For a long time, Microsoft’s Surface hardware was difficult-to-impossible to open and repair, and devices as recent as 2019’s Surface Pro 7 still managed a repairability score of just 1 out of 10 on ...

Imagine you dropped your smartphone and its display shattered -- something that happens around 50 million times in the US each year. Unless you're pretty handy, your first port of call is likely to be ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Bajarin covers the tech industry’s impact on PC and CE markets. Last summer I wrote in Forbes about why the FTC needs to look ...

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Most of the time, when a graphics card fails, you'll either return it to the manufacturer (assuming it's inside its warranty period), sell it to someone for parts, or simply discard it. You could, ...

The Technology Help Desk can repair current students' personally-owned computers. Typical repairs are things like failed hard drives, cracked screens, or case damage, but we turn down more extensive ...

Google makes some of my favorite hardware. I love the Pixel line of phones. I use Nest Hubs and speakers as my smart home controllers. Nest cameras earned recommendations in our security camera and ...