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Fei-Fei Li's World Labs raised $200M from Autodesk, part of a larger round; the companies are exploring integrating World Labs' AI models in Autodesk products (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/18/worl

World Labs lands $200M from Autodesk to bring world models into 3D workflows | TechCrunch
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. 

heise | Geld anlegen: So wählen Sie unter 31 Varianten den passenden MSCI-World-ETF
Die Wahl des richtigen MSCI-World-ETFs ist komplex. Wir zeigen, welche Auswahlkriterien es gibt und welche Rolle sie spielen.

💍 Origami-inspired ring lets users 'feel' virtual worlds
#vr

Origami-inspired ring lets users 'feel' virtual worlds
Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are technologies that allow users to immerse themselves in digital worlds or enhance their surroundings with computer-generated filters or images, respectively. Both these technologies are now widely used worldwide, whether to experience video games and media content in more engaging ways or improve specific training and assist professionals in their daily tasks.

I just came across "On encule le monde" by Les Guignols.
"We are the world" will never be the same anymore.

The UK government pledges £11M per year for the next three years for the BBC World Service, up 8% YoY; the Foreign Office provides ~30% of World Service funding (Sarah Young/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-pumps-extra…

French Man Battling Cancer Named Sailor of the Year After Winning Treacherous Around-the-World Race https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/french-man-battling-cancer-named-sailor-of-the-year-after-winning-around-the-world-race/

French Man Battling Cancer Named Sailor of the Year After Winning Around-the-World Race
French sailor Charlie Dalin won the notorious Vendee Globe race while battling cancer and was recently named the World Sailor of the Year.

Revealed: the world’s worst mega-leaks of methane driving global heating https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/17/revealed-world-worst-methane-leaks-global-heating

The trump administration’s National Security Strategy made it official:
The American-dominated liberal world order is over.
This is not because the United States proved materially incapable of sustaining it.
Rather, the American order is over because the United States has decided that it no longer wishes to play its historically unprecedented role of providing global security.
The American might that upheld the world order of the past 80 years will now be used ins…

America vs. the World
President Trump wants to return to the 19th century’s international order. He will leave America less prosperous—and the whole world less secure.

Meta changes course on Horizon Worlds VR shut-down (Janko Roettgers/Lowpass)
https://www.lowpass.cc/p/meta-changes-course-on-horizon-worlds-vr-shut-down

Meta changes course on Horizon Worlds VR shut-down
VR Worlds will be available for "foreseeable future"