Louis Rossmann's Own Your Shit tour spent the summer pointing crowds at Section 1201 of the DMCA, the 1998 provision that makes bypassing a manufacturer's lock illegal. His nonprofit Fulu pays for doing it anyway.
Reality
- Evidence62
- Adoption20
- Hype gap+25
- Incentives68
- Confidence55
Consumer chatbots are now walking people through repairs their manufacturers never documented. Two law professors told Fast Company that makers will respond by locking repair information down harder.
Reality
- Evidence45
- Adoption22
- Hype gap+12
- Incentives60
- Confidence45
Deere's Pro Service subscription can talk a novice through a disconnected sensor in minutes, while the dealer-approval locks that repair advocates object to sit outside what the demo touched.
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption18
- Hype gap+35
- Incentives78
- Confidence55
Goldman wants 510,000 more US power and grid workers by 2030. The apprenticeship system that feeds them ran 20,000 entrants short in 2024, and a four-year trade cannot be back-filled in 2029.
Reality
- Evidence52
- Adoption30
- Hype gap+28
- Incentives68
- Confidence58
Gravis Robotics says its retrofit autonomy kit works on Caterpillar, Deere, JCB and Hitachi machines. The productivity number is still the company's own.
Reality
- Evidence38
- Adoption32
- Hype gap+32
- Incentives72
- Confidence58