While consumer hardware has never been more capable, it's also never been more closed off. Walled gardens of accounts, companion apps and subscription fees, and cloud servers make that capability come ...

For many years now, there has been a trend toward open source in the field of system development. It can be seen in software libraries for the product itself as well as in development tools. A clear ...

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 ...

Interest in open-source hardware (OSHW) has exploded beyond its early hobbyist adopters. Favoring design transparency over confidentiality, the OSHW movement lies at the core of some of the hottest ...