On 7 October, the open-source hardware community woke up to surprising news. Qualcomm, the tech giant behind the Snapdragon chips found in billions of smartphones, tablets, and laptops worldwide, had ...

Qualcomm didn’t disclose what it would pay to acquire Arduino. The acquisition also needs to be approved by regulators “and other customary closing conditions.” ...

The deal gives Qualcomm access to millions of developers and extends its strategy for embedded devices, which now extends across hardware, software, AI and tooling.