A look at ActivityPub, the open, decentralized social network protocol finalized in 2018 that is gaining prominence powering Twitter alternatives like Mastodon (David Pierce/The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5

IBM reports Q1 revenue up 0.4% YoY to $14.25B, vs. $14.35B est., net income up 26% YoY to $927M, and software revenue up 2.6% YoY to $5.92B, vs. $5.83B est. (Jordan Novet/CNBC) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

Sources: NYC-based event ticketing startup SeatGeek confidentially filed for a US IPO in April; a source says the company expects $500M+ in revenue in 2023 (Cory Weinberg/The Information) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

Microsoft and decentralized data service Space and Time, in which M12 invested, partner to offer developers real-time blockchain data from the Azure Marketplace (Brandy Betz/CoinDesk) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5

Snap expands its My AI chatbot to all users for free and says My AI can now be added to group chats and recommend AR filters, with photo generation coming soon (Alex Heath/The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:42 Rating: 5

Snap expands its revenue share program to add creators with 50K+ followers and 25M+ monthly views, and says its TikTok rival Spotlight has 350M monthly users (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:42 Rating: 5

Stability AI debuts StableLM, its first suite of instruction-following LLMs, in alpha, starting with 3B and 7B parameters, with 15B to 65B versions to follow (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:42 Rating: 5

Twitter quietly altered its Hateful Conduct Policy to remove long-standing protections for transgender users, including prohibiting "misgendering or deadnaming" (The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:42 Rating: 5

During a hearing, House Republicans grilled SEC Chairman Gary Gensler over refusing to state whether ether is a security, despite saying bitcoin was a commodity (Chris Matthews/MarketWatch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:43 Rating: 5

Sources: Apple is developing a range of VR apps for its upcoming headset, across gaming, fitness, live sports, and collaboration tools, like Freeform (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:43 Rating: 5