Katherine Li is a West Coast breaking news reporting fellow at Business Insider. Her work includes informative coverage of immediate happenings in the landscape of climate, tech, and business, as well as interviews with individuals who have unique ideas and experiences.
Previously, she was a newsroom fellow who wrote international breaking news and produced newsletters Semafor. Before that, she wrote about climate policies for The Lever, covered the AAPI community for the SF Chronicle as a freelancer, and wrote about the 2019 Hong Kong protests as an intern for the New York Times.
She is an alumni of the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley, and a graduate of the international journalism program at Hong Kong Baptist University with minors in French and English literature.
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2025-02-13T09:00:02Z
I created a viral infinite scrolling Wikipedia page in just hours. I think this shows people may be tired of highly curated algorithms.
As of Tuesday evening, Apple has followed Google in telling US users it's the Gulf of America when they search for "Gulf of Mexico."
The Associated Press was denied access to Trump's executive order signing event.
Trump slapped 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports to pressure the countries to crack down on illegal immigration and fentanyl. They caved.
The Trump administration said Saturday it had imposed a 25% tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico and a 10% tariff on China.
Meta, Nvidia, and other tech giants react to DeepSeek's competitive, cost-efficient models that challenge established market players.
President Donald Trump said the rise of Chinese AI app DeepSeek is a "positive" development.
Trump pledged to provide federal disaster relief for people affected by the deadly wildfires ravaging southern California.
He previously floated a joint venture, saying that the US should be entitled to half of the app.
Leaders of unions that represent federal workers said Trump's RTO mandate wouldn't make the government more efficient and could deter top talent.