What just happened? Qualcomm is buying Arduino – the Italian open-source darling of tinkerers, educators, and inventors – in a deal that underscores how the battle for the edge starts with the makers.

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 ...

The chip designer says the acquisition of the open-source hardware and software firm will allow it to provide a ‘full-stack platform for modern development.’ This will start with the new Arduino Uno Q ...

The chipmaker’s acquisition brings its Dragonwing-powered board and new AppLab development environment to a 33 million–strong open-source community. Qualcomm will acquire Arduino, the open-source ...