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A look at London-based VC firm Balderton’s new wellbeing program for founders, seeking to tackle the stress and burnout inherent to building a tech startup (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: A look at London-based VC firm Balderton’s new wellbeing program for founders, seeking to tackle the stress and burnout inherent to building a tech startup  —  VC firm Balderton will launch wellness packages as stress takes toll on entrepreneurs  —  When Etsy paid $1.6bn to buy Depop in 2021 …

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DigitalOcean agrees to acquire NY-based Paperspace, which offers cloud computing for AI models, for $111M in cash; Paperspace had raised $35M from YC and others (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: DigitalOcean agrees to acquire NY-based Paperspace, which offers cloud computing for AI models, for $111M in cash; Paperspace had raised $35M from YC and others  —  DigitalOcean, the cloud hosting business, today announced that it’s agreed to acquire Paperspace, a New York-based cloud computing …

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Sources: Google has delayed the release of its first fully customized chip for the Pixel by at least a year, after originally planning to introduce it in 2024 (Wayne Ma/The Information)

Wayne Ma / The Information: Sources: Google has delayed the release of its first fully customized chip for the Pixel by at least a year, after originally planning to introduce it in 2024  —  Google has big ambitions to develop its own chips for its Pixel phones.  So far, however, things haven’t gone according to

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Tokyo-based Telexistence, which develops AI-powered robotic arms for the retail and logistics industry, raised a $170M Series B from SoftBank and others (Kate Park/TechCrunch)

Kate Park / TechCrunch: Tokyo-based Telexistence, which develops AI-powered robotic arms for the retail and logistics industry, raised a $170M Series B from SoftBank and others  —  SoftBank is backing Japanese robotics startup Telexistence, making good on the tech giant’s recent pledge to go back on the investment offensive in light of the current AI

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The Role of Machine Learning in Data Science: Main Use Cases

Ever wondered how machine learning in data science can come in handy? This informative article will be your in-depth guide into the complex worlds of data science and machine learning. Below you’ll read about the most common and significant ML  applications and the challenges of machine learning in data science. Photo by Markus Spiske: https://www.pexels.com/photo/codes-on-tilt-shift-lens-2004161/

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Banking app Clair, which helps employees get paid after finishing a shift, raised $25M led by Thrive Capital and $150M in debt from partner bank Pathward (Christine Hall/TechCrunch)

Christine Hall / TechCrunch: Banking app Clair, which helps employees get paid after finishing a shift, raised $25M led by Thrive Capital and $150M in debt from partner bank Pathward  —  After developing a free earned-wage advance offering for frontline workers two years ago, fintech company Clair is back with a new tool …

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Just call them tweets

This is basically an admission, right? | Screenshot: Alex Cranz / The Verge Instagram Threads launched last night, and it’s the most commercial competitor to Twitter we’ve seen yet. While it will eventually tie into ActivityPub, the powerful decentralized network that Mastodon operates on, it’s just its own thing for now. And as with every microblogging platform that

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US fintech group FIS agrees to sell a majority stake in its merchant payments arm Worldpay to private equity firm GTCR for up to $18.5B, including $11.7B cash (Antoine Gara/Financial Times)

Antoine Gara / Financial Times: US fintech group FIS agrees to sell a majority stake in its merchant payments arm Worldpay to private equity firm GTCR for up to $18.5B, including $11.7B cash  —  Sale to GTCR will be one of the biggest corporate carve-outs in history  —  US financial technology group Fidelity National Information

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