Mozilla’s Test Pilot program for Firefox has long been the organization’s way to trial some of its more experimental ideas for new browser features. Now it’s expanding this program to include mobile apps, too, with the launch Firefox Lockbox, of a password manager for iOS, and Notes by Firefox, a note-taking app for Android. Both […]
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Firefox gets speedier tab switching, a new accessibility tool for developers and more
Mozilla today released version 61 of its Firefox browser. By now, it’s no secret that Firefox is back in contention as a serious competitor to Google’s Chrome browser and while the new release doesn’t offer any groundbreaking new features, all of the new improvements and tools in Firefox 61 are good examples for why Firefox […]
View More Firefox gets speedier tab switching, a new accessibility tool for developers and moreFirefox launches side-by-side browsing and a theme editor as Test Pilot experiments
Mozilla’s Firefox is back in the browser game, thanks to its recent updates which now allow it to once again challenge the likes of Google’s Chrome browser. One thing that always made Firefox stand out was its willingness to experiment. In recent years, the organization channeled many of these experiments through its Test Pilot program […]
View More Firefox launches side-by-side browsing and a theme editor as Test Pilot experimentsOutdated website software lets hackers mine cryptocurrencies at your expense
An outdated version of Drupal, a popular content management system, let hackers mine the cryptocurrency Monero on over 300 websites including the websites for the “San Diego Zoo and the government of Chihuahua, Mexico.” A report by Troy Mursch outlined how the hack worked and even showed how much processing power browsers began taking up […]
View More Outdated website software lets hackers mine cryptocurrencies at your expenseFirefox will soon show users ads in new tabs
Free browsers sound nice, but at the end of the day, something’s got to pay the bills.
Mozilla announced last week that its Firefox browser would begin featuring ads, in what Pocket founder and CEO Nate Weiner referred to in a blog post as “a privacy…
Firefox updates its iOS web browser to turn Tracking Protection on by default
At a time when web users are becoming more concerned about their online privacy and personal data, Mozilla today is launching a new version of its Firefox for iOS web browser that includes Tracking Protection turned on by default. That means when you use the browser, websites won’t be able to track your activity and capture […]
View More Firefox updates its iOS web browser to turn Tracking Protection on by defaultYouTube TV now works in Firefox
YouTube TV is finding life inside a browser not built by Google. The live TV service is now running on Firefox after previously being locked down to Chrome. The new development first spotted by YourTechExplained isn’t a massive shock, Google had promised support for other browsers would be coming, but it’s nice to see them hold […]
View More YouTube TV now works in FirefoxNew kind of ‘Congratulations’ pop-up ad could hide something more sinister
Pop-up ads have long been the scourge of the internet. But the rise of ad blockers, plus anti-pop-up moves by Google and Firefox had given us hope that those days would soon be behind us.
So why are even the most tech-savvy among us starting to…
Firefox can now block those annoying notification requests
Virtually every random site you go to these days wants you to subscribe to its push notifications. It’s one of the many small annoyances on the open web, but thankfully, those pop ups may not be for long — at least if you are a Firefox user. With the release of Firefox 59 for the […]
Firefox can now block those annoying notification requests
Virtually every random site you go to these days wants you to subscribe to its push notifications. It’s one of the many small annoyances on the open web, but thankfully, those pop ups may not be for long — at least if you are a Firefox user. With the release of Firefox 59 for the desktop, Mozilla is adding a useful little feature to its browser that lets you stop websites from… Read More
If you use Firefox, you need to update it right now
Firefox Quantum is a great browser, but it has a security flaw.
A Cisco report published Tuesday and spotted by The Hacker News revealed a Mozilla Firefox vulnerability that could allow hackers to remotely mess with users’ computers.
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Firefox’s Quantum update will block websites from tracking you 24/7
Mozilla’s speedy Firefox Quantum browser hit the ground running when it rolled out in November.
On Tuesday, Mozilla released an update to the browser, called Firefox 58. Its most significant feature: 24/7 tracking protection.
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