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Activism

Jailbreaking Is Not a Crime: An Interview with bunnie Huang

If you want it to be legal to jailbreak or root your iPhone, iPad, or Xbox, you don't have long to tell the US Copyright Office. We talk a lot…

January 31, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

E-Waste

This E-Waste Infographic Raises More Questions than It Answers

How much e-waste is there, anyway? How reliable is the available data? And why is it important to find out? This infographic, from Good & Column Five, is compelling, and…

January 26, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

E-Waste

Carrying CRTs at Lajpat Rai Market

At the Lajpat Rai electronics market in Delhi, India, nobody bats an eye when a man walks by carrying a stack of cathode ray tubes (CRTs) on his head. Kyle…

January 22, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

E-Waste

Computer Disassembly in Agbogbloshie

Kyle took this photo right at the entrance to the big Ghana electronics scrapyard Agbogbloshie. Many photos from the scrapyard show disorganized piles of discarded electronics equipment. But the computer…

January 21, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Legislation

STOP SOPA+PIPA

Many of you are already aware that many of your favorite websites have gone dark or posted censorship warnings today. Google, Wikipedia, Reddit, Imgur, and Craigslist, among a slew of…

January 18, 2012

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

E-Waste

The Story of Electronics

You may already be familiar with the Story of Stuff Project—they created a series of popular videos that expose the hidden costs of all the consumer products we buy and…

November 9, 2010

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit