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Mozilla can now monitor the dark web for your personal data for a fee
Mozilla wants to help keep your sensitive information out of the wrong hands
Identity theft is now a persistent threat in the digital age, and your personal data has only become more widely available as the internet has evolved. Even if you’ve only used your email address on a few websites, for example, your information is at risk. The dark web — the portion of the internet that is not indexed by search engines — has become an area where this type of information is sold and exchanged. Everything from your home address to your credit card numbers can circulate on the dark web, but there are services designed to reduce the risk. One organization that prioritizes privacy is Mozilla, and it’s rolling out a new paid service to do just that.
Mozilla states Microsoft uses "harmful designs" to advertise Edge
The company published a full report breaking down all of Microsoft's tactics.
Have you ever tried to download Chrome or Firefox using Edge? You've likely experienced this after buying a brand-new PC and opening Edge to download your preferred browser. If you've ever been annoyed by how clingy Microsoft can get, you'll be pleased to hear that Mozilla shares your sentiment; so much so that it has published a 74-page report dissecting and analyzing Mircosoft's tactics to get people to use Edge.
Best web browsers for Windows in 2023
There are plenty of options when it comes to web browsers for Windows, but if you're trying to choose one, here are our top recommendations.
Most of what we do on our computers, whether they're running Windows 11 or another operating system, is browsing the web. Checking your social networks, doing research, writing, or anything else, the browser is the most used app on most computers, so it's important to have a good one. And if you're not sure which one is best for you, this list should help you out.
Mozilla Firefox now allows you to search for bookmarks
Mozilla Firefox 114 is now available with lots of new features including searching for bookmarks and enhancements to browser history.
Mozilla Firefox is among the best web browsers that you can use right now and while it isn't as feature-rich as the market leader, Google Chrome, Mozilla still updates it with new capabilities regularly. Now, the company has rolled out version 114 of the browser with several interesting changes.
Mozilla acquires Fakespot to detect fake product reviews in Firefox
Fakespot integration will help Mozilla Firefox flag and analyze fake reviews on Amazon and other online stores
Reviews are essential to the online shopping experience. Since users can’t inspect the product in person, they let customer reviews be the judge of quality. But scammers exploit that reliability by faking positive reviews. Many have even switched to AI tools to fake product reviews: the words “as an AI language model…” are showing up more often in online product reviews.
Mozilla Firefox for Android takes privacy to a new level with latest update
Mozilla is bringing its powerful Total Cookie Protection feature to Firefox for Android.
Mozilla is bringing its Total Cookie Protection feature found in its desktop browser to Android. The feature provides protection against cross-site tracking, preventing one website from tracking your activity across multiple websites. So how does this work? Well, Mozilla creates a separate instance where it stores cookies for each website. By isolating the cookie, it prevents a website from tracking you across the internet.
Mozilla's Firefox Android extensions bring a more comfortable and safe mobile browsing experience
Mozilla is introducing three new Firefox Android extensions to enhance the mobile browsing experience.
While the browsing experience on mobile is pretty good, it still doesn't really match what you'd find on a desktop or laptop. But over time, things have slowly gotten better, and Mozilla's latest extensions aim to provide users new tools in order to further enhance the mobile browsing experience.
Speedometer 3 promises cross-platform browser benchmarking that’s way more accurate
Google, Apple, and Mozilla are collaborating on the new Speedometer 3.0 benchmarking test to ensure it better reflects real-world performance.
The makers of Firefox, Chrome and the Safari web browser are uniting under a common cause. Announced this morning is a new collaboration between Mozilla, Google, and Apple on Speedometer 3, a new version of the popular cross-platform web-based benchmark that measures overall performance for real-world tasks in a web browser based on demo applications.
Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to all users
Over two years since its debut, Firefox is now finally rolling out its Total Cookie Protection by default to all users worldwide.
In February last year, Mozilla rolled out a new feature called Total Cookie Protection for its popular Firefox web browser. The feature allowed users to stop cookies from tracking them across the web by creating a separate cookie jar for every website. At launch, Mozilla restricted Total Cookie Protection to Firefox users with the Enhanced Tracking Protection mode enabled. With Firefox 89, the company extended the same protection to Private Browsing windows by default. And now, Firefox is finally rolling out Total Cookie Protection by default to all Firefox desktop users worldwide.
Mozilla shares how it plans to implement Manifest V3 in Firefox
Mozilla has outlined its next steps for implementing Manifest V3 in Firefox. The company says it will take a different approach than Chrome.
Mozilla has revealed how it plans to adopt Manifest V3 in Firefox. The company says Firefox will fully embrace the next iteration of the web extension platform by the end of 2022, and in the lead-up to that, it's launching a new developer preview program to gather feedback from web developers.
Mozilla Firefox 100 updates PiP mode and can declutter your tabs
Mozilla Firefox 100 is finally here. The latest update to Mozilla's browsers brings a improved PiP mode, decluttering, and more.
In 2002, Mozilla's web browser came into this world as Phoenix, later being renamed, Firebird, and taking its final form in 2004 as Firefox. That was nearly 20 years ago. Today, Firefox is celebrating a milestone with the release of Firefox 100. While it might seem normal in 2022 to be able to choose a web browser, when Mozilla first started, it was anything but. So what comes with a 100th release, let's find out.
MDN Web Docs now has a premium subscription with offline support and notifications
MDN, one of the most popular resources for web development and creating browser extensions, has a new premium subscription option.
MDN Web Docs, previously known as the Mozilla Developer Network, is one of the most popular sources for documentation on web standards. The website is a great resource for everything from Chrome extensions to the latest JavaScript APIs, and earlier this month, Mozilla revealed a paid subscription option was in the works. Now the subscription is finally official.
Mozilla Firefox will finally add support for AV1 hardware acceleration
Firefox will soon be adding support for the hardware-accelerated AV1 decoder. The feature will arrive as part of Firefox version 100.
Mozilla says it's finally ready to add support for the AV1 codec in the Firefox browser. While competitors like Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge have long supported hardware-accelerated AV1 video codec, Firefox missed out on this feature. But at long last, the browser is finally catching up.
Mozilla and Meta (Facebook) are now actually working together
Mozilla and Meta (owner of Facebook) are surprisingly teaming up for a proposal on privacy-respecting ad analytics.
Mozilla, owner and developer of the Firefox browser, has attacked Facebook (now Meta) many times over the years for the company's disastrous record on privacy and security. However, the two companies are now working together on a proposal for slightly more private online advertising, which is already drawing criticism from long-time fans of Mozilla.
Firefox 96 improves noise cancellation on calls, bookmarks on Android, and more
Mozilla is now rolling out Firefox 96 on desktop platforms and Android, with the usual mix of new features and security improvements.
Firefox is one of the few web browsers left with a non-Chromium rendering engine engine, giving Mozilla the ability to try out new web features and low-level performance changes in a way that most other browsers can’t (without essentially becoming a fork, anyway). Firefox 95 rolled out last month with new security features and some macOS enhancements, and now Firefox 96 is officially available.
Linux Mint strikes deal with Mozilla to keep Firefox as default web browser
Linux Mint is now working directly with Mozilla to include a standard Firefox browser with Mint, without Snap packages.
Linux Mint has been one of the most popular desktop Linux distributions for years, combining an Ubuntu base with different desktop environments and built-in applications. Linux Mint 20.3 was just released last week with several new features, and now the operating system is partnering with Mozilla to keep Firefox as the default web browser.
Mozilla is shutting down its password manager app, but there's already a replacement
Mozilla is ending suppot for its Firefox Lockwise password manager, but its features are being added to the mobile Firefox browser.
Mozilla first released its Firefox Lockwise mobile app in 2019, which provides a password manager-like design to the login sync functionality in Firefox. Lockwise could function as an autofill provider on Android and iOS, allowing you to fill in passwords in other apps with logins saved in a Firefox Sync account. Mozilla is now shutting down Firefox Lockwise, but don't freak out — there's already a replacement.
Firefox 94 starts rolling out with new homepage on iOS and Android
Mozilla has released Firefox 94, which has an updated homepage layout on Android and iOS, and a new tab management feature on Android.
Mozilla Firefox has been one of the best web browsers available for nearly two decades now, and the mobile versions carry over most of the features found in the desktop browser (with some caveats for extensions). Firefox 94 starts rolling out today on desktop and mobile platforms, and even though new APIs for web developers to use are always fun, the most exciting changes this time around might be on iOS and Android.
How to disable ads in Firefox's address bar
Mozilla has added ads to the address bar in Firefox 92. Here's how you can disable ads in Firefox's address bar by following a few simple steps.
Firefox is one of the best web browsers out there. Many users prefer it over alternatives like Google Chrome and Edge since it uses its own engine and emphasizes user privacy. Mozilla has also been adding new features to Firefox on Android, including the recently announced system-wide password manager, making it a good option for smartphone users too.
Firefox is adding password autofill support on Android
Firefox for Android is getting a new feature wherein you can store your passwords on the browser itself protected by your biometrics.
Firefox is undoubtedly one of the best web browsers for Android. It offers a ton of handy features that make it a great alternative to Google Chrome. And its latest update adds another useful feature to the mix -- password autofill support. The feature will roll out with Firefox 93 for Android, and it will give you quick access to passwords saved in the browser.