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  1. PhotoConstruction in progress at the Rivian plant in Normal, Ill. The electric vehicle maker has spent around $1.5 billion renovating a huge factory once owned by Mitsubishi.
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    Can a Green-Economy Boom Town Be Built to Last?

    The race to make electric vehicles is turning some places into winners. Normal, Ill., is one of them. But it has seen good times go sour in the past.

    By Noam Scheiber and

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  1. PhotoCathie Wood, the chief executive officer of Ark Invest, appeared remotely at the Bloomberg Crypto Summit in February.
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    God, Money, YOLO: How Cathie Wood Found Her Flock

    Ms. Wood says the Holy Spirit moved her to strike out on her own after an up-and-down career in money management. But it’s her belief in herself that won the Reddit crowd’s faith.

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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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