ORDBEND, Calif. — In America’s fruit and nut basket, water is now the most precious crop of all. It explains why, amid a historic drought parching much of the American West, a grower of premium sushi rice has concluded that it makes better business sense to sell the water he would have used to grow […]
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Motion Controls Robotics (MCRI) is hosting a monthly, summer webcast series in 2021. MCRI provides automation solutions for customers by designing and building turn-key end of line applications, fulfillment solutions, and general material handling automation. MCRI Webcast Series – Robotics Roundtable Webinar by | Motion Controls Robotics Motion Controls Robotics (MCRI) is hosting a monthly, […]
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court cleared the way on Tuesday for a pipeline to transport natural gas from Pennsylvania to New Jersey, ruling that PennEast Pipeline Company, the project’s developer, may exercise the federal government’s power of eminent domain to condemn land owned by New Jersey. The vote was 5 to 4. Chief Justice John […]
Please stop, Comcast. Screenshot by ZDNet Sometimes I feel alone. more Technically Incorrect When it comes to how I use my gadgets, that is. I find a way they work for me and, despite the scorn of others, I persevere. This isn’t good enough for some tech companies. They want me to do things differently […]
The 2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe is second only to the mighty Rubicon 392 in terms of power: 375 horsepower and 470 pound-feet of torque (which actually ties the 392) from its 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-four and an electric motor stuffed between the engine and the transmission. So it’s a quick Jeep—we clocked it at 5.5 seconds, […]
The veteran oil-industry lobbyist was told he was meeting with a recruiter. But the video call, which was secretly recorded, was part of an elaborate sting operation by an individual working for the environmental group Greenpeace UK. During the call, Keith McCoy, a senior director of federal relations for Exxon Mobil, described how the oil […]
Ransomware attacks are targeting legacy industrial control systems (ICS) and more needs to be done to secure networks at industrial facilities against the threat of being disrupted by cyber criminals attempting to make money from extortion. A report by cybersecurity researchers at Trend Micro warns that ransomware is “a concerning and rapidly evolving threat to ICS endpoints globally” with […]
E-Legend, a German EV startup, has unveiled renderings of its first product, the EL1, which mimics the design of Audi’s pioneering Quattro rally car. The company claims 805 horsepower, zero to 62 mph in 2.8 seconds, and a 249-mile range from a 90.0-kWh battery and an unspecified electric motor setup. E-Legend says it will build […]
Boryana Dineva was born on May 25, 1983, in Bulgaria. With the fall of Communism in 1989, her family emigrated to Germany, where they lived for a few months in a refugee camp. They also lived in Austria and Russia. After learning English, Boryana spoke a total of five languages, all with an accent, she […]