Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The Intended Use Plan includes an award of $20.66 million from EPA’s FY 2017 Clean Water State Revolving Fund.

As suspected, Amazon’s Alexa device is a way for remote listeners to eavesdrop on conversations. The security company MWR has found a way to instal malware on an Alexa to turn it into a wiretapping device. “On the base of the Amazon Echo there are 18 pads you can easily access used for debugging the …

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The IC market will grow 16% in 2017 due to exceptional growth in the DRAM and NAND flash memory markets, says IC Insights. The DRAM market is now forecast to grow 55% and the NAND flash market is now expected to rise 35% this year—in both cases, almost entirely due to fast-rising prices rather than …

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A controversial China-backed private equity company is said to be pondering a bid for Imagination.

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The Oxford University Saïd Business School launches a new digital open enrolment programme called Oxford Fintech.

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IQD of Crewkerne, Somerset,  has launched a range of ultra-low voltage CMOS based clock oscillators available at 0.9V, 1.2V and 1.5V. The devices are suitable are for designs where improved battery life is critical including body cameras for security services, digital cameras, personal navigation devices (PND), portable audio players, portable test equipment, USB Interface, WLAN …

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UK is proposing to enter the venture capital arena with the creation of a National Investment Fund which will target British start-ups. The hope is to create more UK-based unicorns, these are new firms valued over $1bn. But it is also a way of replacing European investment in UK start-ups. British businesses still rely heavily …

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Amazon reveals the winning team in its Robotics Challenge 2016, with teams from around the world taking home $270,000 in prizes.

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MIT scientists may have found a route to simple molecular qubits that can last for a second. A second is a long time in quantum computing, which struggles with qubits that de-cohere before they can do anything useful. The molecule consists of one atom of sodium and one of potassium. Using this kind of two-atom …

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