3D printers

Bambu Lab is a Chinese technology company that designs and manufactures 3D printers. The company is based in Shenzhen, China, with locations in Shanghai and Austin, Texas. It was founded in 2020 by a…

On January 16, 2025, the 3D-printer manufacturer Bambu Lab announced that future firmwares for its 3D printers would introduce an authorization and authentication mechanism for printer connection and…

In April 2026, Bambu Lab sent a private cease-and-desist demand to Paweł Jarczak, the Polish maintainer of an AGPL-licensed OrcaSlicer community fork that had restored direct printer control…

Hi everyone, I just thought I'd share my experience with using my P1S offline and blocking its access to the internet from your router (just in case Bambu Lab decides to do something about all the…

Creality is a Chinese technology company headquartered in Shenzhen which manufactures 3D printers and 3D scanners

The Creality K2 series 3D printer firmware (covering the K2 SE, K2, K2 Pro, and K2 Plus) ships proprietary modules compiled with Cython into the GPLv3-licensed Klipper host environment without…

Flashforge (legal name: Zhejiang Flashforge 3D Technology Co., Ltd.) is a Chinese desktop & industrial 3D printer manufacturer founded in 2011. Between February 2025 and May 2026, Flashforge…

In early 2025, a consumer reported a catastrophic house fire allegedly caused by a Qidi Tech Plus 4 3D printer. The incident gained widespread attention after the user claimed their report was…

Washington House Bill 2321 is proposed legislation in the U.S. state of Washington that requires all 3D printers sold in the state to include firearm-blocking technology. Prefiled on January 8, 2026…