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Theregister
1 month 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 ]
TechCrunch
2 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 ]
Theregister
4 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Mozilla CEO wants business to pick up the pace

Mozilla CEO's compensation increased despite declining revenues
Mozilla aims to make an impact in AI and open source development [ more ]
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Will's Blog
2 weeks ago
JavaScript

crashstats-tools v2.0.0 released!

Improved crash reporter Rust rewrite in Firefox nightly build >= 20240321093532.
New crash report data includes crash-reporter/1.0.0 header in raw metadata.user_agent field. [ more ]
Theregister
1 month ago
Web development

Firefox 124 brings more slick moves for Mac and Android

Improved features in Firefox include better fit for Macs and Android devices.
Enhancements like full-screen mode on Macs, gesture for page refresh on Android, caret browsing, and inhibiting screen-savers are notable. [ more ]
Theregister
3 months ago
Web development

Firefox 122 is out, with improved translation

Firefox 122 has several improvements including better page translation, improved Firefox Suggest feature, and support for Apple passkeys
Linux users will see a significant change in how Firefox is packaged, which will affect the majority of Linux users [ more ]
Product Hunt
5 months ago
Web development

browserless.io

Browser automations can be done easily with Puppeteer or Playwright
Version 2.0 includes hosting of headless Chrome, Firefox, and Webkit
New features include NodeJS SDK and residential proxy [ more ]
Engadget
5 months ago
Online marketing

Google admits YouTube's war on ad blockers is resulting in 'suboptimal viewing' experiences

YouTube has implemented an anti-adblocker mechanism that causes delays for some users on Firefox and Edge browsers.
Users report having to wait around five seconds for videos to load on these browsers, while Chrome users don't experience the same delay.
YouTube is trying to encourage viewers with ad blockers to uninstall them or subscribe to YouTube Premium for an ad-free experience. [ more ]
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