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Firefox 145 release is out in c/firefox@fedia.io
Firefox has a new mascot, who Mozilla say will act as a "companion through an internet that’s private, open and actually yours" in c/firefox@fedia.io
[–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

@RachelThornSub For real? I hadn't heard about that. That's awful. I cheekily refer to the 'new' leadership at Mozilla as pod people as they only pay lip service to community, open web, privacy - their actions are the opposite. If there was a biscuit left on the plate to take, Mozilla would (British idiom).

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    [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child)

    @AdamBishop Indeed, and being a UK site, with a sizeable % of UK readers, many of whom (from past reader surveys) I know skew younger (uni students, etc), I felt I'd /maybe/ be doing a bit of a public service in covering this. If only to remind people to be cautious. 😅.

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    I don't imagine many Linux users would trust a billy-no-name 'free' VPN extension, but friends and family might be less savvy to the dangers - ... (floss.social)
     

    I don't imagine many Linux users would trust a billy-no-name 'free' VPN extension, but friends and family might be less savvy to the dangers - dangers the researchers at Koi Security show are real for 100k users of this Chrome add-on. omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/free-v#privacy #vpn #security

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    Firefox 142 rolls out today with some new stuff: news stories can be curated by topic on new tabs (US only for now), new exception lists to Enhanced ... (floss.social)
     

    Firefox 142 rolls out today with some new stuff: news stories can be curated by topic on new tabs (US only for now), new exception lists to Enhanced Tracking Protection, and wllama API support so web extensions can run LLMs on your device. "Yay", I guess.

    https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/firefox-142-browser-update-new-features

    #firefox #opensource #tech

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    Firefox users report high CPU and memory usage in the latest release, caused by browser's on-device AI inferencing for its 'smart tab grouping' ... (floss.social)
     

    Firefox users report high CPU and memory usage in the latest release, caused by browser's on-device AI inferencing for its 'smart tab grouping' feature.

    https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/firefox-high-cpu-usage-inference-disable

    #mozilla #firefox #opensource

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