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Ars Technica
2 months ago
Privacy professionals

Mozilla's privacy service drops a provider with ties to people-search sites

The $240 billion data broker industry profits from selling private information.
Mozilla cut ties with a key provider of privacy protections, Onerep, due to conflicts of interest. [ more ]
Theregister
2 months ago
Web development

Mozilla fixes $100,000 Firefox zero-days from Pwn2Own event

Mozilla swiftly patched Firefox zero-days demonstrated at Pwn2Own competition.
The vulnerabilities, rated 'critical,' were exploited by Manfred Paul and fixed in Firefox 124.0.1. [ more ]
Ars Technica
3 months ago
Privacy technologies

Mozilla lays off 60 people, wants to build AI into Firefox

Mozilla is cutting about 60 jobs, or 5 percent of its workforce.
The company has been working on multiple projects outside of its core work of making a browser. [ more ]
Theregister
3 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Mozilla lays off five percent of staff and eyes up AI

Mozilla has laid off approximately 60 staff, or around five percent of its workforce.
Mozilla is de-emphasizing its VPN, Relay, and mozilla.social on Mastodon, and considering getting rid of the Hubs chatroom software. [ more ]
TechCrunch
3 months ago
Privacy technologies

Mozilla downsizes as it refocuses on Firefox and AI: Read the memo | TechCrunch

Mozilla is making major changes to its product strategy, including scaling back investment in products like its VPN and Online Footprint Scrubber.
The company will also shut down its Hubs platform and scale back investment in its mozilla.social Mastodon instance. [ more ]
Theregister
3 months ago
Privacy technologies

Mozilla CEO quits, org pivots, but what about Firefox?

Firefox's user base is declining, with only 2.2% of visitors to US government websites using the browser.
Chrome is the top web browser with 48.2% market share. [ more ]
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Mediapost
6 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Mozilla's Future In Chatbots, Large Language Models

Saoud Khalifah, founder of Fakespot, built a data analytics company using AI to identify fake reviews and counterfeit products.
Mozilla acquired Fakespot in April 2021 to support the review process on sites like Amazon.
Fakespot Chat, an AI agent that helps consumers while shopping online, was recently launched by Mozilla. [ more ]
Theregister
6 months ago
Privacy professionals

Google, Amazon, Microsoft make the Mozilla naughty list

Mozilla has labeled several products from Google, Amazon, and Microsoft as 'Privacy Not Included' due to concerns about data collection and security practices.
The report covers over 100 connected products and highlights the worsening state of privacy and security practices by tech giants.
Amazon, in particular, has been criticized for its privacy indiscretions, including retaining voice recordings of children and allegations of employees spying on customers. [ more ]
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