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Seattle startup helps power mammoth mining truck: After years of development, the world’s largest zero-emission vehicle was just unveiled at a South African platinum mine, with a hydrogen-fueled hybrid powerplant designed and built by Seattle-based First Mode. Read more

GameWorks ready to power back on in Seattle: The downtown barcade, which was a tentpole of the region’s geek community until its closure in December, is under new management and could reopen as soon as July.

Self-driving technology: As part of our return to Pittsburgh this week we stopped by the headquarters of Aurora, the Amazon-backed company that is partnering with Seattle giant Paccar to develop technology for autonomous semi-trucks. Read the story

Lawmakers honored at GeekWire Awards: Sen. Reuven Carlyle and Sen. Sharon Brown will be recognized at our event next week for the Public Policy Champion for Innovation Award, a new category that recognizes outstanding elected officials for their contributions to the tech sector. Read about Brown and Carlyle.

Thanks for reading, and have a great weekend. — GeekWire managing editor Taylor Soper, taylor@geekwire.com.

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