A beginner’s guide to Mastodon, the open source Twitter alternative

Mastodon has almost doubled its userbase since Elon Musk took control of Twitter last month. Here's what you need to know ...

A Kenyan barber who wields a sharpened shovel thrives on Africa’s social media craze

Safari Martins may be Kenya’s most famous barber. Known as Chief Safro on social media, where he has millions of followers ...
InfoWorld

Intro to Hotwire: HTML over the wire

This concept isn’t new—in fact, it is the essence of representational state transfer (REST). Instead of converting to a ...
Reuters

X Corp sues social media startup over bid to claim 'Twitter' brand

Dec 16 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's X Corp sued a startup on Tuesday after it sought to cancel X's Twitter trademarks so it can "bring Twitter back" as a new social media platform. X said in the lawsuit, ...
The Verge

Operation Bluebird wants to reclaim Twitter’s ‘abandoned’ trademarks for a new social network

The startup claims X Corp. ‘legally abandoned its rights’ to Twitter’s brand. The startup claims X Corp. ‘legally abandoned its rights’ to Twitter’s brand. is a news writer who covers the streaming ...
Ars Technica

Operation Bluebird wants to relaunch “Twitter,” says Musk abandoned the name and logo

A Virginia startup calling itself “Operation Bluebird” announced this week that it has filed a formal petition with the US Patent and Trademark Office, asking the ...
Polygon

Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender introduces Toph in season 2 teaser trailer

Season 2 of Netflix’s live-action adaptation of Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender premieres next year, and it’s staying true to the original’s structure by focusing on the element of Earth.