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Mozilla releases Firefox version 100 this week

Enlarge / A special 100th-version splash page appears on the first launch of a new Firefox installation. (credit: Samuel Axon) Firefox released its 100th update, and some fanfare accompanied the release on Mozilla’s blog about the web browser. Firefox 100 is available this week for both desktop and mobile versions. To celebrate, Mozilla says it […]

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Mozilla apparently makes and is discontinuing a VR version of Firefox

Enlarge (credit: Mozilla) If you didn’t know that Mozilla made a VR-specific version of Firefox called Firefox Reality, then it’s OK for you to continue not knowing, because Mozilla announced today that it would be discontinuing support for the browser a little over three years after introducing it. The Spanish co-op Igalia will pick up […]

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Firefox 95 for Windows and Mac introduces RLBox, a new sandboxing tech

Enlarge / A minimalist view of the Firefox web browser. (credit: Firefox) Mozilla has released the latest version of Firefox, Firefox 95, for Windows and macOS. It’s available now for all users on both platforms. The Firefox team says the new macOS version reduces CPU usage during event processing and that power usage is reduced […]

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Firefox 94 for iOS and Android adds new features for bookmarks and tabs

Enlarge / Mozilla’s current logo for Firefox. (credit: Mozilla) Today, Mozilla updated the mobile versions of its Firefox web browser on iOS and Android with an overhauled home page and a new tab management feature. Mozilla wrote in a blog post today announcing the update that the mobile version of the browser is specifically designed […]

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Today’s Firefox 91 release adds new site-wide cookie-clearing action

Enlarge / This menacing firefox seems to be on the prowl for unwanted third-party cookies. (credit: Hung Chung Chih via Getty Images) Mozilla’s Firefox 91, released this morning, includes a new privacy management feature called Enhanced Cookie Clearing. The new feature allows users to manage all cookies and locally stored data generated by a particular […]

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Firefox 89 delivered more speed—today’s Firefox 90 adds SmartBlock 2.0

Enlarge / The red panda of the Internet just keeps getting better. (credit: Kiszon Pascal via Getty Images) Today, Mozilla launched Firefox 90. The newest version of Mozilla’s increasingly privacy-focused browser adds improved print-to-PDF functionality, individual exceptions to HTTPS-only mode, an about:third-party page to help identify compatibility issues introduced by third-party applications, and a new […]

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The Internet needs a Richard Simmons

If the Internet was a patient, its health would be so poor that it risks not only its own wellbeing but that of everyone around it.  This characterization comes from the mouth of Mozilla executive director Mark Surman, who was summarizing the nonprofit’s annual Internet Health Report. The report, released on Thursday, relies on knowledge […]

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Mozilla takes aim in Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey

Our assignment that will assist you browse the new ordinary is fueled by readers. To enjoy unlimited access to our own journalism, subscribe now . Mozilla is hoping strength in numbers can assist convince Facebook along with Twitter to disable 2 important characteristics that it says assist spread misinformation throughout the presidential elections. The non, famous […]