Cast your mind back to the first time you experienced joy and wonder on the Internet. Do you worry you’ll never be able to capture that sense again? If so, it’s worth wading gently into the world of ...

The arrival of Elon Musk at the head of Twitter worries the media planet. And many users are now turning to Mastodon, a promising, more open and, above all, decentralized social network. Founded in ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - With Twitter in disarray since the world's richest person took control of it last week, Mastodon, a decentralised, open alternative from privacy-obsessed Germany, has seen a flood ...

Decentralized open source social network Mastodon is rolling out its latest release, version 4.5, which brings support for ...

In the wake of Elon Musk acquiring Twitter, users have started migrating to other platforms. Here's how to get started with Mastodon, one of the social media alternatives. From a second verification ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

2023 was the year social networks realized that they were sitting on massive troves of data. And some companies, such as Twitter (now X) and Reddit, decided to change their terms to shut out ...

Vivaldi browser is backing Mastodon to release online communications from Big Tech’s stranglehold. The Oslo-based company today became the first browser to integrate Mastodon — just weeks after ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. A key aspect of the fediverse is that each server is governed by rules set by the people who operate it. If you think of the fediverse ...

Mastodon has gained popularity over the past year as Twitter users looked for alternatives following Elon Musk’s takeover. Part of its appeal is its decentralized nature that insulates it against the ...

An incomplete and biased guide to mastodon, with a focus on resources for people new to using it. I'll be updating and linking to this thread instead of re-posting the same material on the front page ...