The Verge just interviewed @evan@cosocial.ca, Research Director at @swf@socialwebfoundation.org, and co-author of #ActivityPub.

[atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org]

The Verge just interviewed @evan@cosocial.ca, Research Director at @swf@socialwebfoundation.org, and co-author of #ActivityPub. And he shares some big news:

• The W3C is working on end to end encryption for activity pub
• The W3C is also working on group standards that have interoperability across the #Fediverse
• Evan predicts a big 100M+ user network joining the Fediverse, and it’s not Threads

We can’t quit electric cars — or robotaxis

The future of cars in the US and China, the state of ActivityPub and the fediverse, and the true price of Apple’s iPhone 16E, on The Vergecast.

The Verge (www.theverge.com)

@fediversenews@piefed.social

[fairlight@c.im]

@atomicpoet @fediversenews great news here, to be honest. That is a great sign.

[shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol]

Hyperlink to article unrelated, lol.

[openrisk@mastodon.social]

@atomicpoet @fediversenews thats spelled "Prodromou" I believe

[atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org]

@openrisk@mastodon.social @fediversenews@piefed.social Thanks. Fixed!

[sabrew4k3@lazysoci.al]

It's a video. The first half is about Tesla, the second half is about ActivityPub

[sabrew4k3@lazysoci.al]

It's interesting that Evan Prodromou mentions groups, but doesn't mention Lemmy, Friendica or even the Guppe group implementation.

[atomicpoet@piefed.social]

Evan’s job is to help build a standard implementation for groups for the W3C. He is also trying to pitch ActivityPub to organizations big and small.

[luiscarlosgonzalez@mastodon.social]

@atomicpoet @fediversenews It's not the megalovania I was waiting for. When I was testing Threads, I was very optimistic. "The Megalovania of the fediverse is arriving!" But then it fade out

[stevenray@sfba.social]

@atomicpoet @fediversenews this is enormous! Great stuff!

[2something@transfem.social]

@stevenray@sfba.social @atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org @fediversenews@piefed.social I am guessing they're referring to Tumblr.

[stevenray@sfba.social]

@2something @atomicpoet @fediversenews thanks, I'd wondered that but didn't know the size of their user community. Looks like 300M active users each month. That'd definitely be good progress.

[2something@transfem.social]

@stevenray@sfba.social @atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org @fediversenews@piefed.social Just gotta deal with their bigot CEO.

[stevenray@sfba.social]

@2something @atomicpoet @fediversenews ah, really? Yuck.

[cabbage@piefed.social]

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[cabbage@piefed.social]

I would honestly have been worried if the main people behind the protocol were busy trying to gatekeeep it.