A new security fund opens up to help protect the fediverse | TechCrunch
The fediverse, also known as the open social web that includes Mastodon, Meta’s Threads, Pixelfed, and other apps, is ramping up its security. On Wednesday,...
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A world without Caesars: How the atproto community is rebuilding the web to return power to the people | TechCrunch
Don’t call it a Bluesky conference. Over the weekend, the first in-person gathering devoted to those building with the AT Protocol, or atproto — the...
Bluesky made more money selling T-shirts mocking Zuckerberg than custom domains | TechCrunch
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber made a splash at SXSW last week, showing up at her keynote event in a T-shirt that subtly poked fun at...
X updates Communities with new filters, sorting options, and a way to see your own posts | TechCrunch
X is bringing more attention to Communities, a feature that allows X users to connect and engage in discussions around a given topic, similar to...
Mastodon is working to add the controversial ‘quote posts’ feature | TechCrunch
Mastodon, the decentralized alternative to X, is going to adopt a controversial feature from the platform formerly known as Twitter: quote posts. The company on...
Tumblr to join the fediverse after WordPress migration completes | TechCrunch
Since 2022, blogging site Tumblr has been teasing its plans to integrate with the fediverse — the open social web powered by the protocol ActivityPub...
Built on Bluesky, Pinksky brings its Instagram-like app to Android | TechCrunch
Bluesky users on Android now have access to a new app that works more like Instagram than X. On Tuesday, an app called Pinksky launched...
Mark Zuckerberg teases a 2025 return to ‘OG Facebook’ | TechCrunch
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg teased a “return to OG Facebook” as part of his key goals for 2025 in Wednesday’s Q4 earnings call with investors....
Threads adds another 20M monthly users since December, reaching 320M | TechCrunch
Threads, Meta’s microblogging service, is growing at a fast pace as users gravitate to the app over rivals like X. During the company’s fourth-quarter earnings...