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July 3, 2018, 7:15 PM
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Uber and Careem are in preliminary talks to combine their Middle Eastern ride-hailing services  —  - Uber seeks majority stake in Middle Eastern rival, sources say  — Careem is raising money at a reported $1.5 billion valuation  —  Uber Technologies Inc. and Careem Networks FZ …
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
US provides ZTE temporary authorization through August 1 to continue supporting equipment and consumer devices already deployed  —  So it can update phones and other equipment  —  The US Commerce Department has temporarily lifted a portion of the ban on ZTE that all-but shut down the company almost three months ago.
Jillian D'Onfro / CNBC:
Google says Cloud COO Diane Bryant has left the company, less than a year after joining from Intel, where she had been for 32 years  —  Google Cloud chief operating officer Diane Bryant has left the company after less than a year.  —  “We are grateful for the contributions she made while at Google …
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Facebook's political ads disclosure rules algorithm blocks ads for lawn-mowing, waxing salons, Walmart, and more that use the words “bush” and “Clinton”  —  Blaine Simons last month paid Facebook to run an ad for his lawn-mowing company, Al Mowit, in Rapid City, South Dakota.
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
In trial against Six4Three, Facebook argues it's a publisher with the free speech right to take away access to data but also claims protection under Article 230  —  In its defense against a former app startup, Facebook is contradicting its long-held claim to be simply a neutral platform
Sankalp Phartiyal / Reuters:
India's IT ministry asks WhatsApp to curb spread of false messages, saying the service “cannot evade accountability” for misinformation that has led to killings  —  MUMBAI (Reuters) - India has asked Facebook Inc-owned WhatsApp messenger to take steps to prevent the circulation …
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Jason D. Rowley / Crunchbase News:
Crunchbase report: in Q2, Chinese startups, including Ant Financial, raised 47% of all reported VC dollar volume vs. 35% for North American companies  —  It's the first business day of a new financial quarter.  For the Crunchbase News team, that means we're poring over mountains of VC data …
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Arkansas PBS severs ties with the PBS network, the first state public TV system to do so since Congress cut CPB funds, citing the annual $2M+ membership cost

Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney's Zootopia 2 surpasses $1B at the global box office, the fastest PG-rated film to do so after just 17 days in release

Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Arthur L. Carter, who started a Connecticut newspaper in 1981, bought and sold The Nation, and founded the New York Observer in 1987, has died at 93

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