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Tech Moves: Rad Power Bikes co-founder resigns; WRF CEO Ron Howell to retire; and more

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The organization supports life science and technology through grants, commercialization, and licensing technologies from universities and other nonprofit research institutions. Saad Syed , the former VP of engineering at Azure Core, has left Microsoft and will join Stripe as head of reliability serves and business continuity. .

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How BUiLT unites Black IT pros and builds equity

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Amazon throws support behind low-carbon fuel standard bill in Washington state

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cents per gallon increase in the price of gasoline in 2019, the program’s fourth year. The state’s largest business lobby group, the Association of Washington Business, continues to oppose the measure, saying it would increase the cost of fuel, citing the maximum cost estimates that have come out of California and Oregon.