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Apple will allow customers to repair their own iPhones Apple will allow customers to repair their own iPhones; focus on common repairs like cracked screens, battery issues, and camera problems

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This DIY laptop is challenging tech giants like Apple & Microsoft This entrepreneurs immigrant parents instilled self-sufficiency. Now, he’s taking on tech giants like Apple and Microsoft by engineering a laptop anyone can build and repair on their own.

The EU is giving citizens the “right to repair” electronics — here’s what that could mean for the world Across Europe, legislation is restoring something that companies have taken away from citizens: The right to repair what they’ve bought. These new guidelines can save people money — and help …

Testing Best Buy; Calls for the 'right-to-repair' vehicles rev up: CBC's Marketplace Cheat Sheet | CBC News CBC's Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need from the week.

Be careful what you buy online. It can cause more problems down the line

Best Buy to review third-party marketplace after CBC investigation finds damaged products | CBC News Following multiple complaints from viewers, CBC’s Marketplace decided to put Best Buy’s Marketplace to the test. After purchasing 12 “refurbished” devices from third-party vendors, industry experts flagged five of them for having issues.

Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Publicly Backs Right to Repair In a Cameo video, Wozniak says Apple itself wouldn't have existed without an open technology world.

ICYMI: the New York State Senate passed a landmark Right to Repair bill: https://bit.ly/3zvZq38

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How Dell is redesigning its products for circularity From computers that instantly disassemble themselves for recycling to AI-powered efficiency updates, Dell wants to be circular by 2030.

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Why France’s new 'repairability index’ is a big deal A new law aims to keep smartphones out of the dump. It also has global implications.

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Which smartphone, laptop and tablet brands break down the most? We asked over 3,000 Canadians to find out A CBC Marketplace survey that asked more than 3,200 Canadians about smartphone, laptop and tablet breakdowns and repairs revealed that an overwhelming majority of them are dealing with broken technology that is too difficult or too expensive to repair.