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PARIS (AP) — Balenciaga is no stranger to spectacle, and its lauded Demna has built his reputation on theatrics and grandiosity. But this season he dialed down the drama, opting for precision, control, and quiet defiance. His fall collection at Paris Fashion Week, “Standard,” stripped away the excess, examining the essence of familiar dress codes with subtle distortions. But was this a masterstroke of restraint, or just a retreat into the ordinary?The black-curtained labyrinth at the Cour du Dôme des Invalides felt like stepping into Balenciaga’s backstage, where garments twisted in and out of the ordinary. The models stormed through…

It has now been more than three months since Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States last November with a resounding victory over the sitting vice president, Kamala Harris. A presidential election in the US is not a national referendum as much as it is 51 individual contests. Each state — plus the District of Columbia — has a proportional voice, based on population, in choosing the president. Candidates must win individual states. Some states nearly always vote for the Democratic candidate. Others are reliably Republican. Certain states, however, are less predictable and as such are…

Creatopy, a startup that uses AI to automate the creation of digital ads, has brought on a new CEO: Tammy Nam. Nam was previously COO and CMO at photo-editing startup PicsArt, and before that the CEO of video streamer Viki. She told TechCrunch via email that Creatopy was looking for a US-based executive who knows how to scale early-stage startups, has worked with European founders (the product was first developed in Romania), and understands marketing tech. “Fortunately, I fit that bill,” she said. Nam is also joining the Creatopy board, while the startup’s previous CEO Dan Oros has stepped into…

Elon Musk lost the latest battle in his lawsuit against OpenAI this week, but a federal judge appears to have given Musk — and others who oppose OpenAI’s for-profit conversion — reasons to be hopeful. Musk’s suit against OpenAI, which also names Microsoft and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as defendants, accuses OpenAI of abandoning its nonprofit mission to ensure its AI research benefits all humanity. OpenAI was founded as a nonprofit in 2015 but converted to a “capped-profit” structure in 2019, and now seeks to restructure once more into a public benefit corporation. Musk had sought a preliminary injunction to…

Aubrey Lay — a Fulbright scholar — was supposed to get paid for three months of work by the U.S. government through his teaching assistantship at a school for Ukrainian refugees in Estonia. Instead, he only got about one week’s pay, and no word on when he might see the rest of his grant.Lay is among scholars around the world who depend on State Department funding to participate in long-established programs like Fulbright and who say their payments have been abruptly cut off after getting a notice that officials were reviewing their activities. The move appears to be in line…

NEW YORK (AP) — A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University’s student encampment movement was arrested Saturday night by federal immigration authorities who claimed they were acting on a State Department order to revoke his green card, according to his attorney.Mahmoud Khalil was at his university-owned apartment blocks from Columbia’s Manhattan campus Saturday evening when several Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered the building and took him into custody, his attorney, Amy Greer, told The Associated Press.One of the agents told Greer by phone that they were executing a State Department order to revoke Khalil’s student visa. Informed…

Peter Mui, founder of Fixit Clinic, describes his repair work as a hobby that’s gotten out of control. What started as a tool share in Berkeley, California, has turned into a volunteer-run group that has organized more than 1,300 repair events around the country. At Fixit Clinics, people can bring any broken household item — from worn socks to broken toasters — and learn how to make them functional again.“During the last few years, interest in repair has exploded,” Mui said.He attributes this cultural shift to a growing awareness about the environmental impact of e-waste, as well as a raft…

India mounted a successful chase of a doable 252-run target against New Zealand on Sunday to win the ICC Champions Trophy in Dubai. Skipper Sharma was the top scorer with 76, while Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul helped take the Indian side over the finish line after losing five wickets. Michael Bracewell was the pick of the Kiwi bowlers, giving 28 runs in his 10 overs with 2 wickets. Overs 45-50 Pandya dispatched Ravindra for six over the bowler’s head as he came to bowl his last over. The Indian batters continued to rotate strike, bringing the required run-rate below…

India are chasing in the final after restricting New Zealand for 251 in the ICC Champions Trophy final in Dubai today (Sunday). Axar Patel was the next to depart as Bracewell bagged another wicket in his final over of the innings. A good spell from the spinner ended with 28 runs and two wickets in his 10 overs. Pandya joined Rahil on the crease to stabilise the Indian innings as the batters tried to see through the Kiwi spinners. Ravindra replaced Bracewell and gave away six runs in his ninth over as the batters comfortably rotated strike. O’Rourke was then…

New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat first as they face unbeaten India in the Champions Trophy final in Dubai today (Sunday). We are providing updates every 10 overs. Refresh for the latest. Overs 41-50; 252 New Zealand kept the scoreboard ticking by rotating the strike, maintaining a run rate of around 4.6. Daryl Mitchell reached his half-century in 91 deliveries—the slowest fifty of his career—but struggled to accelerate before falling to Mohammad Shami, who claimed his first wicket of the innings. Michael Bracewell played an aggressive cameo, scoring a quickfire 53 off 40 balls, helping the Kiwis…