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In a swipe at Chrome, Firefox's now blocking ad trackers by default
Firefox is continuing its fight against Facebook and Google's online ad tracking empire. The browser, owned by Mozilla, will now block third-party tracking cookies by default. This Enhanced Tracking Protection will be automatically turned on for all global users as part of the standard setting. The improved privacy features have been trialled on new users since June 2019, and currently cover 20 per cent of users. From today, this will increase to 100 per cent of people using the Firefox.
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Mozilla to stop supporting sideloaded extensions in Firefox
Firefox users won't be able to sideload extensions starting March 2020, with Firefox 74.
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Firefox is taking steps to stop browser notification spam from next year
Soon you’ll need to interact to see the notification requests
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Firefox’s fight for the future of the web
With Google’s Chrome dominating the market, not-for-profit rival Mozilla is staking a comeback on its dedication to privacy
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Mozilla warns Firefox users to update after ‘targeted attacks’
Mozilla has warned Firefox users to update their browser to the latest version after security researchers found a vulnerability that hackers were actively exploiting in “targeted attacks” against users.
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Mozilla lays off about 70 employees including senior staffers
Known best for its Firefox browser, Mozilla laid off approximately 6% of its staff in the face of diminishing revenue.
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Mozilla lays off 70 people as non-search revenue fails to materialize
Mozilla is heavily dependent on deals with search engines.
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Mozilla lays off 70 as it waits for new products to generate revenue
Mozilla laid off about 70 employees today, TechCrunch has learned. In an internal memo, Mozilla chairwoman and interim CEO Mitchell Baker specifically mentions the slow rollout of the organization’s new revenue-generating products as the reason for why it needed to take this action.
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What's the most popular web browser in 2020?
I'll give you a hint, it's not Microsoft's Internet Explorer. And Firefox is declining into irrelevance.
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Decentraleyes – Extension for Firefox
Decentraleyes for Firefox. Protects you against tracking through "free", centralized, content delivery. It prevents a lot of requests from reaching networks like Google Hosted Libraries, and serves local files to keep sites from breaking. Complements regular content blockers.
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DuckDuckGo Tracker Radar Exposes Hidden Tracking
DuckDuckGo Tracker Radar is a best-in-class, automatically-generated data set about trackers that we've made available for research and generating block lists.
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It's Time To Switch From Google Chrome
Since its debut, Chrome has grown in popularity, though its once-stellar reputation has taken a bit of a hit as of late. Examples of Chrome-only sites are more and more common, reminiscent of the days when Microsoft's Internet Explorer dominated the web browser market. It's been shown to be a massive memory hog as well, slowing down machines as users create more and more tabs. And then there's the impending removal of ad-blocking.
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No More Flash Support in Firefox by the End of 2020
Mozilla has decided to drop support for Flash for the Firefox browser. This change is going to happen by December 2020, and the reason is security.
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Microsoft Edge Accused of Sneakily Importing Firefox Data on Windows 10
Users say Edge imports Firefox files without authorization
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How to Remove Pinned Google Search icon from Firefox Address bar
Firefox latest version pinned Google search in the address bar of the browser. If you're not happy with this behavior, learn how to remove it.
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What's Windows 10's fastest web browser in 2020? | ZDNet
Everyone says their latest web browser is the fastest one ever. They can't all be right. I took them to the test bench. Here's what I found.
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An endangered internet species: Firefox | ZDNet
Even with another infusion of cash from Google, you have to wonder just how long Firefox will survive as a viable, mainstream web browser.
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Fast, personalized and private by design on all platforms: introducing a new Firefox for Android experience
Firefox for Android has been overhauled to the core and is now available with many new features mobile users will love. Try it out today!
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YouTube viewers to help uncover how users are sent to harmful videos
Extension on Firefox browser will allow users to record information about videos recommended by site
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Firefox finally supports pull-to-refresh, now in the Nightly release
It's been requested for years and in the making for months, and now the day has finally come: The Nightly version of Firefox for Android supports
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