Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Senior Technology Editor. He has a BFA in Film & TV from NYU, where he specialized in writing. Jake has been helping people with their technology professionally since ...

All 50 states have now introduced right-to-repair legislation. Here's why that's great for all tech-owning Americans. Katie is a UK-based news reporter and features writer. Officially, she is CNET's ...

Microsoft is making it easier to repair some Surface devices with three tools for independent repairers that are available directly from tech repair experts iFixit. Microsoft service tools for Surface ...

CREWE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Assurant, Inc. (NYSE: AIZ), a leading global provider of lifestyle and housing solutions that support, protect and connect major consumer purchases, today announced ...

Explore how repairable electronics, modular tech, and growing right to repair laws are reshaping consumer devices, reducing e ...

Right to Repair safeguards our right to keep the electronics we own for as long as we want to. Back in 1972, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak designed and sold blue boxes that could circumvent telco ...

For years, Apple has insisted that your iPhone is good for the planet. "We build them with the environment in mind," the company proclaims, and it builds the ubiquitous devices "to last." Gone are the ...

The dreaded cracked screen. It’s very likely happened, at least once, to anyone with a cellphone. Some people will immediately race to repair or replace it. Others will go months, pecking on top of a ...

Americans have millions of gadgets between them, which break down from time to time. It's usually cheaper to replace a cracked phone screen or repair any broken device than to replace those devices ...

A Sony Walkman. That’s the most unusual thing Brandon Azor has repaired at his job as an Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions store lead. The customer brought the Walkman in because it was sentimental, ...