World Labs lands $1B, with $200M from Autodesk, to bring world models into 3D workflows: The partnership will see the two companies exploring how World Labs’ models can work alongside Autodesk’s tools, and vice versa, starting with a focus on entertainment use cases. Read More
Amazon halts Blue Jay robotics project after less than 6 months: Amazon said Blue Jay's core tech will be used for other robotics projects and the employees who worked on it were moved to other projects. Read More
Mastodon, a decentralized alternative to X, plans to target creators with new features: Mastodon is looking to grow its open source, decentralized social network with new features aimed at creators. Read More
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Hacking conference Def Con bans three people linked to Epstein: The Def Con hacking conference banned hackers Pablos Holman and Vincenzo Iozzo, as well as former MIT Media Lab director Joichi Ito, from attending the annual conference after their reported connections with Jeffrey Epstein. Read More
Audible's new 'Read & Listen' feature syncs your Kindle e-books with audiobooks: The feature will require customers to buy both versions of the title, but at a discounted price. Read More
Microsoft says Office bug exposed customers' confidential emails to Copilot AI: Microsoft said the bug meant that its Copilot AI chatbot was reading and summarizing paying customers' confidential emails, bypassing data-protection policies. Read More
Canva gets to $4B in revenue as LLM referral traffic rises: The creative company's monthly active users increased 20%, growth that was partially propelled by adoption of its AI tools. Read More
A startup called Germ becomes the first private messenger that launches directly from Bluesky's app: Social network Bluesky now offers private messaging by integrating the startup Germ's E2E encrypted messenger natively in its app. Read More
Kindred talks home-swapping platform for travelers, Chef Robotics introduces AI into commercial kitchens, and Character.AI addresses chatbot safety with teens.
Google adds music-generation capabilities to the Gemini app: Users will be able to use text, images, and videos as a reference to generate music. Read More
