen Folgen der von David Fincher produzierten Anthologie-Reihe. Von Peter Osteried (Science-Fiction, Netflix)

One Netbook T1 is a 13 inch tablet with Intel Core i7-1260P

One Netbook, a Chinese company best known for making mini-laptops and handheld gaming computers is preparing to launch its first 2-in-1 tablet. The One Netbook T1 is a 13 inch Windows tablet with a detachable keyboard, a built-in kickstand, and suppor…

One Netbook, a Chinese company best known for making mini-laptops and handheld gaming computers is preparing to launch its first 2-in-1 tablet. The One Netbook T1 is a 13 inch Windows tablet with a detachable keyboard, a built-in kickstand, and support for a pressure-sensitive pen. It’s also one of the first tablets powered by a […]

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Ukrainekrieg: Russland setzt angeblich Laserwaffen gegen Drohnen ein

Russische Hochenergielaser sollen auch Satelliten blenden. US-Landstreitkräfte montieren kleinere Systeme auf Panzer, Rheinmetall arbeitet noch daran. Von Matthias Monroy (Ukrainekrieg, Internet)

Russische Hochenergielaser sollen auch Satelliten blenden. US-Landstreitkräfte montieren kleinere Systeme auf Panzer, Rheinmetall arbeitet noch daran. Von Matthias Monroy (Ukrainekrieg, Internet)