FixBot is launching for free on both the App Store and Google Play but it won’t remain that way forever. At some point, free ...

Mar. 21—Nearly everyone has that stuffed animal that they can't let go of even though it's beat up past recognition. But what if you could rejuvenate that beloved stuffie? Giving your stuffed animals ...

Ever had to replace the screen on your top-of-the-range smartphone? You’ll be no stranger to the sting of repair fees for the top handsets… on top of what you paid when you bought the gadget in the ...

Last summer, fourth-generation California farmer Dave Alford showed correspondent David Pogue around his 2004 John Deere tractor. "Oh, man, it's like a 747 cockpit over here!" Pogue laughed. "Not your ...

The next IC Repair event will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 20 at East Side Recycling Center, 2401 Scott Blvd. SE in Iowa City. The event provides a free opportunity for anyone to bring in a ...

Manufacturers are creating monopolies by preventing customers (or anyone else) from fixing their products. It's time to end that. Right-to-Repair focuses on removing what are known as repair ...

As a country, America generates 624,000 metric tons of waste every single day, according to the LA Times. According to the FrontierGroup, each American produces nearly 5 pounds of trash daily. This is ...

Rossmann Group’s Louis Rossmann has made a name for himself calling out tech companies’ seemingly anti-consumer practices while producing increasingly popular DIY-computer-repair instructional videos ...

Late last year, in a totally unexpected move, Apple announced a program called Self Service Repair. There’s a Self Service Repair store. It enables you – yes, individuals – to buy official Apple parts ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - An Iowa City group wants to help people fix their broken items. Iowa City Repair hosted a free repair workshop Saturday. “What we’re doing here today is helping people ...

Blake Swensen remembers the day he fell in love with tinkering. This was 50 years ago in Alaska, and the small plane his father was flying crashed. Swensen, 6 at the time, doesn’t know whether it was ...