Companies tend to be rather picky about who gets to poke around inside their products. Manufacturers sometimes even take steps that prevent consumers from repairing their device when it breaks, or ...

The final language of the annual bill that funds the US military is in. It removes provisions that would have helped ensure service members’ ability to fix their own equipment. US lawmakers have ...

Got something that needs fixing? Come to Mission Viejo this Saturday, Nov. 29, to get broken items repaired on the spot by volunteers, free of charge, at Orange County’s first Repair Café event. The ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The North Carolina State Board of Elections has mailed another round of notices to more than 73,000 voters whose registrations are missing key identification information. The effort ...

This Is for Everyone: The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2025) The World Wide Web is one of those rare innovations that truly reshaped the world. It ...

You’re in the middle of a video conference, everyone is waiting, but your microphone isn’t working? Or you can be heard, but all the other participants remain mute? Welcome to the club of Windows ...

Some quests in ARC Raiders, like Broken Monument, only give the barest details as to what they want you to find or do. That can be a problem if there’s not much time left before the round ends for ...

For the Broken Monument quest in Arc Raiders, Tian Wen boots you off to the Scrap Yard in Dam Battlegrounds to hunt down three items from the First Wave: a compass, a videotape, and old field rations.

Modern electronics don't always work the way they should. While smashing your glitchy device with a hammer would make you feel better, there are solutions you can try first. This is especially true ...

These days, if you need to connect two devices via wire, you'll most likely use HDMI. This display protocol supports all sorts of device pairings. It lets you use your iPhone with an external display, ...

Windows 11 comes with a built-in app named Get Help (formerly Contact Support) that includes troubleshooters for common scenarios. It features troubleshooters for Copilot that you can use to resolve ...

Apple has now made self-service repair parts available for iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max, and iPhone Air. Here’s what it costs to repair broken parts yourself. Apple’s pricing for self-service ...