Apple deletes thousands of gambling apps in China amid a barrage of criticism from state media

Apple confirmed it has removed thousands of gambling and lottery apps from the App Store in China. State broadcaster CCTV criticized the US company's management on Sunday for allowing gambling apps.

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Apple deletes thousands of gambling apps in China amid a barrage of criticism from state media Apple confirmed it has removed thousands of gambling and lottery apps from the App Store in China. State broadcaster CCTV criticized the US company's management on Sunday for allowing gambling apps. Read More »

A capacity squeeze is taking place in the trucking industry Truck manufacturers, which had been laying off people during the transportation recession, now have their own capacity squeeze that goes all the up the supply chain. Read More »

Facebook smacked down a Watch publisher that was trying to make some extra money — and it points to a looming problem for media companies who've been burned before on the platform Publishers are increasingly making money from including commerce links in their editorial posts — and taking a cut of any resulting purchases. But there's not an easy way to do this right now with Facebook Watch shows. Read More »

The US has more million-dollar real estate markets than ever — here are 23 cities where the typical home will be $1 million by next year Home prices in the United States are continuing to rise, pushing more and more cities into $1 million territory. Nearly 200 cities currently have a median home value of at least $1 million, and 23 cities are projected to join the seven-figure club by summer 2019. Read More »

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Barging into your home, threatening your family, or making you disappear: Here's what China does to people who speak out against them In the past few years alone, the Chinese Communist Party has attempted to muzzle critics by making them disappear without a trace, barging into their houses to stop them from talking to other people, and detaining their families. Take a look at their playbook. Read More »

These swirls of light could be signs of a previous universe existing before ours Most cosmologists agree we live in an expanding Universe that started as a point called a singularity, and that we don't know what happened before it — or what could lie in our future. However, a recent discovery might lead credence to the belief that there existed a universe before the big bang. Read More »

You might be paying for iPhone app subscriptions you're not using — here's how to cancel them Nobody likes paying for things they don't use. Here's how you can check which iPhone and iPad apps you're subscribed to. Read More »

Giuliani just admitted the 2016 Trump Tower meeting was to get dirt on Clinton President Donald Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani admitted Sunday that the controversial 2016 meeting at Trump Tower between Trump campaign officials and a Kremlin-linked attorney was to gather information on his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton. Read More »

Three people have died after a series of strong earthquakes ripped through the Indonesian island of Lombok Three people have died after the Indonesian island of Lombok was hit with a series of deadly earthquakes.The island is still reeling from three major earthquakes earlier this month that left hundreds dead and heavily damaged the tourist site. Read More »

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