Plus: An Indian unicorn battles for e-scooter dominance. [Quartz]( Good morning, Quartz readers! Was this newsletter forwarded to you? [Sign up here](. Forward to your [straphanger friends](. Hereâs what you need to know Financial institutions are freezing out the Taliban. The [International Monetary Fund]( removed Afghan access to its resources, while Afghanistan also has [22 tons of gold]( locked in a New York vault. The Taliban stopped trade with India. It halted the [movement of cargo]( through Pakistan, raising questions about the [$3 billion India]( has invested in Afghan infrastructure projects. Robinhood revenue more than doubled in the second quarter of 2020. The companyâs first earnings report since last monthâs IPO showed a [boost from cryptocurrency trading](, but it still lost $502 million. Tencent saw a 29% profit increase for the same quarter. The Chinese tech company also signaled that [new government regulations](âalready a [problem]( for Tencent, Alibaba, and Didiâare likely to affect the market. Three former Netflix employees face charges over an alleged $3 million scam. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says the software engineers used confidential data for [insider trading](. What skeletons are in the new Jeopardy hostâs closet? Mike Richards made sexist and racist comments in an old podcast, [The Ringer reports](. What to watch for Tesla is holding an [Artificial Intelligence Day]( today, following up on its [Autonomy Day]( (2019) and [Battery Day]( (2020). Hereâs what to watch for at this yearâs event: ð¼ AI Day isnât really for retail investors. Tesla is competing hard for talent against every other major technology company (and automaker). AI Day will be the place to showcase its finest (most technical) work: âConvincing the best AI talent to join Tesla is the sole goal,â [says]( CEO Elon Musk. ð Look Ma, no radar. Tesla says itâs now using [only camera vision]( and neural net processing for self-driving in its Model Y and Model 3 vehicles, bucking every other self-driving company, all of which insist that redundant radar, LIDAR, and other sensor suites are needed. ð¥ âDojoâ supercomputer. Tesla needs tons of supercomputer muscle to train its Autopilot and full self-driving neutral networks. Dojo, with in-house chips and novel computer architecture, will be the next supercomputer iteration. Mapping Hero MotoCorpâs manufacturing plants When Indian transportation unicorn Ola launched its electric scooter on Aug. 15, it looked well [poised to win]( the market based on existing competition. But Hero MotoCorpâthe worldâs largest two-wheeler manufacturer for the last 20 yearsâis set to debut an electric model by the start of next year. The company has six plants across India with a total annual production capacity of 11.6 million units. Experts say the massive scale will help Hero MotoCorp keep costs down and price its products competitively. Ananya Bhattacharya has more on [what Ola can expect from its much larger rival](. [A map showing Hero MotoCorp's manufacturing plants and their production capacity in India. The company has plants in Haridwar, Dharuhera, Gurgaon, Neemrana, Vadodara, and Chittoor.] A Bloomberg terminal for the Earth Planet operates hundreds of low-cost PlanetScope satellites that capture images of Earthâs entire landmass every day. But the company says itâs really a data and software business. Thatâs an indication of space travelâs real promise: not taking tourists to orbit, but using robots in space to solve problems back home. ⦠Learn more about Planet in the [most recent Company email](. Sign up in time to get todayâs by becoming a Quartz memberâ[get 40% off]( with the code QZEMAIL40. Handpicked Quartz ð¨ð³ [Chinaâs business operations in Africa may have a human rights problem]( ð¦ [How two Indian techies bootstrapped their way to build the countryâs first crypto unicorn]( ð [American cities are experimenting with free public transit]( ð± [A new bill from Nigeriaâs tech regulator is alarming startup founders]( ð [How to convince someone to get the Covid-19 vaccine]( Surprising discoveries A group of young stars have splintered off from one of the Milky Wayâs arms. Itâs the first time astronomers have seen that [kind of alignment](. Cachaça cocktail? Brazil is trying to make [its national spirit]( as popular overseas as it is at home. 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