The inside of a Taylor C709 ice cream machine, as seen from the back with the cover over the electronics removed. (Credit: iFixit) Raising a likely somewhat contentious topic, iFixit and Public ...

Consumer advocacy group Public Knowledge today hailed a decision by the US Copyright Office to “grant an exemption specifically allowing for repair of retail-level ...

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An exemption by the Copyright Office will let franchisees work around restrictions to fix the finicky machines on their own. An exemption by the Copyright Office will ...

It may soon get quicker and easier to get your McFlurry fix — and McDonald’s franchisees won’t have to break the law to make it happen. The US Copyright Office ...

The ice cream machines at fast food giant McDonald's are so prone to breakdowns that they've spawned thousands of memes. And now, one repair company wants a copyright exemption to fix them. In a video ...

The soft-serve machines at McDonald's restaurants are so often out of order that their reliable unreliability have long been the butt of jokes, memes — and now even a rallying cry in this year’s ...

McDonald’s soft-serve ice cream machines are regularly broken, and it’s not just your perception. When repair vendor and advocate iFixit was filming a video about the topic, it checked tracking map ...

According to reports, a startup company looking to fix McDonald’s frequently “out of service” ice cream machines is now suing the fast-food giant for $900 million USD. Focussing on remote controls, ...

If you want a McFlurry, there’s about a one-in-four chance that the machine making it is broken. The problem is so common that there’s a website that tracks it and an FTC investigation asking hard ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On October 26th, Donald Trump promised that “WHEN I’M PRESIDENT THE MCDONALD’S ICE ...