@gemlog
Slashdot is among the few tech-related RSS feeds I'm subscribed to, together with The Register, Phoronix and a couple of personal blogs.
They are on Fedi too: https://mastodon.cloud/@slashdot
Not sure if that is official, but it looks like one, rather than some third-party bot.
And you're right about the rest, federation and self-hosting are our strength! 🦾