Editor’s Note: Nathan Proctor is director of the Right to Repair Campaign for US PIRG, an advocacy organization. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. Though you’ve probably never ...
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 ...
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 ...
A legislative effort to aid consumers has bipartisan support. A UVA professor explains the legal principles behind 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 ...
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 ...
Nearly every month at community centres around Metro Vancouver, a group of handy local volunteers – retired tradespeople, passionate amateur tinkerers and students from UBC’s faculty of electrical ...