Lee Grant

Lee is a long-time advocate for sustainability within IT, with a fierce passion for everyone to have a right to repair. In his day job, Lee runs an award winning computer repair business and is also a contributing editor and podcaster for PC Pro.

Joined: 6 Apr 2023
Articles: 64

Protester with a sign that reads "There is no Planet B" at a rally against climate change. Digital Exceptionalism

Innovate

Digital Exceptionalism: the unsustainable truth behind tech’s carbon footprint

Lee Grant lays out the unsustainable truth behind the AI powering data centres - and the gadgets we all buy. Welcome to Digital Exceptionalism.

Hardware

International Repair Day 2024: “Everyone that wants to keep things in use for longer is welcome to get involved”

We interview Fiona Dear, Co-Director of The Restart Project, about International Repair Day 2024 and why it matters to both consumers and businesses

Repairing an Apple iPhone requires permissions from a higher authority.

Hardware

Is the iPhone 16 Apple’s most repairable phone?

Our resident technology fixer explains why the iPhone 16 is a contender for Apple's most repairable phone yet - but why all is not quite as marvellous as we would hope

Copilot Designer's rendering of this article, featuring a digitised Professor Mark Miodownik

Collaborate

Professor Mark Miodownik interview: “I think that it is an impressive achievement by humans that we didn’t give up and go, who cares”

We interview Professor Mark Miodownik to talk about his latest book, "It's a Gas", and why air is such an underrated resource

Lenovo Net Zero ambitions shown by green-tinted image with laptops, PCs, wind farms

Hardware

Is Lenovo’s path to Net Zero working?

How exactly is Lenovo treading the long path to Net Zero? We examine its claims about sustainability and circularity, revealing a largely positive story - except for plastics.