FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Boston, MA — November 9, 2025 — Secure Repairs, a coalition of more than 400 cybersecurity professionals advocating for the right to repair, has joined leading organizations in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to affirm a February, 2025 ruling by a district court judge that rejected efforts by the auto industry to declare Massachusetts’s 2020 Right-to-Repair law a violation of federal authority.

Washington became the 6th U.S. state to enact an electronics right to repair law. Connecticut & Texas may be next. Also: Nintendo’s threat to brick Switch 2s highlights collapse of ownership rights.

Embodied, which makes the Moxie emotional support robot for kids, said it is shutting down, rendering its robots inoperable. Also: industry groups urge Trump to cancel right to repair.

Host Paul Roberts speaks with Sophos CISO Ross McKerchar about Pacific Rim, Sophos' investigation of a years-long Chinese cyber campaign.

With a vote by Parliament (and a nod from King Charles ??!) Canada took a big step ahead of the U.S. as a pro-repair economy. Also: cracked your Pixel 9 Fold's screen? Get your wallet out.

Lawrence Gentilello, the CEO of Optery, talks about the scandal of breaches at data brokers and how his firm is helping consumers fight back.

2024 is only a few days old, but 10 states have already introduced right to repair legislation. Also: Massachusetts Senate passes wheelchair right to repair law. And: tell the FTC you support repair!

Polish hackers may get sued for liberating a passenger train from the manufacturer's attempt to block service and repair. Also: a smoking gun email surfaces in the McDonald's McFlurry lawsuit.

Security researcher and IoT hacker Dennis Giese talks about his mission to liberate robot vacuums from the control of their manufacturers, letting owners tinker with their own devices and - importantl...