More top reads The Pitch Deck Teardown of GoodBuy Gear's $11 million Series A deck had a lot to love and was today's top TechCrunch+ story. Don’t spend it all in one place: Flipkart made a $700 million payout to employees following the PhonePe split. LG goes all in on a new strategy: LG Electronics is planning to invest $39.5 billion into home appliances and other emerging businesses in an effort to reach $79 billion in sales by 2030. Google is not playing games: Google Play Games beta for PC expands to over 60 new countries, including India. Headed into the cloud: A new report shows that on-prem data centers are hanging in, but cloud capacity is growing much faster. Helping hand: Kenya's Lawyers Hub gains traction helping startups meet regulatory compliance. We're not convinced yet: Sudden changes over at Fanhouse, which was acquired by Passes, aren't sitting well with some creators, who say they are apprehensive about the deal. Nowhere is safe anymore: A deep dive into fire statistics shows NYC gig workers need help accessing safe e-bikes amid lithium battery fires. Picking at that loose thread: This probably isn't a surprise, but designers are suing Shein over AI rip-offs of their work. RIP: More news from Reddit — it is killing its Gold Awards system. It's the start of the weekend, so treat yo'self: 8 reasons why the venture capital market isn't as miserable as you think (TC+) Workers that made ChatGPT less harmful ask lawmakers to stem alleged exploitation by Big Tech The bittersweet tale of two seed markets (TC+) Making sense of the latest climate tech funding trend stories Congress prepares to continue throwing money at NASA's Space Launch System | 
