Mozilla plans to use Firefox's installer to set it as the default browser on Windows 11

Mozilla plans to use Firefox's installer to set it as the default browser on Windows 11

Mozilla has a plan to help users set Firefox as the default browser on Windows 11. It will do it automatically for you when you install it on your computer. That doesn't […]

Firefox 132: Mozilla paves way for 4K Netflix playback

Mozilla plans to release Firefox 132 Stable today. The new version of Firefox ships with a number of major changes, including support for Microsoft PlayReady, tracking protection improvements, and more. Both Firefox […]

Mozilla releases second Firefox 131 security update

Mozilla plans to release the third point update for Firefox 131 later today. It is the second security related update for Firefox 131. Just last week, Mozilla released Firefox 131.0.2, a critical […]

Mozilla's massive lapse in judgement causes clash with uBlock Origin developer

Software developers who publish their products on third-party stores face all kinds of problems sometimes. From rejected apps or extensions to removed products or unjustified claims about them. Raymond "gorhill" Hill, maker […]

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Mozilla extends Firefox 115 support for old Windows and macOS devices

Firefox 115 is the last version of the Firefox web browser that is compatible with several old versions of Windows or macOS. This affects Windows 7, 8, and 8.1, and macOS 10.12 […]

Firefox Nightly: Mozilla makes it easier to test vertical tabs

The latest Firefox Nightly release makes it easier to test vertical tabs and the browser's new sidebar. Mozilla launched support for the, much requested, vertical tabs feature in Firefox in June. Back […]

Mozilla is investigating huge Telemetry performance issues in Firefox for Android

Mozilla, maker of the open source Firefox web browser, has launched an investigation to analyze the impact of Telemetry on the browser's performance on Android. According to the initial report, Telemetry is […]

Mozilla confirms it will add Tab Groups, Vertical Tabs, Profile Management to Firefox

Mozilla confirms it will add Tab Groups, Vertical Tabs, Profile Management to Firefox

Mozilla has officially announced a roadmap that outlines some important features which will be added to Firefox. Notable additions will include support for Tab Groups, Vertical Tabs, and a better Profile Management […]

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Mozilla blames recaptcha issue in Firefox on Google

Mozilla confirmed a recaptcha issue in the organization's Firefox web browser yesterday evening. Affected Firefox users see a spinning animation when they try to solve the captcha, which means that they are […]

Mozilla Firefox 125 brings text highlighting in PDFs, URL Paste Suggestion

Mozilla Firefox 125 brings text highlighting in PDFs, URL Paste Suggestion

Mozilla is set to release Firefox 125 to the stable channel today. The update brings a handful of improvements, including support for text highlighting in PDFs, Tab Indicators in Firefox View. Update: […]

Mozilla released a Firefox Nightly test build with vertical tabs

Mozilla released a Firefox Nightly test build recently that includes support for vertical tabs. This new functionality is not available in regular Firefox Nightly builds, but there is a way to get […]

Breaking: Mozilla changes strategy, focuses on Firefox and AI

It has been less than a week since the new interim CEO took over the reigns from long-time Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker. Today news broke that Mozilla is changing its product strategy […]

Breaking: Mozilla has a new CEO

Mozilla has a new CEO. The announcement on Mozilla's official web blog confirms that Mitchell Baker is no longer Mozilla's CEO. Mozilla's new CEO is Laura Chambers, who has been a Mozilla […]

Firefox 121: Mozilla ends 2023 with a bang

Firefox 121 is the last major release of the Firefox web browser of 2023. The new release introduces major changes, such as AV1 hardware decoding support on Windows, support for voice commands […]

Mozilla VPN: security audit results and new features announced

Mozilla published the results of a security audit of its Mozilla VPN service last week. The organization unveiled new Mozilla VPN features last week as well. We followed Mozilla's VPN solution loosely […]

Mozilla earned close to $600 million in 2022

Mozilla published its audited financial statement for the year 2022 this week. Revenue has stayed approximately the same, but a certain trend starts to make a noticeable impact on the organization's revenue. […]

Mozilla launches AI shopping helper Fakespot Chat

Fakespot Chat is an AI-powered shopping helper by Mozilla-owned Fakespot. Fakespot is a free service designed to analyze product reviews online to provide Internet users with adjusted ratings. The main idea behind […]

Mozilla doubles Firefox Translations languages in Firefox Nightly

Mozilla introduced a local translation feature in the organization's Firefox web browser recently. Local translations are the holy grail when it comes to privacy. Integrated cloud-translate features such as Google Translate require […]

Mozilla is renaming Firefox accounts to Mozilla accounts

Mozilla announced today that it is renaming Firefox accounts to Mozilla accounts. One of the main purposes of a Firefox account is the synchronization of data between different Firefox installations on the […]

Mozilla patches critical WebP security issue in Firefox and Thunderbird

Mozilla has released security updates for all supported versions of its Firefox web browser as well as for the email client Thunderbird. The updates address a critical security issue in WebP that […]

Mozilla disables Pull-to-refresh by default in Firefox for Android

Android users who download Mozilla's Firefox web browser to their devices for the first time may notice that the browser's pull-to-refresh feature is not turned on by default. Mozilla introduced pull-to-refresh relatively […]

Mozilla Firefox 117 beta brings an automatic translator for websites

Mozilla Firefox 117 beta brings an automatic language translator for websites, and it works offline

Mozilla Firefox is bringing an automatic translator for websites. The feature is currently available in Firefox 117 beta. This feature has existed in Chrome for ages, but unlike Google's browser, which sends […]

Mozilla transitions Pocket to use Firefox Accounts exclusively

Pocket users who are still using a non-Firefox account to sign-in have about two months left before Mozilla is removing the options and requiring them to sign-in using a Firefox account. Mozilla, […]

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Mozilla will launch data removal service Firefox Monitor Premium soon

Mozilla plans to launch Firefox Monitor Premium, a commercial service to remove personal information from the Internet, soon in the United States. Firefox Monitor Premium is an extension of Firefox Monitor, a […]

Shaping the future: Explore Mozilla's Responsible AI Challenge

Mozilla, the nonprofit organization behind the Firefox web browser, has announced the winners of its Responsible AI Challenge. The challenge, which was launched in March 2023, sought to identify and support early-stage […]

Mozilla confirms Firefox's end of support for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 systems

Mozilla, maker of the open source Firefox web browser, has confirmed the end of support date of Firefox for the Microsoft operating systems Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 Microsoft ended […]

Mozilla showed VPN ads in Firefox before suspending them

Some Mozilla Firefox users have received popup advertisement in the browser recently. Mozilla used the ad to promote its own Mozilla VPN service to users of the browser. The campaign has now […]

Mozilla acquires fake review detecting service Fakespot

Mozilla announced the acquisition of Fakespot, a service to detect fake reviews and scams, on May 2, 2023. User reviews are a cornerstone of the Internet shopping experience. Other customers may leave […]

Mozilla confirms memory leak in Firefox

Mozilla confirmed a rare memory leak in recent versions of its open source web browser Firefox that occurs under rare conditions. The organization released Firefox 112.0.1 a few days ago, the latest […]

Mozilla removes Bypass Paywalls Clean extension from its add-ons repository

Why Mozilla's decision to remove Bypass Paywalls Clean extension is a wake-up call for internet users everywhere

Bypass Paywalls Clean is a popular extension for Firefox, Chrome, which as the name suggests, circumvents paid subscriptions on popular websites, allowing users to read the content for free. The add-on is […]

FastForward add-on has been silently removed from Mozilla's AMO

FastForward add-on has been silently removed from Mozilla's AMO

The popular link shortener, intermediary page skipping add-on, FastForward has been removed from Mozilla's AMO. It is unclear why the extension was delisted. For those unaware of it, FastForward was created as […]

Mozilla's New Startup: Building an Open-Source AI Ecosystem with Trustworthiness and Transparency

Mozilla has announced the establishment of a startup named Mozilla.ai, aimed at developing an open-source AI ecosystem that is both trustworthy and independent. The startup will be headed by Moez Draief, an […]

Mozilla integrates Firefox Relay deeper into Firefox

Mozilla launched Firefox 111.0 earlier this week. It was a smaller update for the supported desktop platforms that introduced native notifications support on Windows. The release notes contained just four entries, one […]

FVD Video Downloader extension is redirecting users to malicious web pages

Mozilla removes FVD Video Downloader extension from its add-ons store

The FVD Video Downloader is no longer available on Mozilla's add-on repository. Some Firefox users had complained that the add-on was redirecting them to a malicious page. Mozilla bans the FVD Video […]

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Mozilla: Top Android apps exploit privacy loopholes

Mozilla claims that top Android applications, such as Facebook, Minecraft, TikTok or Twitter exploit privacy loopholes on Google Play. The organization analyzed 40 of the most popular applications on Android in its See […]

Mozilla CEO Hints at Developing iPhone Browser without WebKit

Mozilla CEO Hints at Developing iPhone Browser without WebKit

New regulatory requirements being introduced in the European Union may compel Apple to abandon its longstanding practice of mandating the use of the WebKit engine in all iPhone and iPad browsers, including […]

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Mozilla changes Firefox's user agent because of Internet Explorer 11

Microsoft retired its Internet Explorer 11 web browser in 2022 officially to concentrate fully on Microsoft Edge. While Internet Explorer is disabled on most systems and from the focus of most developers, […]

Mozilla, Google and Apple are building a new browser benchmark

Mozilla, Google and Apple are building a new browser benchmark

Mozilla, Google and Apple have announced that they are working together to build a new browser benchmark. The service will be called Speedometer 3. You may have heard of Speedometer, which is […]

Firefox for Android Nightly adds support for 5 more extensions

Mozilla hints at unlocking more add-ons for Firefox for Android

Mozilla announced the general availability of five additional extensions for Firefox for Android last week. The five extensions, Firefox Relay, Tampermonkey, Read Aloud, Adnauseum and ClearURLs, may now be installed in Firefox […]

Mozilla and Microsoft distrust TrustCor root certificates in their browsers

Mozilla and Microsoft have taken action against three root certificates by TrustCor. These root certificates are now distrusted by the browsers. Mozilla set the distrust date to November 30, 2022, while Microsoft […]