Sotheby's launches a curated, peer-to-peer secondary NFT marketplace on its Metaverse platform, fully on-chain via the Ethereum and Polygon networks (Rosie Perper/CoinDesk) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:41 Rating: 5

Mastodon announces a new onboarding experience that makes mastodon.social the default server choice, instead of requiring users pick from thousands of instances (Emma Roth/The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:43 Rating: 5

Apple uses its Rapid Security Response feature, announced at last year's WWDC, for the first time, pushing a more lightweight fix to iOS and macOS users (Andrew Cunningham/Ars Technica) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:42 Rating: 5

The Super Mario Bros. Movie box office crosses $1B globally, becoming the most financially successful video game movie ever (Rebecca Rubin/Variety) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 06:41 Rating: 5

A profile of Will Wilkerson, a former Truth Social VP who blew the whistle, turned over 150K documents to the SEC and investigators, and now works at Starbucks (Drew Harwell/Washington Post) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 03:42 Rating: 5

Sources: Istanbul-based grocery delivery startup Getir is in talks to acquire German rival Flink, which also is seeking to raise ~$100M at a $1B+ valuation (Ivan Levingston/Financial Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 02:41 Rating: 5

Bhutan has quietly been mining bitcoin since 2019, becoming the second country after El Salvador known to have a state-run mine, and is planning a 100 MW mine (Forbes) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 01:41 Rating: 5

As labor contract negotiations heat up in Hollywood, unions representing screenwriters and actors seek limits on the use of AI-produced material (New York Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 18:42 Rating: 5

Carmakers and IP experts raise concerns over the rising dominance of Chinese companies like Huawei when it comes to 4G, 5G, and Wi-Fi standard essential patents (Financial Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:43 Rating: 5

An interview with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian about the unit finally turning a profit in Q1 2023, in part by making its data center operations more efficient (Jordan Novet/CNBC) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:42 Rating: 5