Responding to user feedback, Mozilla says Firefox users will be able to disable all AI features in its desktop browser, starting with Firefox 148 on February 24
Mozilla says Firefox users will be able to disable all AI features in its desktop browser, starting with Firefox 148, rolling out on February 24
In response to user feedback on AI integration, Mozilla announced today that the next Firefox release will let users disable AI features entirely or manage them individually.
Mozilla says it is building AI Window, an opt-in Firefox feature that includes an AI assistant and lets users pick their preferred model, but gives few details
You will be able to chat with the browser's AI assistant in the new AI Window. … Another day, another AI browser.
Mozilla plans to shut down Pocket, the read-it-later service it acquired in 2017, on July 8, and Fakespot, which helps identify unreliable reviews, on July 1
Download Your Saved Articles Before They Disappear Amar Ćemanović / CyberInsider : Mozilla to Shut Down Pocket Service in July, to Allow Exports Until October Samantha Cole / 404 Media : Pocket, One o...
Swiss privacy-focused app developer Proton establishes the Proton Foundation to transition to a nonprofit foundation model, similar to Signal and Mozilla
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Google, Apple, Mozilla, and Microsoft launch Speedometer 3.0, a benchmark to “create a shared understanding of web performance”; Speedometer 2.0 debuted in 2018
Speedometer has long been Google's preferred benchmark, previously noting how it's the “most reflective of the real world” …
Mozilla says Firefox extensions compatible with Android will be “openly available” to users on December 14, with over 400 coming at launch
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Mozilla expands its Mastodon instance to a private beta with strict moderation, saying the company is “not building another self-declared ‘neutral’ platform”
I'm involved with two early stage nonprofits in the space … Steve Teixeira : Interview with me about Mozilla's investments in the Fediverse — https://www.theverge.com/...
Q&A with Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker on the company's history, battling Microsoft, working with rivals, generative AI, WebKit, iOS, Chrome, Mastodon, and more
and cooperating — with Google, Apple, and the rest of Big Tech https://www.theverge.com/... @alexanderchopan : “the closed nature of mobile phones is absolutely worth looking at and being engaged in. ...
Mozilla says the company is doing “exploratory work” for a Gecko-based browser on iOS in case Apple drops its WebKit requirement, after a similar move by Google
Work on a Gecko-based version of Firefox for iOS is underway, again — UPDATED Mozilla is planning for the day when Apple …