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 ...

In a nutshell: Matrix is an open standard designed to enable seamless and interoperable communication among various service providers. The protocol aspires to be for instant messaging what the Simple ...