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Plus: Killer robots vs. AI supremacy [Quartz]( Sponsored by Good morning, Quartz readers! Was this newsletter forwarded to you? [Sign up here](. Forward to a friend with the [best taste in music](. Here’s what you need to know Microsoft earnings and revenue beat expectations. Compared to the same time last year, the company’s [total revenue grew 22%]( to $45.3 billion. Alphabet’s ad business is doing just fine. On top of stellar quarterly results, Google’s parent company reported [increases in search and YouTube advertising revenue](. The US could sanction India over a military deal with Russia. However, [two US senators have told president Joe Biden]( not to impose any punishment for the 2018 purchase of a Russian defense system. The UK government sets out its annual spending plans. Chancellor Rishi Sunak [delivers the Budget]( this afternoon, although plenty of it has already been leaked to the media. China Telecom lost its ability to operate in the US. The Federal Communications Commission voted to [revoke licenses]( held by the company’s Americas unit, over security concerns. Investigators in the Alec {NAME} shooting present early findings. [Later today](, authorities are expected to explain what’s known so far about the circumstances surrounding the death of Halyna Hutchins. Sponsor content by MSCI Integrating climate considerations into your investment process? MSCI can help you bring net-zero solutions to it. Benchmark, measure and manage climate-related risks and opportunities. [Explore how MSCI’s Net-Zero Solutions can help you navigate the road to net-zero.]( What to watch for Rent the Runway, the rental clothing e-commerce company, is planning to [start trading on Nasdaq]( today. The pandemic brought wardrobe refreshes to a screeching halt, but growing online shopping interest and a college-educated female workforce—the majority of the company’s subscribers—point to trends in the company’s favor. The company has also expanded from special occasion garb to a range of clothes including athleisure, making it a lot more appealing for [teens and college students](. $1.5 billion: The valuation the company is hoping for in its IPO 126,841: Total subscribers in the six-month period ending July 31, up from 108,752 a year ago, but still below 2019 numbers $157.5 million: Revenue in 2020, down from $256.9 million in 2019 $171.1 million: Net loss in 2020, up from $153.9 million in 2019 $395 billion: Expected value of the US apparel market in 2025, up from $286 billion in 2020, of which 49% is expected to be online VCs are throwing cash at climate tech In the past five years, venture capital investment in global climate tech has [grown more than five-fold](. Investment hit $6.6 billion in 2016, but has since climbed to $32.3 billion in the first 10 months of 2021, according to not-for-profit London & Partners and Dealroom.co, a data provider on startups. The amount of VC funds varies significantly by country. In a list of the top 10 countries with the highest investments, there’s a clear front-runner: the US. [A bar chart showing the top 10 countries for climate tech VC investment from 2016 to September 2021. The US far outpaces the other countries with $48 billion in VC funds.] Despite fresh cleantech cash, most countries aren’t making good on their Paris Agreement promises. In fact, The Gambia, though it has one of the world’s smallest carbon footprints, is the only country [pulling its weight](. This Sunday, world leaders will meet at COP26, the biggest climate summit since the Paris Agreement. Get on-the-ground insight throughout the conference from Quartz’s [Need to Know: COP26]( email. [⚡ Sign me up]( Subscribe with one click [The SPUR-5, special purpose unmanned rifle, is built by Sword Defense and mounted on a robot built by Ghost Robotics.] Sword Defense Killer robots vs. AI supremacy Gone are the days of [Sega’s iDog](. Robots have come a long way, especially those of the canine variety. An era of music accompanied by LED lights seems far from our new reality of Ghost Robotics and Sword Defense’s machine-gun-laden hound. Pooches aside, the US military sees [autonomous weapons](, so-called “killer robots,” as the next evolution of warfare, with China and Russia unlikely to sit idle. But US tech workers are objecting to companies that may use artificial intelligence to kill or surveil, and some fear an arms race could be afoot. But in a killer robot arms race, the key to AI supremacy may be a ban, as discussed in the latest [Forecast]( email. ✦ Quartz members get access to this weekly email, which looks at emerging trends in the global economy. Sign up today and [take 40% off]( with code QZEMAIL40. Quartz announcement Can company culture exist without an office? 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In just an hour, our panel of experts will show you where to find culture, ways to steer it, and how to ensure it’s healthy and inclusive even without a physical address, including: - Doniel Sutton, chief people officer, (Fastly) - André Spicer, organizational behavior professor, (Bayes Business School) - With special guest Jill Popelka, president of (SAP SuccessFactors) - Hosted by (Quartz) executive editor Heather Landy [Register here]( Handpicked Quartz 📛 [Facebook’s name change is not enough to fix its reputation…]( 🕶 […But its metaverse is key to its survival strategy]( 📶 [Sudan shuts down the internet after a military coup]( 😨 [10 key questions for anyone worried about China’s economy (according to state media)]( 🙊 [Why does India’s Hindu right-wing hate the Urdu language so much?]( 👀 [Scientists are closely watching a new mutation of the delta variant]( Sponsor content by MSCI Integrating climate considerations into your investment process? 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