Tech News Sega Solved the Drift Issue Almost 30 Years Ago—Here’s How With new hand-held consoles or peripheral controllers there is always the same question: “Will it drift”? But, if stick drift is so ubiquitous, why haven’t we solved it once and… July 28, 2022 by Tobias Isakeit
Right to Repair John Deere Has Been Violating the Clean Air Act by Restricting Repair John Deere appears to have been violating the Clean Air Act by restricting repair to its own dealerships, Repair.org and the US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) reported today. When… July 21, 2022 by Elizabeth Chamberlain
Tech News Apple Says It Will Fix Face ID Failure on Third-Party Screen Repairs Apple told The Verge today that it will release a software update to keep Face ID working after third-party and DIY screen replacements, days after iFixit’s report on the issue… November 9, 2021 by Kevin Purdy
Scandal Don’t Bother with Joy-Con Drift “Hacks”, Just Fix It You might have heard of the “one simple trick” to fix Joy-Con drift going around. Turns out, it’s almost as clickbait-ish as it sounds. I hate to be the one… July 22, 2021 by Sam Goldheart
Scandal Cricut Messed with Crafters, Got Cut. But the Fight Is Not Over. It takes a lot to outdo printer makers in the cash-grab game. But over a week’s time, the makers of a different locked-down, web-connected device tried their best to get… March 18, 2021 by Kevin Purdy
Scandal Apple Has Been Fined €25 Million for Deliberately Slowing Down iPhones in 2017 Remember when Apple throttled iPhones in order to prevent crashes caused by worn-down batteries? We called it Batterygate, and the French government is calling it what it is: criminal. The… February 7, 2020 by Whitson Gordon
Scandal Speakers Should Last Decades, but Sonos Wants to Convince You Otherwise 15 years ago, Sonos changed the whole-house audio game. No longer did you have to run a complex grid of speaker wire through your walls and ceiling: with a few… January 22, 2020 by Whitson Gordon
Scandal Apple Genius Caught Stealing Sensitive Photos, Despite Claims that Independent Repair Is Risky Manufacturers would love for you to think that independent repair is risky. That by giving your phone to a stranger, you’re giving them full access to the private, personal information… November 14, 2019 by Whitson Gordon
Scandal Meet The Tech Who Found Apple’s Plan to Discourage Independent Repair Since the launch of iOS 12, repair techs have noticed a disturbing trend. Any time a battery was replaced on an iPhone XS, XS Max or XR, battery health diagnostics… August 16, 2019 by Michael Degnan
Scandal Cisco Is Making It More Difficult to Use Pre-Owned Hardware [Updated] Without telling their customers, networking hardware manufacturer Cisco has drastically changed the way it sells products. Update: A previous version of this article stated that units with Smart Licensing would… August 9, 2019 by Whitson Gordon