Matt Ebert, CEO of 650-location collision repair chain Crash Champions, has produced about 35 episodes of his podcast, PodCrash with Matt Ebert, featuring conversations on leadership, entrepreneurship and trades. He says the show helps build familiarity with customers before they ever need a repair, and has become an unexpected recruiting tool, with job candidates saying they feel they already know him. Ebert also uses the podcast to highlight that the company's technicians earn more than $100,000 on average and increasingly work with tablets alongside traditional tools.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-10-20
Apple has expanded its Self Service Repair program to cover the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, the M5 Max/M5 Ultra Mac Studio, and the M6/M5 Pro Mac mini. Customers can now buy individual parts—such as displays, batteries, cameras, logic boards, and enclosures—along with the tools needed to install them, or rent the tools instead. The update coincided with Apple's announcement of new and expanded US supplier partnerships for iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo components.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-10-20
Most laptops that feel slow are not short of processing power. They are held back by a hard drive, a lack of memory, a clogged fan, or a browser doing too much.
gokawiil.com
· 2026-10-19
Apple has published estimated out-of-warranty repair costs for its new iPhone Duo, ranging from $49 for cover layer damage to $1,499 for general 'other damage'. Inner display repairs cost $999 and battery service costs $229, while AppleCare+ is priced at $19.99 per month and sharply lowers many of these fees.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-10-14
Apple has published out-of-warranty repair pricing for its foldable iPhone Duo, with costs ranging from $49 for cover layer damage up to $999 for inner display damage and $1,499 for unspecified "other damage." With AppleCare Plus, which costs $19.99 monthly, $199.99 yearly, or $399 flat, many repairs drop sharply, including $0 battery service and $99 for inner display or other accidental damage. The device starts at $1,999, launching October 23rd with preorders beginning Friday.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-14
Apple has published service pricing for its newly announced $299 HomeView smart display, ahead of shipments starting November 13. Repairs without AppleCare are listed at $279 under a single 'Other damage' category, while AppleCare users face a $39 accidental damage fee, with no distinction made between the standard and wall-mounted models.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-10-14
Researchers report that alveolar stem cells, previously known mainly for producing gas-exchange cells in the lungs, also play a role in repairing damaged airway tissue. The finding expands the understood function of these cells beyond their traditional role in the alveoli.
nature.com
· 2026-10-14
YouTube channel NorthWestRepair published a video showing technician Tony attempting to repair two physically damaged DDR5 ECC RDIMM server memory modules, a 128GB and a 256GB stick, together said to be worth $16,000. Using a reflow technique with flux and hot air, he got the first module working again, while the second showed no signs of life and appeared to have a faulty PMIC chip.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-05
Android Authority writer Robert Triggs describes how dust and lint trapped inside USB-C ports caused loose, angled cable connections and failed fast-charging on his phone and tablet. He says cleaning the ports himself restored normal charging on both devices, avoiding a repair.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-10-04
A writer with limited electronics experience took a set of rechargeable bike lights bought ten years ago, which now died within five minutes of a full charge, to a local makerspace to attempt a battery replacement. They cut open the silicone housing, removed screws to access the circuit board, and used a desoldering pump alongside iFixit's guide and advice from friends to detach the old battery from the board.
jvns.ca
· 2026-09-27
Raspberry Pi has confirmed its firmware locks boards to their factory RAM configuration, preventing users from swapping in replacement memory chips even to fix failed components. The restriction surfaced after a user couldn't get a Compute Module 5 to recognize a new 4GB chip, with company engineer PhilE explaining the firmware checks additional memory attributes beyond just capacity. Raspberry Pi says the policy exists to stop resellers from installing unauthorized higher-capacity chips and passing modified boards off as factory models.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-23
Researchers studied how cancer cells repair DNA breaks that occur at TA-repeat sequences within extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA), circular fragments that often carry amplified oncogenes like MYC. Using cell lines including COLO320DM, HeLa-derived clones and engineered mouse neural stem cells, the team found that a repair mechanism called microhomology-mediated end joining (MMEJ) helps preserve these ecDNA elements and the growth advantage they give cancer cells.
nature.com
· 2026-09-23
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