Tools Are Infrastructure
Have I now found the only corporate booth at the entire congress? The question came from a visitor as she drifted over to our table—curious, not accusatory. It’s a reasonable…
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“Worst in Show” Returns at CES 2026, Calling Out Gadgets That Make Things Worse
Repair.org, the repair industry trade association, announced the 2026 Worst in Show awards today, annual anti-awards that spotlight the most harmful, invasive, wasteful, and unfixable tech on display at CES. …
Become a Master of Microsoldering and Board Repair with iFixit and The Repair Academy in Chattanooga!
UPDATE (originally published April 29, 2025): Our April and July 2025 sessions both sold out! Join us for the next session March 2-14, 2026. Are you ready to elevate your…
Galaxy XR Teardown: Is This the $1800 Vision Pro Killer?
Apple’s Vision Pro is the kind of gadget you demo at a party, then put back in its case like it belongs in a climate-controlled museum. Samsung’s Galaxy XR is…
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The iFixit App Is Here
We’ve got big news: Today, you can download the iFixit app from the App Store and Google Play Store. All the repair guides you know and love, streamlined for mobile.…
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Introducing FixBot: We Built an AI That Actually Knows How to Fix Things
Moving my family across the country towing our trusty ‘92 ski boat, I hit a patch of ice in Kansas and slid our trailer into a snowbank. A wonderful local…
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If You Must Buy Gifts, Give the Gift of Repair: Black Friday 2026
Environmentally speaking, the best gift to give this holiday season is no gift. But lest you end up branded as a cheapskate grinch, the next best gift is the gift…
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Okay, So Apple’s Using 3D Printing in the iPhone Air. But How?
We take another look at the iPhone Air and try to figure out how Apple 3D printed the USB-C port.
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Pixel Buds 2a Teardown: Great Case. Now Do the Buds
Google’s Pixel Buds 2a wrap a great, fixable case around buds that still fight repair. We tear them down to see where Google is leading the repairability charge—and where they…