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Balderton Capital today announced the closing of its $1.3bn early stage and growth funds in a sign of the European tech sector regaining investor confidence and momentum.   We are often disconcerted at the lack of support for European entrepreneurship and innovation in comparison to that across the pond. However, there are investors who champion the region’s changemakers, such as Balderton, which



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The Pixel Fold was Google’s first phone with a flexible display when it launched last year. And at its upcoming Made By Google event, we’re about to get a successor in the Pixel 9 Pro Fold. So there’s no better time to check in on how Google’s original bendy handset has survived being my daily driver for an entire year.

The Pixel Fold doesn’t look like any other foldable on the market. It has a



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I’m a huge Taskmaster fan. The UK TV show pits five comedians (or funny-adjacent celebrities) against ridiculous tasks that are then arbitrarily scored by the titular taskmaster.

Given that the tasks involve lateral thinking and physical movement, on paper, the TV show was ripe for a VR spin-off. Think Job Simulator with added jeopardy, in-jokes and British whimsy. Unfortunately, Taskmaster VR



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The PlayStation VR2 PC Adapter, and everything that plugs into it. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge

The biggest problem with Sony’s PSVR 2 virtual reality headset is the dearth of games. I’d hoped Sony’s PC adapter would change that. The chance to play Half-Life Alyx, the best VR game yet made, seemed like reason enough for existing owners to justify the $60 adapter



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Welcome back! You've probably heard about universal basic income. But instead of giving people cash, what if you guaranteed them a job?

In today's big story, we're looking at how the startup landscape is drastically changing thanks to the



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A mom and daughter laugh as they go down a slide together.
  • I love being a parent during the summer because nothing really counts.
  • If my kids have messy hair or are still wearing their pajamas, it doesn't really matter.
  • I cry when Labor Day shows up because it means school is starting again.

When my kids file out of school before lunch on that final Friday in June, and I take the obligatory photos for the "before" and "after" posts, I get



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Boeing 787 Max 9 interior showing missing door plug in NTSB photo of Alaska Airlines emergency landing
A door plug came off a Boeing 737 Max 9 during Alaska Airlines Flight 1282.
  • The NTSB last week published interviews with crew members on board January's 737 Max blowout.
  • An Alaska Airlines flight attendant said they would no longer feel safe on Boeing's latest narrowbody jet.
  • They highlighted the fact that the incident aircraft was delivered less than 10 weeks earlier.

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