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HONG KONG (AP) — The U.S. consulate in Hong Kong on Tuesday condemned the city’s government for what it called repression of U.S. Independence Day celebrations after local education authorities reportedly cautioned teachers and students not to attend events marking the day and organized by American diplomats.The consulate accused the Hong Kong government of interfering with U.S. Consulate General-hosted events, saying U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide celebrate Independence Day every year by hosting receptions and other festivities.“We condemn the Hong Kong government’s repression of U.S. Independence Day celebrations,” it said in an emailed reply to The Associated Press. “Its attempts…

Invited to watch his first hockey practice at an ice rink in Beijing, Haoxi Wang was no different than any impressionable, wide-eyed 4-year-old being fascinated by the equipment the players wore.They resembled superheroes with sticks, uniforms and bulging pads, their faces hidden behind helmeted cages. This was before the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, when hockey was a niche sport in China and the NHL a mere pipe dream.“It was definitely the gear,” the 6-foot-5, 215-pound — and still growing — defenseman who goes by Simon recalled at the NHL pre-draft scouting combine in Buffalo earlier this month.“Something just clicked inside…

HONG KONG (Reuters) -China said on Tuesday that consumers should “rationally resist bad content” of extreme eating shows, which have boomed online, because they cause “heartbreaking” food waste and spread “unhealthy” ideas about food.Extreme eating shows in China have included people eating as many cups of instant noodles as possible, devouring dumplings and wolfing down hamburgers.The statement from China’s Consumer Association is the latest effort to curb people’s appetite for online eating shows, which remain widely streamed in the world’s second largest economy even after attempts to more tightly regulate the industry in 2020.The shows attract hoards of followers who…

Novo Nordisk said Monday it will end its collaboration with Hims & Hers that offered the weight loss medication Wegovy for patients who have a prescription for the medication but no insurance coverage for it.When the collaboration between Novo Nordisk and Hims & Hers was announced in April, Wegovy was made available on Hims through Novo Nordisk’s NovoCare Pharmacy for a discounted price of $499 per month, in addition to Hims’ monthly subscription fee. Hims has also continued to sell “personalized” doses of compounded semaglutide — the main active ingredient in Wegovy — for $165 per month, according to its…

Legal filings submitted earlier this month from lawyers representing OpenAI and Jony Ive’s io reveal new details about the companies’ efforts to build a mass-market AI hardware device. The filings are part of a trademark dispute lawsuit filed this month by iyO, a Google-backed hardware startup developing custom-molded earpieces that connect to other devices. Over the weekend, OpenAI pulled promotional materials related to its $6.5 billion acquisition of Jony Ive’s io startup in order to comply with a court order involved in the suit. OpenAI says it’s fighting iyO’s allegations of trademark infringement. For the last year, OpenAI executives and…

For the last few years, TCL and Hisense have been going head-to-head for supremacy in the midrange TV market. The two companies have proven that they understand what’s needed to offer a value-driven television that doesn’t skimp on image quality. But with the release of its new flagship QM8K TV, TCL isn’t competing just with Hisense anymore. It’s going after high-end offerings from Sony, Samsung, and LG — and the QM8K QLED 4K TV has the performance chops to pull it off.Compared to last year’s QM8, the 2025 QM8K delivers significantly improved Mini LED backlight control, wider viewing angles, and…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. filed a lawsuit Monday against Big League Advance in an attempt to void the future earnings contract he signed as a 17-year-old minor leaguer that could cost him about $34 million.The lawsuit, filed in San Diego County Superior Court, accuses BLA of using predatory tactics to lure him into an “investment deal” that was actually an illegal loan. BLA misrepresented itself to Tatis, hiding its unlicensed status and pushing him into loan terms banned by California’s consumer protection laws, the suit alleges.Attorney Robert Hertzberg said the suit also seeks…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday blocked another effort by the Trump administration to keep international students from attending Harvard University, saying officials’ “misplaced efforts to control a reputable academic institution” threatened freedom of speech.The order from U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston preserves the ability of foreign students to travel to the U.S. for study at Harvard while the case is decided.President Donald Trump has sought to cut off Harvard’s enrollment of foreign students as part of a pressure campaign seeking changes to governance and policies at the Ivy League school. Administration officials also have cut…

2025-06-23T21:08:22Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Venetians are protesting against Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s upcoming wedding. The wedding is expected to take place this week and will have around 200 guests. Protesters cited concerns about overtourism in Venice, which gets 20 million visitors annually. Venice is widely considered one of the world’s most romantic cities, but some…

Andy Konwinski, computer scientist and co-founder of Databricks and Perplexity, announced Monday that his company, Laude, is forming a new AI research institute backed with $100 million of his own money. The Laude Institute functions less an AI research lab and more like a fund looking to make investments structured similar to grants. In addition to Konwinski, the institute’s board includes UC Berkeley professor Dave Patterson (known for a string of award-winning research), Jeff Dean (known as Google’s chief scientist), and Joelle Pineau (Meta’s vice president of AI Research). Konwinski announced the institute’s first and “flagship” grant of $3 million…