Mozilla News and Articles

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.

By Ivan Franco, November 20, 2023, 2:27 PM

Software The Web

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.

Full story By Alfonso Maruccia, October 11, 2023, 9:03 AM

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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.

By Erik Orejuela, September 27, 2023, 8:42 AM

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Mozilla warns of potential dark patterns in new browser choice screens coming to Europe

Design matters

In brief: The European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA) will impose new rules on several tech giants when it's introduced next year, including providing users with browser choice screens that lets them pick a default option. That might sound good, but Mozilla warns that these screens need to be designed in a way that promotes all products equally, not just those from a specific vendor.

Full story By Rob Thubron, September 25, 2023, 6:55 AM

Security Google

Google and Mozilla patch their internet tools against a critical security flaw

In the modern web, a "malicious" WebP image can turn your browser into a danger

By Alfonso Maruccia, September 13, 2023, 8:42 AM

Car Tech

Modern cars are a privacy nightmare, according to Mozilla

Guess which company was the worst?

By Rob Thubron, September 7, 2023, 5:19 AM 9 comments

AI Microsoft

Mozilla mockingly asks Microsoft to clarify users' data exploitation for AI training practices

Experts from the Foundation were unable to discern Microsoft's true intent

By Alfonso Maruccia, September 5, 2023, 11:14 AM

Software The Web

Firefox users can now import Chrome extensions, but there's a catch

Mozilla plans to expand support for other browsers in the future

By Kishalaya Kundu, August 28, 2023, 7:48 AM

Software The Web

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.

Full story By Alfonso Maruccia, August 17, 2023, 11:13 AM

Security

Mozilla VPN client security on Linux is broken with no patch in sight

SUSE Linux developers discovered the flaw, Mozilla didn't respond for 90 days

By Alfonso Maruccia, August 7, 2023, 9:31 AM

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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.

By Ivan Franco, August 2, 2023, 12:22 PM

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Thunderbird 115 Supernova yearly update is massive

Mozilla Thunderbird latest release is a complete visual and technical overhaul for the email client, adding a modernized cards view, a customizable unified toolbar, an improved calendar and more.

By Erik Orejuela, July 13, 2023, 10:38 AM

The Web AI

Mozilla's AI Help infects web documentation with GPT hallucinations

A monumentally bad idea which proves to be "worse than useless"

By Alfonso Maruccia, July 4, 2023, 9:58 PM

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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.

By Erik Orejuela, June 2, 2023, 2:07 PM

AI Tech Culture

Mozilla's responsible AI challenge top award goes to an anti-AI watermark technology

The open-source foundation awarded $100,000 to three "trustworthy" AI solutions

By Alfonso Maruccia, June 2, 2023, 8:47 AM

Software The Web

Mozilla apologizes for unskippable VPN ads shown in Firefox

After user backlash, Mozilla stops the "madness" of mandatory ads in its browser

By Alfonso Maruccia, May 29, 2023, 7:59 AM

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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.

By Erik Orejuela, May 10, 2023, 1:52 PM

Software

Mozilla is working to add paid services to Thunderbird

The corporation has no plans to charge money for standard features in the mail client

By Alfonso Maruccia, May 10, 2023, 8:15 AM

The Web Software

Mozilla acquires review-checking service Fakespot, Firefox integration incoming

Mozilla will use AI to spot fake reviews and e-commerce scams on Firefox

By Alfonso Maruccia, May 3, 2023, 9:03 AM

Software The Web

Firefox 112.0 improves performance with Intel GPU, bugfixes, and more

The open source browser is getting faster and faster by the month

By Alfonso Maruccia, April 12, 2023, 7:26 AM 9 comments

Security Software

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

By Alfonso Maruccia, April 10, 2023, 9:17 AM 14 comments

Software Security

Firefox will support Windows 7/8 until at least 2024

Mozilla won't abandon Microsoft's tried and tested platform anytime soon

By Alfonso Maruccia, March 29, 2023, 8:16 AM 19 comments

The Web AI

Mozilla wants to put ethics back into AI with the "Responsible AI Challenge"

The future of AI is now, and it needs a more responsible approach towards society

By Alfonso Maruccia, March 16, 2023, 2:13 PM

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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.

By Erik Orejuela, February 15, 2023, 7:19 AM

Software

Mozilla developers are remaking Thunderbird, sort of

Refreshing a crumbling and unsustainable architecture full of technical debts

By Alfonso Maruccia, February 10, 2023, 9:05 AM 15 comments