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May 29, 2018, 7:30 AM

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Natasha Singer / New York Times:
Big tech industry groups claim EU's new ePrivacy Regulation will limit growth online; the law has been delayed after being slated to go into effect this month  —  The new European data privacy legislation is so stringent that it could kill off data-driven online services and chill innovations …
Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch:
DHS moving forward on plans to rescind International Entrepreneur Rule, which would have let immigrant founders of startups stay in the US for up to five years  —  After nearly a year of protest and litigation, the Department of Homeland Security finally announced late last week …
Mariella Moon / Engadget:
Snapchat launches its first Lens that reacts to sound and says it will roll out more in the coming weeks  —  Snapchat has quite a few intriguing Lenses you can play with, including its body-tracking ones that can follow you around and its majestic sky whale Lens that uses sky segmentation technology.
Catalin Cimpanu / BleepingComputer.com:
Creators of cryptocurrency trading app Taylor, which recently completed an ICO, claim a hacker stole around $1.35M of Ether from company funds  —  The creators of the Taylor cryptocurrency trading app claim that an unidentified hacker has stolen around $1.35 million worth of Ether from the company's wallets.
BBC:
London launches contactless payment system for street performers with payments firm iZettle and Busk In London, an organization supporting street performers  —  London has introduced a contactless payment scheme for buskers in what the organisers claim is a world first.
Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch:
Venezuelan migrants propel growth of ride-sharing apps in Latin America but are vulnerable to taxi syndicate threats and the conditions apps impose on drivers  —  One month ago, Yonathan Segovia, a Cabify driver originally from Venezuela, was allegedly attacked by a mob of taxi drivers on the streets of Quito in Ecuador.

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