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 ...

McDonald's busted ice cream machines are the stuff of corporate legends, and to this day, no fool-proof solution has emerged. iFixit, the teardown-happy folks who partner with giants like Google and ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s a McDonald’s phenomenon that has inspired memes, apps and even a government inquiry. “If that McFlurry machine is broken, I’m ...

When I was in junior high, my buddies and I would walk to McDonald’s after Friday night dances. On one occasion, my buddy, Tree, ordered a hot fudge sundae. The person taking his order asked if he ...

Federal regulators want to fix McDonald’s broken ice cream machines, and they’re asking to expand right-to-repair laws to address the issue. In a letter to the US ...

Every few weeks, usually at night, I have a sudden craving for vanilla soft serve from McDonald’s. But just as I start to fantasize about the immaculate, snow-white swirl, I remember the futility of ...

The popular e-commerce site iFixit wants Congress to allow it to fix the chronically broken ice cream machines used at McDonald’s franchises. The move comes a year after a couple sued the fast food ...

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 ...

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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