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Charge up: How the Pacific Northwest is boosting electric infrastructure as EV sales rise

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This is a transformational time,” said Tonia Buell, alternative fuels program manager for the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). The $5 billion, five-year federal program will build a national network of 500,000 EV chargers. I don’t think anyone can give you a great answer to that,” he said.

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Amazon Web Services gets set to ignite space accelerator program’s third stage

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Startups in this year’s AWS Space Accelerator program include, from left, Lunasonde, which is developing a space-based radar sounding system; Raven Space Systems, which is building 3D-printed re-entry capsules; and Rogue Space Systems, which focuses of space robotic systems.

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New Frontier Aerospace aims to zoom from hypersonic flight’s past into its future

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“The program plan there is to start in earnest bending hardware for that,” he said. Other Washington finalists include: Monroe-based AIM Intelligent Machines , which is developing autonomous machines for construction and material handling. “And on the chance that that happens, I trademarked it.”

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As tech is rocked by layoffs, climate jobs and tools for landing them are on the rise

GeekWire

Climate career opportunities include everything from installing solar panels and electric vehicle charging devices to innovating cutting-edge climate tech hardware and software. Many universities don’t yet have robust programs in these areas. Yin Lu, partner with MCJ Collective. Schwartz said that’s OK.

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Meet the self-driving brains working with Volkswagen and Ford

The Verge

I feel like maybe the frame of our conversation is a little different — Argo makes self-driving hardware and software for cars. You make hardware and software that allows cars to drive themselves. Do you have any hardware demands? Is it the Ford program manager for a car? You don’t make cars. Make it better.”?

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How Slack changed Apple’s employee culture, with Zoë Schiffer

The Verge

It’s a pilot program. So the next big thing is that in early August, Apple places Ashley Gjøvik, a senior engineering program manager, on administrative leave. Ashley raising those contamination concerns brought up all of these other concerns that she had while working in the hardware organization, which was very male-dominant.

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

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With a PhD in Planning and Innovation Studies, and a Master’s degree in Architecture, Urban Design and Urban Planning, Karuri-Sebina has a sound knowledge base for her work as Executive Manager of programs at the South African Cities Network. She has a solid understanding of technology and its ability to deliver business outcomes.

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