Collaborate Disseminate
We try to steer clear of politics and societal issues here at Hackaday, so a protest is not usually the sort of thing we’d cover. But we figure it’s safe …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: September 13, 2026
Although we’d rather bring you news of clever modifications and repairs down on the farm, more often than not, the name “John Deere” has appeared on the pages of Hackaday …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: July 12, 2026
Odd things sometimes pop up in the feed of a Hackaday scribe, not hacks as such, but stories with a meaning in our community. One such that’s come our way …read more Continue reading A Tractor From A Small Town Might Just Be The Catalyst For Ousting Machinery DRM
Over the last decade we have brought you frequent reports not from the coolest of hackerspaces or the most bleeding edge of engineering in California or China, but from the …read more Continue reading The FTC Take Action, Is Time Finally Up For John Deere On Right To Repair?
Long time readers will have followed the twists and turns of the John Deere repair saga, in which the agricultural machinery manufacturer has used DRM to restrict the repair of …read more Continue reading The Latest John Deere Repair Lawsuit Now Has The Go-Ahead
Long time readers will know that occasionally we mix up our usual subject matter with a dash of farm equipment. Usually the yellow and green variants that come from John …read more Continue reading The World’s First Agricultural Right to Repair Law
A new law in Colorado that will make it easier for farmers to fix their own equipment is the first in the nation. Continue reading Farmers Win the Right to Repair Their Own Tractors in Colorado
The agreement between the tractor maker and a lobbying group has some big caveats. Continue reading John Deere Agrees to Let Farmers Repair Tractors, As Long as States Don’t Pass Any Laws
Over the last few years we have brought you many stories about John Deere tractors, and how their repair has been locked down such that only manufacturer-authorised technicians can work …read more Continue reading You Can Now Fix Your Deere
A few weeks ago, some tantalising social media posts emerged from a Def Con talk, in which [Sick Codes] broke into the screen control unit for a John Deere tractor …read more Continue reading Finally We Can Watch The Deere Cracking Def Con Talk