Meta claims Orion looks and feels like a regular pair of glasses, but with augmented reality capabilities. The glasses have been in development for over five years, and Meta describes them as ...

And some—like Mastodon.social, the first instance ever—are permanently closed to new users because it reached maximum capacity a long time ago. Subscribe to the Design newsletter.

Mastodon appears to be betting that even more users will seek alternative social networks in the future as popular apps enact unpopular policies. The blog discussed progress on a "privacy ...

If you remember one thing about using Mastodon, let it be this: Don’t use the direct-message feature. Messages aren’t end-to-end encrypted, meaning they could be read by anyone who runs (or ...

Rodti MacLeary started a Mastodon instance, mas.to, in 2019. By early November 2022, it had amassed around 35,000 users. But since Elon Musk bought Twitter and unleashed one chaotic decision after ...

In a post on Mastodon, the founder and CEO noted that official app downloads were growing. In addition to the 47% on iOS, they had increased by a smaller 17% on Android.

But some early Mastodon adoptees said they're still unsure whether they want to stick with it. The platform's founder, Eugen Rochko, said Monday that Mastodon has more than 1 million active users.

What Is Mastodon, the Twitter Alternative That’s Seen a 2,600% Surge in Signups? 45% of the app’s new installs took place following Elon Musk’s takeover Mastodon (Getty Images) ...

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 of new users.