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Long before the idea of being a ‘personal brand’ entered the mainstream, professional actors have relied on name recognition to build their careers. People assign labels to other humans to help organize and personalize everyday life. Recent studies even show that we are not the only species on this planet to do so.

If the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates this week, this is how it could affect mortgages, car loans, credit cards, and more. The Federal Reserve hasn’t lowered interest rates in four years, raising the federal funds rate 11 times since 2022. Now, much to the relief of Wall Street and many consumers, we appear to be on the verge of a cut.

Elon Musk later deleted the post on his platform, X, after criticism from users on the left and right of the political spectrum. The U. S. Secret Service said on Monday it was aware of a post by billionaire Elon Musk‘s on the X social media platform musing about a lack of assassination attempts on President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.

Enlarge / A recall notice is posted next to Boar's Head meats that are displayed at a Safeway store on July 31, 2024, in San Rafael, California. (credit: Getty | Justin Sullivan) The Boar's Head deli-meat plant at the epicenter of a nationwide Listeria outbreak that killed nine people so far harbored the deadly germ in a common area of the facility deemed "low risk" for Listeria.

Enlarge / Andrew J. Pincus, attorney for TikTok and ByteDance, leaves the E. Barrett Prettyman US Court House with members of his legal team as the U. S. Court of Appeals hears oral arguments in the case TikTok Inc. v. Merrick Garland on September 16 in Washington, DC. (credit: Kevin Dietsch / Staff | Getty Images News) The fight to keep TikTok operating unchanged in the US reached an appeals court Monday, where TikTok and US-based creators teamed up to defend one of the world's most popular apps from a potential US ban. TikTok lawyer Andrew Pincus kicked things off by warning a three-judge panel that a law targeting foreign adversaries that requires TikTok to divest from its allegedly China-controlled owner, ByteDance, is "unprecedented" and could have "staggering" effects on "the speech of 170 million Americans." Pincus argued that the US government was "for the first time in history" attempting to ban speech by a specific US speaker—namely, TikTok US, the US-based entity that allegedly curates the content that Americans see on the app.

Enlarge / Apple's M3 Max-powered 16-inch MacBook Pro. New Pro laptops and some desktops could be on tap for later this fall. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Apple's newest iPhones and Apple Watches don't come out until later this week, but the rumor mill is already indicating that Apple is planning a product announcement for October to refresh some of the products that didn't get a mention at the iPhone event.