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Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
Uber's new in-app emergency button that lets riders call 911 assistance goes live across the US  —  Dial 911 directly from the app  —  In April, Uber announced that it would be adding a direct way for riders to call 911 within its app, in an effort to boost its flagging safety reputation.
Nicole Nguyen / BuzzFeed:
Apple finally adds stereo pairing to HomePod, four months after its release, as part of iOS 11.4 update that includes AirPlay 2 with multi-room streaming  —  The HomePod smart speaker will finally do what Apple promised it would be able do nearly a year ago: play in multiple rooms simultaneously and in stereo mode.
Rafia Shaikh / Wccftech:
Russia asks Apple to remove Telegram from App Store and block Telegram notifications, giving one month for a response, following its initial request on April 17  —  After disrupting the entire country's internet services, Russia is now reaching out to Apple to ask for a helping hand in blocking Telegram.
Paul Vigna / Wall Street Journal:
Block.one, a Cayman Islands-based firm making a blockchain platform for decentralized apps, is on track to raise $4B+ through a yearlong sale of its EOS tokens  —  Block.one's sale of its EOS digital tokens dwarfs other coin sales—and most of this year's IPOs
Eleanor Ainge Roy / The Guardian:
Papua New Guinea says it will ban Facebook for a month in a bid to crack down on fake users and study how fake news and pornography spreads  —  Analysts will explore how fake news and pornography spreads, and assess whether country needs its own version of the platform
Bloomberg:
Sources: Facebook plans to roll out WhatsApp payment services in India as early as next week, despite only three of four launch partners being ready  —  - Was due to start with 4 partners but will press ahead with 3  — Facebook looking to claw market share from Google, Paytm
David J. Lynch / Washington Post:
White House says it's proceeding with $50B in tariffs on Chinese exports, list coming June 15, and will impose new limits on Chinese investment in US tech firms  —  President Trump said Tuesday that he would proceed with tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese imports and introduce new limits …

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CNN:
A federal judge briefly extends access for CNN, MS Now, and Politico to the White House while he considers a longer-term ruling on President Trump's press ban

Eric Fisher / Front Office Sports:
In the last six months, London-based DAZN, backed primarily by Len Blavatnik, has acquired local streaming rights to 19 teams across MLB, the NBA, NHL, and WNBA

Bloomberg:
Filings: David Ellison and his family invested about $17B in the WBD acquisition, on top of the $8B they invested alongside RedBird to buy Paramount

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Wall Street Journal:
US tech founders are increasingly wresting control from VC backers and extracting huge pay packages tied to going public compared to their non-tech peers
BBC:
London launches contactless payment system for street performers with payments firm iZettle and Busk In London, an organization supporting street performers
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
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
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