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May 29, 2018, 4:30 AM

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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.
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.
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.
Sijia Jiang / Reuters:
Tencent pulls ~$4.7M investment in WeChat-based media company Chaping after criticism in state media over the startup's handling of copyright issues  —  HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tencent Holdings, which owns China's top social media app WeChat, has scrapped an investment of up to 30 million yuan …

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