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The G20 summit was a diplomatic win for Narendra Modi. The Indian prime minister announced a unanimous final agreement a day before the meeting ended that included language on the war in Ukraine.
The US and Vietnam shook on new semiconductor and mineral deals. The countries also upgraded their diplomatic ties to the highest level, which is the same that Vietnam has with China and Russia.
A major antitrust case against Google starts this week.Ā In a trial expected to last 10 weeks, Google has to prove that it isnāt using its dominance to unfairly cannibalize its competition.
Floods washed away a quarter of all crops in Greeceās agriculture hub. In Thessaly, a major cotton- and tobacco-growing region, Storm Daniel deposited a yearās worth of rainfall inside two days.
Was your political ad made by AI?
If so, Google is requiring you to disclose that.
Campaigning for the 2024 US presidential election is heating up, and computer-generated images have already been used by the Republican National Committee and candidates in attack ads against the current administration and in-party competitors.
Voters need to know when a political ad is using AI, but thereās currently no US laws on the books mandating this disclosure. Some lawmakers are trying to fix this, but so far, Google is beating them on regulation, requiring that any political ad on its platforms have a written disclosure if it uses AI-generated images, video, or audio. Quartzās Scott Nover compares the tech giantās moves to the happenings (and really, lack thereof) on Capitol Hill.
Quotable: The comeback quit
āEverybody asks, āIf you could go back, would you?ā No. I wouldnāt change anything because everything happens for a reason. And I learned a lot about myselfācourage, resilience, how to say no and speak up for yourself.ā
This was gymnast Simone Biles talking to The Cut seven weeks after she returned home from Japan after withdrawing from the Tokyo Olympics in the summer of 2021.
Now, Biles and tennis star Naomi Osaka, who both quit their respective sports in 2021 at the top of their careers, are making comebacks. As Quartzās Gabriela Riccardi writes, Osaka and Biles have already shown that quitting can be a courageous act. But as they stage their comebacks, they prove, too, that taking time off isnāt necessarily bad for our careers. In fact, honoring the breaks we need can be the lead-up to a new peak.
One big sports number: $6 billion
What major streamers are spending on the rights to exclusively broadcast major sporting events in the US this year
Viewers are paying for that big splurge, too: being a devoted sports fan is becoming an expensive hobby. Quartzās Diego Lasarte has more on just how unsustainable the live sports market has become if you were to, say, watch Thursday night football while following Lionel Messiās much-heralded debut in the American soccer league. (We did the math: Youāll need an Amazon Prime and Apple TV+ account, which cost a monthly fee of $15 and $7 respectively. So, including cable, thatās $105 per month).
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Larry David doesnāt think feet should determine American football games. His suggestion: Get rid of the goalposts.
Nearly 11,000 runners were disqualified from the Mexico City Marathon. Tracking data revealed the competitors had not traversed the required 26.2 miles (42.2 km).
The White Houseās Situation Room got a $50 million makeover. Security was upgraded, big fancy monitors were installed, and it got some new lighting, among other things.
Brits are the least likely to say work trumps leisure. The French, Spanish, and Italians all place more importance on their jobs than those in the UK.
Florida may be turning around its record manatee loss. Conservation efforts appear to be slowing the death rate among the marine mammals.
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