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From Techmeme: Chinese state media: China formalizes gig worker rules for online platforms, calling for standardized contracts, fair pay, and stronger labor protections (Bloomberg)

From Techmeme: Stuttgart-based Sereact, which develops software for industrial robots to handle tasks they haven't been trained on, raised a $110M Series B led by Headline (Yazhou Sun/Bloomberg)

From Techmeme: Sources: Jay Chen, who led Tokyo Electron's China operations, left the company after the chip toolmaker discovered his family invested in Chinese competitors (Financial Times)

From memeorandum: Correspondents' dinner lacked highest security level despite presence of top officials (Washington Post)

From memeorandum: Iran war hits pistachio supplies amid Dubai chocolate boom (Financial Times)

From memeorandum: U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as 'American' (New York Times)

From memeorandum: Indiana GOP lawmakers defied Trump on redistricting. Now GOP voters may thwart his push for revenge (Eric Bradner/CNN)

From memeorandum: I've covered Trump for a decade. At the White House correspondents' dinner, darkness came viscerally close (David Smith/The Guardian)