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      The Cutthroat World of $10 Ice Cream

      Small scoop shops fueled the innovation that made frozen treats a hot market. What happens to indie favorites in the golden age of the freezer aisle?

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    How Freelancing Is Changing Work

    “When you talk to workers, they don’t want to sign up for a 9-to-5 job,” said Hayden Brown, who runs Upwork, a site that matches freelancers with employers.

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Good Reads From the Business Desk

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  1. PhotoThe Salton Sea is one of numerous new mining proposals in a global gold rush to find new sources of metals and minerals needed for electric cars and renewable energy.
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    The Lithium Gold Rush: Inside the Race to Power Electric Vehicles

    A race is on to produce lithium in the United States, but competing projects are taking very different approaches to extracting the vital raw material. Some might not be very green.

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    Want Your Nails Done? Let a Robot Do It.

    Start-ups are using technology to take a robotic approach to manicures, offering a simple way to provide foolproof nail polish.

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    Going to the Moon via the Cloud

    High-performance cloud computing has allowed start-ups to develop prototypes and run simulations — including one to the moon — that were previously done on supercomputers.

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  3. PhotoNoah Kuttler, a DC villain known as the Calculator, is a classic example of the comic book trope known as “the guy in the chair.”
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    Behind Every Hero or Villain, There Is Tech Support

    Cutting-edge technology is often used in comics by the able assistants who fall under the trope “the guy in the chair.” But they are not always men and are not always helping the hero.

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