Rachel Leven

In this Sept. 20, 2017, file photo the Nest Secure alarm system is seen on display during an event in San Francisco. Google says it forgot to mention that it included a microphone in the security product it began selling in 2017, but blames the omission on an error. When the company’s Nest Secure home alarm system hit the market, its product information didn’t mention a microphone. Google said in a statement that the microphone wasn’t intended to be a secret and should have been disclosed.

Google Forgets to Mention Nest Mic

The product specs for the device made no mention of a microphone.

This photo taken May 24, 2018 shows a flare burning on the southwest corner of the Smith Ranch. Kenneth Smith, Inc. continues to be responsible for the grazing fees associated with the lands under the facility of which no longer grow vegetation; a necessity of the grazing lease. This is the case in all development of the lands for non-agriculture related utilization approved by the Bureau of Land Management and NM State Land Office. The actual footprint of acres lost, yet still on grazing lease responsibility is 7.3 times the what the BLM is reporting; a total of 125.41 acres.

Drilling Overwhelms Bureau of Land Mgmt

Violations, from oil spills to haphazard land restoration, are becoming more common in New Mexico, a hotbed of oil and gas activity.