TechFlash: UW gets $31M for future startups; Tea Party backs immigration reform

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UW gets $31M to fund future biotech, data science entrepreneurs The Washington Research Foundation has given the University of Washington $31 million to fund four initiatives working on global innovation in clean energy, protein design, big data science and neuroengineering. Strange bedfellows: Is the Tea Party really supporting immigration reform? Tea Party leaders came out in support of immigration reform on Wednesday, citing statistics showing that the Republican base supports comprehensive reform. Amazon distribution center coming to Bay Area, bringing hundreds of jobs with it The East Bay city of Newark will get an Amazon distribution center, and probably hundreds of warehouse jobs, as the e-commerce giant continues to expand in the Bay Area. PayScale CEO on selling majority stake to a private equity firm PayScale recently announced it had raised $100 million by selling a majority stake in the company to private equity firm Warburg Pincus. Can this mobile startup take a bite out of Costco's profits? Mobile commerce company Boxed, which offers mobile ordering and delivery of big box products, raised $6.5 million this week. A computer in your mirror? Everett high-tech mirror company sees sales soar Electric Mirror LLC. hides ​technology behind mirrors, meeting big demand, especially in hotels. Cheaper Xbox One coming next month minus Kinect camera A cheaper Xbox One console is coming on June 9, but it won't have the Kinect motion-sensing camera. Wang out as WatchGuard CEO Joe Wang is out as CEO of WatchGuard Technologies and Michael Kohlsdorf has been named interim CEO. National Tech News

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