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.  Source

The Figure data breach allowed hackers to steal customer names, dates of birth, physical addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses. Source

Mastodon is looking to grow its open source, decentralized social network with new features aimed at creators. Source

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. Source

This is a strategic win for SeatGeek. With direct placement in the Spotify app, SeatGeek is positioned to reach millions of active music fans as they discover upcoming events, increasing the chances of converting listeners into ticket buyers. Source

Social network Bluesky now offers private messaging by integrating the startup Germ's E2E encrypted messenger natively in its app. Source

Watch as Google Cloud’s vice president of global startups discusses what he’s seeing across the startup ecosystem, how Google Cloud is competing for AI startups, and what founders should be thinking about as they scale. Source

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. Source

The deal comes nearly five years after Etsy purchased Depop for $1.62 billion, at a time when secondhand clothing apps were gaining traction during the pandemic. Source