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Many phones and laptops on the market are made to be so difficult to fix they become essentially disposable. We want to choose electronics that are durable and fixable, but how do we know which products are designed to last and which are destined for the dump?

This report calculates a repairability score for the most popular cell phone and laptop brands, and grades which manufacturers are designing devices to last and which are “Failing the Fix.” This year’s scorecard includes a section highlighting the three most repairable cell phones and laptops available on the market from each manufacturer to help you buy a fixable device.

Today, Microsoft announced paid extended support (ESU) for Windows 10 after we delivered 20,000 petition signatures asking them to extend support! The best choice for our planet is for them to provide automatic updates, but this is a step in the right direction. We'll keep pushing for longer support to prevent the up to 400 million PCs that can't upgrade to Windows 11.

https://pirg.org/media-center/release-microsoft-offers-exten...

VR risks for children and teens range from dangerous data collection to impacts on developing brains VR risks are significant enough the child health experts we spoke to recommend parents steer clear for now.

'Bad for consumers [and] bad for the planet,' PIRG says of Microsoft's decision to end support for Windows 10 in 2025, even though an estimated 1 billion PCs can't upgrade to Windows 11.

This is a big victory for the parents, teachers, and students who wrote to Google asking them to make this change. https://pirg.org/articles/why-google-announced-chromebooks-w...

Google and other tech companies should continue to find ways to stop the disposability treadmill that pressures us to replace our phones and laptops in favor of newer models. With e-waste the fastest growing waste-stream in the U.S., it’s not sustainable to consume technology at this rate. This is a meaningful step toward a tech industry making products designed to last.

Thirteen different Chromebooks recently lost support from Google, but eight are available for sale on Amazon, including two listed as “new."