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Hustler at the end of the world

The Verge

As the world shut down in March 2020, anxious knowledge workers barricaded themselves at home, scrubbing produce with soap. Besides, he told himself, the doctors and the first responders and the essential workers — these people needed him. He knew how to navigate the sharks and the con artists. He knew how to find a deal.

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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through February 22)

Singularity Hub

A new startup called the Los Angeles Project aims to speed up that process with genetic engineering to make glow-in-the-dark rabbits, hypoallergenic cats and dogs, and possibly, one day, actual unicorns.” Now, engineers have managed to produce extremely fine fibers inspired by spider silk and hagfish slime. .

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