Twist Bioscience lays off 270 employees

Twist Bioscience has laid off 270 employees. The biopharma team has been resized to focus on revenue-generating partnerships. Twist will moderate its investment in DNA data storage while maintaining its…

Qualcomm acquires auto-safety chipmaker Autotalks

Qualcomm has purchased Israeli fabless chipmaker Autotalks. The deal is estimated to cost Qualcomm between $350 and $400 million. Autotalks creates chips and V2X communication technologies to improve road safety…