• ☝️ Wages for new hires across many blue-collar sectors have shrunk so far this year compared to 2023, per a new analysis of millions of US jobs posted on ZipRecruiter.com.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

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• 💰 US markets closed mixed (S&P: -0.004%; Dow: +0.6%; Nasdaq: -0.2%); the Dow finished at a record high. | 📊 Movement: Dollar General shares close down 32%, the company's biggest one-day drop on record; Affirm shares close up 32%, good for its biggest rally in three years.
• 📉🏘️ A gauge of US pending home sales fell last month to its lowest level on record (dating back to 2001), per the National Association of Realtors.
• 🤖💰 Apple and Nvidia are reportedly in talks to invest in a new OpenAI fundraising round alongside Microsoft and others; OpenAI is reportedly seeking a valuation of $100+ billion.

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SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• 🏌️ The 2024 Tour Championship teed off yesterday; Scottie Scheffler, who started the first round at 10-under due to his top performance over the FedEx Cup season, leads by seven strokes after Day 1.
• 🏀 Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark on Wednesday broke the WNBA’s rookie record for most three-pointers in a season (88 and counting); Clark also recently broke the WNBA rookie record for assists. | ✍️ Golden State Warriors guard Steph Curry signed a one-year, $62.6 million contract extension covering the 2026-27 season; he’s currently projected as the first NBA athlete to make $60+ million/year. | 🏟️ Buffalo Bills' fans can now invest in the team's new stadium.
• 🍿🦖 The new Jurassic World film – starring Scarlett Johannson, Jonathan Bailey, and Mahershala Ali – revealed a pair of first-look photos yesterday as well as its official title: Jurassic World Rebirth.

SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

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• 🤖📸 Google is adding its latest image generator – Imagen 3 – to its Gemini AI platform, and will resume allowing users to create images that contain people; the move comes six months after Google pulled the feature due to ahistorical and racially inaccurate depictions.
• 🚀⏳ SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission is now delayed indefinitely pending the completion of a separate mishap investigation required by the FAA.
• 🐒 Marmoset monkeys use distinctive whistle-like calls to address specific individuals, similar to how humans use names, according to a study published yesterday in Science; this behavior had previously only been identified in humans, dolphins, and elephants.

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MISCELLANEOUS

• ⚖️📰 Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin won her bid for a new trial against the NY Times regarding a corrected editorial Palin alleges was defamatory; the article erroneously linked Palin to a mass shooting that injured former Rep. Gabby Giffords before being corrected. | 🚨 The FBI has failed to report some child sexual abuse allegations to local law enforcement or social service agencies – even after recent changes prompted by its poor handling of the case against former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, per a new DOJ watchdog report.
• ✈️ For Labor Day travelers: This weekend is expected to see 17 million people go through TSA, the busiest on record for the travel period.
• 🗣️ VP Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz sat down for their first joint interview last night on CNN. (The interview | From the Left | From the Center | From the Right)

CLICKBAIT

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