Tesla’s unique approach to sales is giving it headaches

1. Mark Cuban’s mission to upend Big Pharma. The billionaire “Shark Tank” investor runs a low-cost online pharmacy that offers more than 2,000 mostly generic drugs. Now the company is expanding into imports and competing directly with big names like Pfizer and Novo Nordisk.
2. A world of sports streaming, sans football. Venu is a new sports streaming bundle that costs $43 a month — but it doesn’t include most coverage of the biggest sport on television. With a massive hole from missing NFL coverage, is there still an audience for this type of thing?
3. Some TikTok career coaches give really bad advice. Shocker! Here are some of the worst tips and hacks creators have shared, which you should ignore. (The white font trick for the bottom of your résumé will almost certainly backfire.)

In other news

• Russia frees WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich, former US Marine Paul Whelan in a major prisoner swap.
• Reddit has acquired an AI startup to beef up its ad business in a deal worth around $40 million.
• The NFL just got a $4.7 billion win — for now.
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement has kept its use of deadly force secret. Until now.
• Even Nvidia can’t escape the government’s crackdown on Big Tech.
• Apple’s iPad is having a moment.
• 20 TikTok talent managers and agents helping creators navigate a changing social-media world.
• Meta’s new AI chatbots are already getting weird — and horny.
• Don Lemon sues Elon Musk over axed X partnership.
• Meet the Silicon Valley billionaires, founders, and investors backing Kamala Harris.
• Meta’s AI apparently said the shooting at the Trump rally didn’t happen. Here’s what ChatGPT and Claude said.

What’s happening today

• US Department of Labor releases an employment report, including data on the unemployment rate.
• Chevron, ExxonMobil, and other companies report earnings.
• It’s International Beer Day. Grab a pint!

The Insider Today team: Dan DeFrancesco, deputy editor and anchor, in New York. Jordan Parker Erb, editor, in New York. Hallam Bullock, senior editor, in London. Annie Smith, associate producer, in London. Amanda Yen, fellow, in New York.