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Firefox 78: Protections dashboard, new developer features... and the end of the line for older macOS versions

New Regular Expression evaluator borrowed from Chromium V8 – a sign of more collaboration to come?

01 Jul 2020

Talk about the fox guarding the hen house. Comcast to handle DNS-over-HTTPS for Firefox-using subscribers

Last November: These ISPs know too much! June: God bless the ISPs

26 Jun 2020

At Mozilla VPN stands for Vague Product News: Foundation reveals security product will launch eventually, with temporary pricing, in unspecified places

But it does have a name. 'Firefox Private Network' is out, ‘Mozilla VPN’ is in.

19 Jun 2020

Update Firefox: Mozilla just patched three hijack-me holes and a bunch of other flaws

Plus: Zoom fixes code-execution security bugs

04 Jun 2020

Prepare to have your shonky password hygiene shamed by Firefox 76

Mozilla's finest shores up security features among other tweaks

06 May 2020

We could all do with a bit of empathy in our systems, says Mozilla as it ships Firefox 75 in the thick of global pandemic

Also: Interim CEO Mitchell Baker drops the 'interim' part

08 Apr 2020

Mozilla plugs two Firefox browser holes exploited in the wild by hackers to hijack victims' computers

Update now before it's too late

06 Apr 2020

We're number two! Microsoft's Edge browser slips past Firefox in latest set of NetMarketShare figures

Though Statcounter puts Moz's finest second. Chrome still top dog

06 Apr 2020

If you use Twitter with Firefox in a shared computer account, you may have slightly spilled some private data on that PC

HTTP header ends in own goal

02 Apr 2020

Firefox to burn FTP out of its browser, starting slowly in version 77 due in April

Already sin-binned it in 2018, will keep it around in extended support until 2021, and is way behind Chrome

20 Mar 2020

Firefox 74 slams Facebook in solitary confinement: Browser add-on stops social network stalking users across the web

Prompt to install enhanced extension is the first thing you'll see

12 Mar 2020

If you're serious about browser privacy, you should probably pass on Edge or Yandex, claims Dublin professor

Merging search and address bar means more data for the tech giants

27 Feb 2020

Firefox now defaults to DNS-over-HTTPS for US netizens and some are dischuffed about this

Good for privacy – or an alarming move towards further internet centralisation?

25 Feb 2020

Firefox 72: Floating videos, blocking fingerprints, and defeating notification pop-ups

UpdatedBeefy Firefox release despite new 4-weekly release cycle, but users stick stubbornly to Google Chrome

08 Jan 2020

Mozilla locks nosy Avast, AVG extensions out of Firefox store amid row over web privacy

Add-ons accused of slurping every URL netizens visit

04 Dec 2019

Newly born Firefox 71 emerges from its den – with its own VPN and some privacy tricks

Mozilla continues exploring privacy as a source of revenue

04 Dec 2019

Minigame: Celebrate Firefox 70's release by finding a website with 70+ trackers blocked

Yeah, it's not us

22 Oct 2019

Hold up, ace. Before you strap into Firefox's latest Test Pilot, ask yourself...

How much do I trust Mozilla with my data?

13 Sep 2019

Up your remote-working game with application modernisation and delivery – and more: Watch these virtual sessions

Wipro’s new CEO plans ‘obsession for growth’ as plague slowed it in Q1

If you have Microsoft 365 and Windows Virtual Desktop, do you need Citrix? Apparently

With a wave of Nokia's wand, behold as your 4G network magically becomes... 5G

Cornwall councillor suggests authority paid £2m for Oracle licences that no one used on contract originally worth £4m

Brit retailer John Lewis to catapult 111 tech bods over to Capgemini weeks after dumping 244 on Wipro

You're testing them wrong: Whiteboard coding interviews are 'anti-women psychological stress examinations'

When you see PWA, Microsoft and Google want you to think Programs With Attitude: Web app release tool tweaked

Cambridge student rebuilds Polish Enigma-code-breaking box that paved the way for Turing ... and Victory!

Citrix denies dark web claim of network compromise and ransomware attack

Old-school security hole perfect for worms and remote hijackings found lurking in Windows Server DNS code

So kind of SAP NetWeaver to hand out admin accounts to anyone who can reach it. You'll want to patch this

Safety first: Our Continuous Lifecycle Online tech event this week puts infrastructure security front and centre

Rancher rides off into the SUSE-set after acquisition by Linux outfit

Microsoft integrates Azure Functions with Dapr – for when you run Azure Functions outside Azure. Confused yet?

Languishing lodash library loophole finally fitted for a fix: It's only taken since October to address security bug

With another NHS overhaul in the offing, £200m up for grabs in northern England for pretty much anything related to IT

USA ends Hong Kong's special treatment, crimping flow of tech to territory

Pakistan pitches ‘most relaxed tax structure’ in the world to tech investors

Google creates $10bn 'digitisation fund' for India

Chinese mobile giant OPPO claims new 125W fast-charging spec will fully fuel your phone in 20 minutes

AMD pushes 64-core, 4.3GHz Ryzen Threadripper Pro workstation processors

As the FCC finally starts tackling its dreadful broadband maps, Georgia reveals just how bad they are

Google: OK, OK, we pinky promise not to suck Fitbit health data into the borg. Now will you approve the sale?

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a charred white dwarf star blasted across our galaxy by an ancient semi-supernova

Trump U-turns on foreign student crackdown: F-1, M-1 visa holders allowed to study online mid-pandemic in the US

Double helping of delays for SpaceX as Starlink, ANASIS-II missions cling to terra firma

Japanese probe to land asteroid rock sample in Australia on December 6th

Four years after swallowing Arm Holdings, SoftBank said to be mulling Brit chip biz sale

Fancy some fishy-chips? Just order one of these sensors: Research shines light on suspect component sources

Singapore-sponsored finance blockchain ready to run international payments, say financial heavies

You've think you've heard it all about automation in technology? Get a load of this robot that plugs in cables

Google employs people to invent colours – and they think their work improves your wellbeing

Cornish drinkers catch a different kind of buzz as pub installs electric fence at bar

All in all it's just another bork on the wall: For pity's sake, begs signage, climb onto the pub's roof and boot me up

Hungry? Please enjoy this delicious NaN, courtesy of British Gas and Sainsbury's

Articles about Firefox

Firefox 78: Protections dashboard, new developer features... and the end of the line for older macOS versions

Talk about the fox guarding the hen house. Comcast to handle DNS-over-HTTPS for Firefox-using subscribers

At Mozilla VPN stands for Vague Product News: Foundation reveals security product will launch eventually, with temporary pricing, in unspecified places

Update Firefox: Mozilla just patched three hijack-me holes and a bunch of other flaws

Prepare to have your shonky password hygiene shamed by Firefox 76

We could all do with a bit of empathy in our systems, says Mozilla as it ships Firefox 75 in the thick of global pandemic

Mozilla plugs two Firefox browser holes exploited in the wild by hackers to hijack victims' computers

We're number two! Microsoft's Edge browser slips past Firefox in latest set of NetMarketShare figures

If you use Twitter with Firefox in a shared computer account, you may have slightly spilled some private data on that PC

Firefox to burn FTP out of its browser, starting slowly in version 77 due in April

Firefox 74 slams Facebook in solitary confinement: Browser add-on stops social network stalking users across the web

If you're serious about browser privacy, you should probably pass on Edge or Yandex, claims Dublin professor

Firefox now defaults to DNS-over-HTTPS for US netizens and some are dischuffed about this

Firefox 72: Floating videos, blocking fingerprints, and defeating notification pop-ups

Mozilla locks nosy Avast, AVG extensions out of Firefox store amid row over web privacy

Newly born Firefox 71 emerges from its den – with its own VPN and some privacy tricks

Minigame: Celebrate Firefox 70's release by finding a website with 70+ trackers blocked

Hold up, ace. Before you strap into Firefox's latest Test Pilot, ask yourself...

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