9 Results for: repair

Repami: New Online Platform Brings Repair Cafés and Workshops Together

Buying new instead of repairing is still the norm in Germany and beyond. Online platform repami is here to make repairs easier.

Berlin Rewards the Repair of Smartphones and Other Devices: How the New Repair Bonus Works

Since September 2024, Berlin's repair bonus has been helping consumers with the cost of repairs. It's high time it was introduced nationwide.

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Cracked It: Award-Winning Phone Repairs by Young Ex-Offenders

Training young people to fix smartphones and escape gang life? In London, a social enterprise is doing just that.

Repair Cafés: Fixing Appliances for Free

It often times works out cheaper and less arduous to discard a broken electronic and buy a new one than it does to get the old gadget fixed at the local repair shop in Europe or in most developed countries.

Green Streaming? We Need to Talk About Netflix, Prime and Co.

Even if AI is considered the new climate offender, streaming has not been replaced - on the contrary. We took a look at how the high CO2 emissions from video and music streaming come about, where companies and broadcasters stand when it comes to more sustainable streaming and what users can do. And we found an elephant in the room.

There’s a Returns Crisis in Retail: Here’s How Technology Is Mitigating Its Environmental Impact

Online clothing returns emit a staggering amount of carbon—and the items often end up in landfill. Can technology turn the tide?

“The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”: How Social Media Shapes the Lives of Indigenous Youth

Social media can bring about abundant social advantages. However, for Indigenous young people, it can deepen dark wounds.

Endof10 is Giving Your Old PC a New Lease on Life

If it aint broke, throw it away and get a new one? Not quite. Endof10 is providing a simple alternative to Window's maddening and environmentally damanging system change.

“Data Centres Will Account for the Majority of Digitalisation’s CO2 Emissions”: An Interview With Ralph Hintemann (Borderstep Institute)

Data centre energy consumption is already high—thanks to AI, it’s set to skyrocket. We talked to Dr Ralph Hintemann about potential solutions.