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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.
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| 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
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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.
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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
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Source: French mobile freemium game maker Voodoo raises $200M from Goldman Sachs and plans to more than double staff to 150 by the year's end — Mathieu Rosemain, Gwénaëlle Barzic — PARIS (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs' (GS.N) private equity fund has invested about $200 million …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Russian search giant Yandex announces Prime-like service Yandex.Plus, a ~$160 smart speaker, and a new skills platform for its Alice assistant — Russian search giant Yandex is sometimes described as the “Google of Russia”, but maybe it should be described as the Amazon of Russia, too.| 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| Kane Wu / Reuters: |
Sources: Alibaba's fintech affiliate Ant Financial has raised $10B, valuing the firm at $150B, up from ~$60B valuation after April 2016 fundraising round — HONG KONG (Reuters) - Ant Financial Services Group, operator of China's biggest online payment platform by market share, Alipay … | 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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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Private equity firm KKR to acquire BMC Software for an undisclosed sum, 5 years after a Bain Capital, Golden Gate Capital-led investor group bought it for $6.9B — Private equity firm KKR is broadening its technology reach as it acquires BMC Software from a Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital led investor group.
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
French startup Comet, a marketplace for tech and data freelancers, raises $12.8M Series A led by Daphni — French startup Comet (not to be confused with Zyl, which was formerly named Comet) is building a marketplace of talented tech and data freelancers as well as companies that are looking …
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