Fairbuds 2 Earbuds Let You Swap Worn Batteries Instead of Buying a New Pair
Wireless earbuds have come a long way, ever since Apple started the trend of removing the 3.5mm headphone jack from smartphones. Most sound fine or…
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Acer Finally Made a Premium Laptop You Can Actually Repair Yourself
Acer’s Vero 16 treats repairability as a design language rather than an afterthought bolted on for marketing points. Announced at IFA 2026, this fourth-generation Vero…
Most Phones Last 3 Years, This $650 Fairphone 6+ Is Built for 8
The smartphone upgrade cycle has been one of the more quietly destructive consumer habits of the past two decades. Most people replace their phone every…
The Lightest ThinkPad Ever Also Scored 9/10 for Repairability
Business laptops have gotten remarkably thin over the years, but the tradeoffs are hard to ignore. Repairability has taken a back seat to aesthetics, battery…
Framework Laptop 13 Pro arrives with major redesign, longer battery life, and touch display
Framework is known for a league of laptops that other manufacturers dare not. Six years in, and the company is pushing its boundaries, building laptops…
ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 Aura Edition Scores 9/10 From iFixit at CES 2026
ThinkPad X1 Carbon has been the default answer to “what does a serious work laptop look like?” for more than a decade, with over ten…
Fairbuds XL Gen 2 Drivers Fit Gen 1 Headphones for a €100 Upgrade
Most wireless headphones quietly become disposable. Batteries fade, cushions peel, and people replace the whole thing every few years instead of fixing what broke. Fairphone’s…
This School Chair Concept Has 3D-Printable Replacement Parts
Old school chairs like the Mullca were built to survive decades of abuse, with welded steel frames and bolted parts that could outlast the building…
Open Printer Gives Makers a Fully Open Flexible Inkjet Platform
Traditional inkjet printers have become increasingly frustrating for anyone who values flexibility, repairability, or creative experimentation. Locked-down firmware prevents modifications, expensive proprietary cartridges drain budgets,…
Fairphone 6 Proves Sustainability and Customization Can Go Hand in Hand
The Fairphone 6 arrives with a quiet confidence, carrying on the company’s mission to make smartphones that respect both the planet and the people who…
Fairphone 6 Design Leak Teases Sleeker Looks and Slightly Trickier Repairs
It feels like every year, smartphone companies get a little more planet-friendly, swapping out plastic wraps for paper sleeves and sprinkling recycled materials here and…
Philips Fixables 3D Printed Parts Make Repairs a Breeze
Anyone who owns a 3D printer knows the thrill of creating custom solutions on the fly, and now Philips is tapping into that sense of…
Supernote Manta E-reader replacement parts and guides open the doors to DIY mods
E-book readers, or simply E-readers, have become quite popular these days, especially with the introduction of Color E Ink displays. While the big names like…
Framework Modular Desktop and Touchscreen Laptop add more sustainable choices to the market
The portability of laptops come at the cost of flexibility. Moving away from the open designs of their stationary desktop counterparts, these powerful mobile workstations…
Modular laptops and mini PCs might be around the corner thanks to Intel
Despite laptops overtaking their towering cousins in market share, these portable computers still lack one vital trait that has kept stationary desktops still relevant today….
Modular laptop promises repairability, flexibility, and a mechanical keyboard
Although desktop computers haven’t gone the way of the dinosaur as some pundits predicted, laptops clearly surpass towers and even small boxes in terms of…