Years ago, I seem to recall reading of an Arstechnica IRC server, although I've no idea if it's still in use. I object to centralized services like Discord for discussion. I don't know what that is, ...

Element, the company and core developer behind the decentralized communication protocol known as Matrix, has announced a notable license change that will make the open source project just that little ...

Discord’s upcoming age-verification policy appears to be causing a surge in new users to Matrix, an open-source alternative. On Thursday, the messaging protocol’s co-founder, Matthew Hodgson, reported ...

Developers of the open source Matrix messenger protocol have released an update to fix critical end-to-end encryption vulnerabilities that subvert the confidentiality and authentication guarantees ...