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Hereâs what you need to know The US will try to push Israel and Ukraine aid through Congress this week. The package would be [well over $2 billion](%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Fworld%2Fus%2Fbiden-push-israel-ukraine-aid-package-over-2-billion-this-week-2023-10-15%2F/1/0100018b37ea833a-3462a190-217c-4e95-8692-198095e63b24-000000/15_yE4XjHUvNcHB9SDhh4_-0SUl7LK5i_WdTN54mGIE=322), but itâs likely to come up against Republican backlashâand face delays without a House Republican leader. Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping are meeting this week. The Russian leader is traveling to Beijing for Chinaâs [Belt and Road](%2F%2Fqz.com%2Fitaly-is-feeling-joiner-s-remorse-about-china-s-belt-an-1850692313%2F%3Futm_source=email%26utm_medium=Quartz_Daily_Brief_US%26utm_content=1850928606/1/0100018b37ea833a-3462a190-217c-4e95-8692-198095e63b24-000000/liJmrOqujdyjGhviUHFbJpNUVXzOfEbQXEt9mX2UkBI=322) Forum, [which starts Tuesday](%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Fworld%2Fputin-visit-china-deepen-no-limits-partnership-with-xi-2023-10-15%2F/1/0100018b37ea833a-3462a190-217c-4e95-8692-198095e63b24-000000/zxHgYFBQMzTatdS95vKysSXm42OHo0Kdz8um18x5dEc=322). Eli Lillyâs diabetes treatment Mounjaro helped people with obesity lose 60 pounds on average. The drug, tirzepatide, [is similar to](%2F%2Fqz.com%2Fdrug-used-in-diabetes-treatment-mounjaro-helped-dieters-1850928380%2F%3Futm_source=email%26utm_medium=Quartz_Daily_Brief_US%26utm_content=1850928606/1/0100018b37ea833a-3462a190-217c-4e95-8692-198095e63b24-000000/eSMOR0Cvgfag4O82u_uwmDz6UuHpUg1yI9jrTJVwwpw=322) Novo Nordiskâs Ozempic and Wegovy. The opening of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour movie was a smash. It [could even beat Joker](%2F%2Fqz.com%2Ftaylor-swift-s-the-eras-tour-dances-to-no-1-at-the-b-1850928372%2F%3Futm_source=email%26utm_medium=Quartz_Daily_Brief_US%26utm_content=1850928606/1/0100018b37ea833a-3462a190-217c-4e95-8692-198095e63b24-000000/ykVUUdNznXULV0UQNylGZhhiXy_Ivd6WRbUa6mMI3qo=322) (2019) as Octoberâs all-time highest openingânot to mention [several other films](%2F%2Fqz.com%2Ftaylor-swift-eras-tour-concert-movie-highest-grossing-1850922612%2F%3Futm_source=email%26utm_medium=Quartz_Daily_Brief_US%26utm_content=1850928606/1/0100018b37ea833a-3462a190-217c-4e95-8692-198095e63b24-000000/oU32TewvS2nEnfNESlLDmtXVEvA0S3Uc6QFyjT4W7h0=322), including the biggest concern film of all time, which itâs already handily trounced. Disney turns 100 years old today. Itâs hard to say whether Walt Disney would have predicted his namesake kicking off its centennial by [going all in on sports betting](%2F%2Fqz.com%2Fdisney-is-making-espn-earn-its-keep-by-going-all-in-on-1850722579%2F%3Futm_source=email%26utm_medium=Quartz_Daily_Brief_US%26utm_content=1850928606/1/0100018b37ea833a-3462a190-217c-4e95-8692-198095e63b24-000000/IEe0JzCMWuIhmMUbJmNY4jIslZEHzR9H2jBe8OSyMtY=322). Weâre apparently never going to give up on AR glasses %2F%2Fqz.com%2Femails%2Fdaily-brief%2F1850928606%2Fan-israel-ukraine-aid-package%2F/4/0100018b37ea833a-3462a190-217c-4e95-8692-198095e63b24-000000/KBay_6frn_cJn_GJLFWYwqwEI1sl4UYD1Iiqp3U6ur8=322 Gif: (Giphy) It doesnât matter that Google abandoned its Glass smart specs this year after a decade of botched attempts to make them cool, or that Apple has struggled with its own version of virtual eyewearâMicrosoft wonât abandon the dream to make augmented reality glasses mainstream. Microsoft hopes a new patent will fix a charging issue that has plagued AR glassesâa swappable battery design and an internal charge storage that allows wearers to extend their usage even after the battery charge is depleted, making them usable for long periods of time even when thereâs no convenient way to charge. But are people really ready for the next frontier in communication beyond smartphones? Quartzâs Faustine Ngila looks at how Microsoftâs new technology might charge up new interest in [an old aspiration](%2F%2Fqz.com%2Fmicrosoft-ar-glasses-consumers-battery-patent-1850923158%2F%3Futm_source=email%26utm_medium=Quartz_Daily_Brief_US%26utm_content=1850928606/1/0100018b37ea833a-3462a190-217c-4e95-8692-198095e63b24-000000/rpehjfSnCOaZJ_nIw2P7ozAVWfcOQ6gNPj1OLcB5KgQ=322). Amazonâs Prime Day sales are a peek into holiday spending Amazonâs October Prime Day sales outpaced last yearâs, but they couldnât beat Julyâs Prime eventâand big ticket items werenât what buyers were reaching for. âConsumers are spending and likely purchasing the same number of gifts for the holidays, but we will likely see a lower dollar value per gift,â Natalie Kotlyar, a national retail and consumer business practice leader at advisory firm BDO, told Quartz. Inflation is making Americans more cost conscious, and Amazonâs Prime Day results shed some light on [what this looks like in practice](%2F%2Fqz.com%2Famazons-october-prime-day-sale-is-over-and-heres-what-1850925722%2F%3Futm_source=email%26utm_medium=Quartz_Daily_Brief_US%26utm_content=1850928606/1/0100018b37ea833a-3462a190-217c-4e95-8692-198095e63b24-000000/h2OTTmP8OxxGoFeajrpls4_lFn8DRZvFLN2S4E9Bo9M=322): $55.86: The average spend per order, down from Julyâs Prime Day sales 22%: Items purchased that were priced under $20 25 million: Items sold on day one 2nd: Time Amazon has held Prime Day in October Meta doesnât want Threads to be about news, but its users do ThreadsâMetaâs competitor to Xâwas never intended to be a news site. But after Hamas attacked Israel and misinformation related to the war [flooded Elon Muskâs X](%2F%2Fqz.com%2Feu-elon-musk-hamas-disinformation-tweets-x-1850917160%2F%3Futm_source=email%26utm_medium=Quartz_Daily_Brief_US%26utm_content=1850928606/1/0100018b37ea833a-3462a190-217c-4e95-8692-198095e63b24-000000/7hl5Gxwqk_FP46FKLDZNsVPDxpJlOjGXQA6C1-0ylYA=322), journalists jumped ship for Threads to report on the conflict. Quartzâs Ananya Bhattacharya explains why even as Meta tries to distance itself from news, [news keeps showing up on Metaâs doorstep](%2F%2Fqz.com%2Fmetas-threads-is-unwittingly-becoming-a-news-hub-in-the-1850924337%2F%3Futm_source=email%26utm_medium=Quartz_Daily_Brief_US%26utm_content=1850928606/1/0100018b37ea833a-3462a190-217c-4e95-8692-198095e63b24-000000/A0BFc0UcTmAsve4pnlfqO4x8A4_16C1347mQk2PwgI0=322). 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Itâs not a chicken nugget patty you might get at some fast-food restaurants. This is very much more elevated.â ð¤ And if youâre looking for more elevated food, try out the worldâs largest charcuterie board. It weighed just under [770 lbs (350 kg)](%2F%2Fwww.wfla.com%2Fnews%2Fflorida%2Fflorida-company-creates-worlds-largest-charcuterie-board-shattering-guinness-world-record/1/0100018b37ea833a-3462a190-217c-4e95-8692-198095e63b24-000000/7VwS2RVlx7-3YiZwQuwYTtykSGEued47TSKYHUNki7I=322), but weâre a little disappointed there was no [giant leg of jamón](%2F%2Fqz.com%2Femails%2Fquartz-obsession%2F1849644199%2Fcharcuterie-global-board-meeting/1/0100018b37ea833a-3462a190-217c-4e95-8692-198095e63b24-000000/0JEUhGHVBNRRQ22mUG9dLbiLfEKFW1fiP1er66FImWo=322) at its center. NASA is sending another spacecraft to another asteroid. 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