The Idaho State Department of Agriculture investigated and assessed the penalty.

 

Bunker Hill Superfund site near Kellogg, Idaho, to get new reactors, a sludge thickener and pressure filter system.

 

Sacramento sewer district to pay for 2015 spill into Arcade Creek

 

Thanks to the soaring memory market, Samsung is expecting record Q1 profits, despite the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco. The company is forecasting $8.8 billion in profits – a 48% jump from Q1 2016. The Q2 profit could be bigger because of the launch of the Galaxy 8. Q1 revenues are expected to be flat with …

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VW has invested in five year-old Beijing AI start-up Mobvoi. The $180 million investment is the biggest single investment in Mobvoi which has been backed by Google and Sequoia. Mobvoi is valued at over $1 billion. Mobvoi was founded by ex-Google employee, John Hopkins graduate,  Li Zhifei who also has a partnership with Google to …

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According to the China Economic Daily News, Micron is suing former employees at its Taiwanese subsidiaries who are now working for mainland China DRAM companies. Micron is alleging that the former employees stole trade secrets which enabled the China companies to make DRAM. Ironically, the US used the legal processes to stop China’s previous strategy …

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Intel has increased security for its top execs after receiving threats related to its strategy on diversity. Intel has been trying to make its workforce more diverse. However CEO Brian Kzranich says he and his top execs had received threats “around our position on diversity and inclusion.” Intel says it is “determined to enhance the …

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Distributor Conrad has upped its focus on the R&D market after teaming with Eurocircuits to launch a new pan-European PCB service.

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ST has invested $2.5 million in the Irish fabless company Decawave. Decawave has a UWB transceiver aimed at IoT applications. The ST investment comes through ST New Ventures – ST’s six year-old  VC arm. Decawave has now raised over $30 million from LG; Dermot Desmond’s IIU vehicle; Bank of Ireland private clients; the Texas-based Charnov …

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Lars Lydersen discusses the steps required to make IoT devices properly secure.

Read full article: Anatomy of a secure internet-connected thing