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What happened after a Moscow-born Seattle tech CEO closed a big Russian operation in solidarity with Ukraine

Sergei Dreizin is co-founder and CEO of software engineering company Akvelon, based in Bellevue, Wash.

Ex-Amazon engineers put heads together to create ‘Tandem Shower’ and raise $525K on Kickstarter

Brett Skaloud and Jeff Feiereisen both worked on some of the most cutting-edge technology ever created at Amazon, with specific focus on helping to start the company’s cashierless Amazon Go convenience stores.

Paul Allen’s Flying Heritage Collection reportedly sold to aviation enthusiast in the Walton family

The late billionaire Paul Allen's extensive collection of aviation and military artifacts has reportedly been sold by his estate to Walmart heir Steuart Walton.

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Where did Biden go for his private Seattle fundraiser? Of course, there are tech roots

President Joe Biden breezed into Seattle on Thursday, and continues his stay this morning with plans for Earth Day remarks at Seward Park (see tweet at bottom).

Photos: Inside Google’s sprawling new campus east of Seattle as it doubles down on a return to offices

Google is going gangbusters in the suburbs east of Seattle.

Astronomers make an Earth Day plea to rein in satellite constellations for the environment’s sake

Scientists issue an Earth Day call for environmentalism to be extended to the final frontier, and for companies to dial back plans for satellite constellations.

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Tech Moves: Microsoft developer relations chief lands at Google; Amazon HR leader joins AppLovin

— Microsoft’s head of developer relations Ashley Willis McNamara announced Friday that she is departing and joining Google as head of developer communities.

Commentary: Why this Seattle startup had to mess with Texas over healthcare

Editor’s note: This guest post was written by Glowforge CEO Dan Shapiro.

Tech Moves: Convoy adds CFO; Stripe hires a Microsoft president; Providence names chief digital officer; and more

— Sonia Jain, formerly CFO from Cars.com, will join Seattle startup Convoy as its new chief financial officer.

New aerial video shows Microsoft’s progress on massive HQ revamp

Microsoft released a new video Wednesday that shows the latest progress on a multi-year redevelopment project reshaping a large swath of its headquarters in Redmond, Wash.

Amazon launches $1 billion ‘Industrial Innovation Fund’ — here are the first startups to land cash

Amazon on Thursday announced a new $1 billion venture fund that the tech giant will use to back companies of all stages developing customer fulfillment, logistics, and supply chain technologies.

Tech Moves: Expedia adds new tech leaders; Xbox R&D chief departs; and more

— Expedia Group added six new technology leaders.

Eviation makes a deal to sell Cape Air 75 electric airplanes; first flight test now set for summer

A Seattle-area venture called Eviation has struck a deal with Massachusetts-based Cape Air for the purchase of 75 Eviation Alice all-electric planes.

Convoy valued at $3.8B after raising $260M to hit the gas on digital freight marketplace

Trucking marketplace Convoy is pouring a lot more fuel in its tank, raising $260 million as the Seattle company aims to bolster its growing network of truckers and shippers.

NASA awards millions to SpaceX and Amazon’s Project Kuiper for satellite communications

Six satellite ventures, including SpaceX's Starlink and Amazon's Project Kuiper, will get $278.5 million from NASA to demonstrate space communication services,

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