World Labs lands $200M from Autodesk to bring world models into 3D workflows Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs has secured a $200 million investment from software design giant Autodesk. The partnership will see the two companies collaborating to explore how World Labs’ models — AI systems that can generate and reason about immersive 3D environments — can work alongside Autodesk’s tools, and vice versa,...

Audible’s new ‘Read & Listen’ feature syncs your Kindle ebooks with audiobooks Only days after Spotify announced its foray into physical book sales, which included an audiobook feature that lets you sync your listening and your offline reading progress, Amazon-owned Audible has launched a feature that brings ebooks together with audiobooks. The company announced on Wednesday an “immersion...

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NASA picks Eric Schmidt’s rocket company for Mars mission, setting up a race with SpaceX Relativity Space—a rocket maker acquired by former Google executive chair Eric Schmidt last year after stumbling on the path to orbit—might just beat SpaceX to Mars. On Tuesday, NASA said it hired the company to build a spacecraft to house a suite of scientific instruments, launch it into space, and fly it...

Rapper Gucci Mane kidnapped and robbed by fellow artist, prosecutors sayGetty ImagesGucci ManeRapper Gucci Mane was allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint in Dallas earlier this year, leading to the arrests of eight men, including a fellow artist signed to his label, officials say.Prosecutors allege rapper Pooh Shiesty, born Lontrell Williams Jr, led the ambush under the guise of a meeting, holding...