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Arduino's New Terms of Service Worries Hobbyists Ahead of Qualcomm Acquisition

Par :BeauHD
24 novembre 2025 à 22:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Some members of the maker community are distraught about Arduino's new terms of service (ToS), saying that the added rules put the company's open source DNA at risk. Arduino updated its ToS and privacy policy this month, which is about a month after Qualcomm announced that it's acquiring the open source hardware and software company. Among the most controversial changes is this addition: "User shall not: translate, decompile or reverse-engineer the Platform, or engage in any other activity designed to identify the algorithms and logic of the Platform's operation, unless expressly allowed by Arduino or by applicable license agreements ..." In response to concerns from some members of the maker community, including from open source hardware distributor and manufacturer Adafruit, Arduino posted a blog on Friday. Regarding the new reverse-engineering rule, Arduino's blog said: "Any hardware, software or services (e.g. Arduino IDE, hardware schematics, tooling and libraries) released with Open Source licenses remain available as before. Restrictions on reverse-engineering apply specifically to our Software-as-a-Service cloud applications. Anything that was open, stays open." But Adafruit founder and engineer Limor Fried and Adafruit managing editor Phillip Torrone are not convinced. They told Ars Technica that Arduino's blog leaves many questions unanswered and said that they've sent these questions to Arduino without response. "Why is reverse-engineering prohibited at all for a company built on openly hackable systems?" Fried and Torrone asked in a shared statement. There are also concerns about the ToS' broad new AI-monitoring powers, which offer little clarity on what data is collected, who can access it, or how long it's retained. On top of that, the update introduces an unusual patent clause that bars users from using the platform to identify potential infringement by Arduino or its partners, along with sweeping, perpetual rights over user-generated content. This could allow Arduino, and potentially Qualcomm, to republish, modify, monetize, or redistribute user uploads indefinitely.

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Americans Are Holding Onto Devices Longer Than Ever

Par :msmash
24 novembre 2025 à 21:21
An anonymous reader shares a report: The average American now holds onto their smartphone for 29 months, according to a recent survey by Reviews.org, and that cycle is getting longer. The average was around 22 months in 2016. [...] Research released by the Federal Reserve last month concludes that each additional year companies delay upgrading equipment results in a productivity decline of about one-third of a percent, with investment patterns accounting for approximately 55% of productivity gaps between advanced economies. The good news: businesses in the U.S. are generally quicker to reinvest in replacing aging equipment. The Federal Reserve report shows that if European productivity had matched U.S. investment patterns starting in 2000, the productivity gap between the U.S and European economic heavyweights would have been reduced by 29 percent for the U.K., 35 percent for France, and 101% for Germany.

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Eau en bouteille : les contestations locales contre les projets de forages commerciaux se multiplient en France

Des habitants de Montagnac, dans l’Hérault, rejoints par des organisations de défense de l’environnement, s’opposent à l’exploitation par un minéralier d’un forage profond sur leur commune. Dans un contexte de raréfaction des ressources en eau, des coordinations locales tentent ainsi de s’organiser à travers le pays.

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Christophe Savary de Beauregard (au centre), président de l’association Veille eau grain, lors de la mobilisation contre l’usine d’embouteillage d’eau liée au groupe Sources Alma, qui pourrait s’implanter à Montagnac (Hérault), le 23 novembre 2025.

Aide à l’Ukraine : la Commission européenne réfléchit à un emprunt commun au lieu d’une saisie des avoirs russes

Le plan de paix de Donald Trump, qui prévoit qu’une partie des actifs de la Banque centrale russe gelés en Europe reviennent à la Russie et aux Etats-Unis, perturbe la réflexion des Vingt-Sept.

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Le président du Conseil européen, Antonio Costa (au centre sur la photo), salue le chancelier allemand, Friedrich Merz, lors du sommet UE-Union africaine, à Luanda, en Angola, le 24 novembre 2025.

Etienne Davodeau, auteur de BD : « Les malades d’Alzheimer gardent une dignité, des droits, des capacités »

« Dans ma bulle ». Le dessinateur a convaincu sa compagne, Françoise Roy, de lui raconter, jour après jour, son travail auprès des personnes atteintes de déclin cognitif. L’album « Là où tu vas », empreint d’une grande générosité, bouleverse autant les lecteurs que les idées reçues.

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Etienne Davodeau dans son atelier, à Rablay-sur-Layon (Maine-et-Loire), le 27 novembre 2025.
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