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High Noon has voluntarily recalled some of its popular canned vodka seltzer drinks after some cans were inadvertently mislabeled as Celsius energy drinks, the company said this week.What to know about High Noon, Celsius recallThe California-based company announced in a recall announcement Tuesday, which was shared on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration website Wednesday, that some lots of its High Noon Beach Variety packs had been “mislabeled as Celsius Astro Vibe Energy Drink, Sparkling Blue Razz Edition with a silver top” but were instead “filled with High Noon vodka seltzer alcohol.””Consumption of the liquid in these cans will result…

Reid Hoffman said it’s not surprising that some of his Silicon Valley pals have left the Democratic Party.”I regret this and wish it didn’t happen, but I think the Democratic Party really did alienate a section of Silicon Valley and the tech people, whether it was attacks on crypto, whether it was kind of just attacks on Big Tech, all these things,” Hoffman told Palantir cofounder Joe Lonsdale on a recent episode of Lonsdale’s “American Optimist” podcast.A Democratic megadonor, Hoffman, spent billions trying to help Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024, only to see some of his former collaborators, including…

Severe flu seasons in recent years have brought to light a little-known danger of influenza infections in kids: a rare brain disease called acute necrotizing encephalopathy, or ANE.It’s a fast-moving condition usually triggered by the flu, causing sudden brain swelling. It’s thought that the virus prompts the immune system to go haywire.Affected children can go from having mild flu symptoms to seizures, coma or even death within days. Most are kids without any other health problems.Historically, the inflammatory disease is diagnosed in just a handful of children each year. But this past January and February, pediatric neurologists began to see…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is pushing an initiative for millions of Americans to upload personal health data and medical records on new apps and systems run by private tech companies, promising that will make it easier to access health records and monitor wellness.Leaders from more than 60 companies, including major tech companies such as Google and Amazon, as well as prominent hospital systems like the Cleveland Clinic, will convene at the White House on Wednesday afternoon to discuss what the administration is calling a “digital health ecosystem.” The new system will focus on diabetes and weight management, conversational…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Brown University on Wednesday announced a deal with the Trump administration to regain access to federal research funding and end investigations into alleged discrimination.The Ivy League school agreed to pay $50 million to workforce development organizations in Rhode Island over 10 years as part of the agreement, along with other concessions in line with President Donald Trump’s political agenda. Brown will adopt the government’s definition of “male” and “female,” for example, and must remove any consideration of race from the admissions process.Brown President Christina H. Paxson said the deal preserves Brown’s academic independence. The terms include a…

Hall of Fame tight end-turned-broadcaster Shannon Sharpe will not return to ESPN, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Wednesday.The decision comes less than two weeks after Sharpe resolved a lawsuit that accused him of sexually assaulting a woman during their relationship. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the decision has not been announced.Sharpe’s last appearance on ESPN was in late April, when the lawsuit was filed in Nevada. No details of the settlement were released. The lawsuit had sought $50 million.The 57-year-old Sharpe called the accusations “false and disruptive”…

Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Updated 2025-07-30T16:11:58Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp 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. Meta will report earnings for the second quarter after the closing bell on Wednesday. Wall Street expects $44.3 billion in revenue for the quarter. Heading toward the 5 p.m. ET call, analysts will be looking for info on capex plans and AI opportunities.…

NEW YORK (AP) — The Secretary of the Army on Wednesday directed the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to review its hiring practices, bar outside groups from choosing employees and remove a newly announced hire who led the nation’s cybersecurity agency under President Joe Biden.The directive, shared on the social platform X by Secretary Dan Driscoll, came just a day after Jen Easterly was announced as the Robert F. McDermott Distinguished Chair in West Point’s social sciences department. It demonstrated how vigorously President Donald Trump’s administration has sought to wield control over the ideology and leadership of higher education…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina legislators gave final approval Wednesday to a stopgap spending measure to boost state government spending to prepare for fall classes, cover Medicaid expenses and continue construction projects while a Republican agreement on a comprehensive budget still remains distant.The GOP-controlled General Assembly took a break five weeks ago with House and Senate negotiators far apart on working out a two-year, $66 billion budget for the ninth-largest state that should have been in place by July 1. North Carolina is one of a few states that have not yet enacted a budget this fiscal year. Teacher…

Would you want to make your own TV show using AI?Fable Studio, an Emmy-winning startup, is betting the answer is “yes.” The company just raised undisclosed funding from Amazon for Showrunner, its AI streaming platform.The platform is slated to open to all users on Thursday. It lets subscribers — paying $10 to $40 per month for credits — create their own animated shows or build on others’ existing IP, by doing things like inserting themselves as characters into a show or adding a scene.Fable was started in 2018 by veterans of the VR firm Oculus, which sold to Meta in 2014.…