Mozilla is adding vertical tabs, profile management, and local AI to Firefox
Giving Firefox users what they most want, according to Mozilla
Firefox adds support for RTX Video, upscaling up to 4K HDR
Firefox 126 now supports RTX Video super resolution and HDR, enhancing streamed videos on PCs equipped with GeForce RTX graphics cards.
Zero regrets: Firefox power user kept 7,500 tabs open for two years
Firefox fan's 7,500 simultaneous tabs show browser's memory efficiency
In brief: For most of us, having more than a couple dozen browser tabs open at once feels like a cluttered nightmare. But for one software engineer, managing nearly 7,500 active Firefox tabs is just another day at the office.
Microsoft Edge continues upward trend on PC, even as it remains 9th on mobile
Despite coming in 2nd on desktop, Edge is yet to make a dent on mobile
Firefox adds caret browsing in PDFs, improves tab management
Firefox 124 extends the caret browsing mode to the PDF viewer, extends tab management in Firefox View, refines the macOS full screen experience, and resolves various security issues.
Firefox introduces support for passkeys on macOS
In addition to using passkeys stored in iCloud Keychain, Firefox 122 enhances the translations feature. Also, it now displays images and descriptions when searching in the browser's address bar.
Mozilla calls on Apple, Google, and Microsoft to create a more level playing field in the browser market
The Firefox developer has compiled a list of platform-holder tricks that thwart competition
Mozilla pivots towards AI future as Firefox market share declines
CEO Mitchell Baker is making a lot of money but wants to increase the pace of progress
Mozilla raked in almost $600 million in 2022, thanks to Google
The big "G" keeps Mozilla sailing smoothly, but remaining relevant won't be so easy
YouTube begins fighting ad blockers by slowing down load times
Five-second delays before videos, plus Chrome working to limit ad blockers next year
Firefox 120 arrives with new privacy and security features
Firefox is adding new privacy tools, such as "Tell websites not to sell or share my data" and "Copy Link Without Site Tracking" context menus to copy a link without any tracking information.
A 22-year-old Firefox bug was finally fixed by a young code contributor
What just happened? For the entire history of Mozilla's Firefox project, users have occasionally experienced the infamous "persisting tooltip" bug. The issue has now been fixed for good, thanks to a code contribution by a programmer that's just one year older than the bug itself.
Firefox 118 brings automated local translations
Mozilla's latest Firefox release brings automated web content translations done locally, font improvements, and video effects on Google Meet.
Firefox users can now import Chrome extensions, but there's a catch
Mozilla plans to expand support for other browsers in the future
Firefox "finally" beats Chrome (in a decade-old JS benchmark)
What just happened? A recent preview version of Firefox was seemingly able to beat Chrome in the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark, an old speed test from Apple's WebKit team. The team celebrated and posted a screenshot of the feat even though other more recent benchmarks continue to rank Google's browser as the fastest overall.
Firefox 116 debuts new sidebar switcher, multiple security fixes
Firefox 116 adds a new sidebar switcher for accessing Bookmarks, History, and Synced Tabs, along with a new volume slider on Picture-in-Picture mode. Security fixes and more.
Firefox 115 will be the last to support Windows 7, 8 and older macOS versions
Mozilla announced they will end support for Windows 7, Windows 8, macOS Sierra, High Sierra, and Mojave with Firefox 115. However, users that migrate to the Extended Support Release channel will continue to receive security updates until September 2024.
Mozilla apologizes for unskippable VPN ads shown in Firefox
After user backlash, Mozilla stops the "madness" of mandatory ads in its browser
Firefox 113 improves search bar prediction, picture-in-picture controls
Firefox 113 is an important update that adds rewind and video duration to its picture-in-picture controls, improves the search bar history and options, adds AV1 support and more.
Mozilla acquires review-checking service Fakespot, Firefox integration incoming
Mozilla will use AI to spot fake reviews and e-commerce scams on Firefox
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Firefox 112.0 improves performance with Intel GPU, bugfixes, and more
The open source browser is getting faster and faster by the month
Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Windows Defender bug that was killing Firefox performance
Too many calls to the Windows kernel were stealing Firefox's thunder
Firefox will support Windows 7/8 until at least 2024
Mozilla won't abandon Microsoft's tried and tested platform anytime soon
Firefox 110 enables GPU sandboxing on Windows
The latest Firefox release enables GPU sandboxing on Windows, improves video playback on non-Intel GPUs, and allows user data imports from Opera and Vivaldi.