The U.S. Federal Trade Commission sent letters to three computer companies, namely ASRock, Gigabyte, and Zotac, over their warranty policies. According to the agency, these policies violate the ...

We’ve all seen them: hard-to-remove stickers that say, “Warranty void if removed,” or “Tampering with this sticker voids the warranty.” Or perhaps a company states or implies that your use of a ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is cracking down on warranty policies that run afoul of the right-to-repair movement. As part of the crackdown, the FTC sent warning letters to eight companies ...

As those of us who have spent our lives with screwdrivers in our hands will know, nothing causes an internal debate quite like finding a "warranty void if removed" sticker on an electronic device.

Last month, the FTC said in a statement that warranty-void-if-removed stickers, which are endemic on all sorts of electronic devices, are basically worthless and also kinda illegal. That's good news ...

The act of prohibiting the act of disassembling third parties other than makers is widespread with the wording "sealed with a sticker on gaming machines and PCs" and "the product warranty will not be ...

If you ever thought to yourself that those "warranty void if removed stickers" that often adorn various electronics are bullshit, good news—the Federal Trade Commission thinks so too. In an attempt to ...

We've all seen those annoying "Warranty Void if Removed" stickers on electronics. They're normally either slapped over a screw silo or wrapped around where two pieces of metal/plastic join together to ...